Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1141     Reading:  116

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1159     BP:  138/70     Pulse:  54

Breakfast:  1315  & Meds What she ate:  1 hard over egg, heavily peppered 3 slices thick cut sugar cured lean bacon 1 slice toasted oat bran bread with 1.5 tbl Fleischmann's margarine 1/4 tsp cinnamon on bread 6 oz orange juice diluted w/8 oz water
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
Niferex-150 [150 mg elemental iron]	1 hour before breakfast	to pull her out of what I hope is her temporarily severely anemic state
vitamin C/500 mg	1/2 1000 mg tab with Niferex-150	helps the body metabolize iron
100% Aloe Vera gel/1 oz	just before meal	helps increase the cells' sensitivity to insulin when used with glipizide
Protonix/40 mg	1 pill at least 1/2 hour pre-meal	standard pre-breakfast med
glipizide ER/10 mg	1 pill with meal	standard breakfast and dinner med to increase cells' sensitivity to insulin
aspirin/81 mg	1 tab with breakfast	standard breakfast med - given for anti-coagulant properties
lisinopril/2.5 mg	1/2 of 5 mg tab with meal	given for kidney protection when her blood pressure can handle it
Daily Senior Multivitamin	with breakfast	standard breakfast supplement
folic acid/400 mcg	with breakfast	standard breakfast supplement
garlic/1250 mg	with meal	standard breakfast supplement; a natural antibiotic and anti-coagulant
1/2 cup pure cranberry juice w/12 oz water	with or after meal	standard twice a day supplement for kidney protection and enhancement of waste management

    Well, I tried. I started at 1000, thinking that, this way, I might be able to get her up and at bathing by 1030. You'll notice when I was finally able to take her blood sugar from a hand draped over the edge of the bed. At about 1015 I considered whupping her up but didn't have it in me, so I went about doing chores and, every 15 minutes, checked back with her, cajoled her, watch her open her eyes then close them in disgust, and I'd leave for another 15 minutes.
    Her stats looked good, though. She ate well. I think she'd just gotten used to sleeping from midnight to noon. She's still up, now, watching something of a talk show nature on TV. I imagine she'll be up, as usual, until about midnight.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Not Taken

Blood Pressure:     Not Taken

Lunch:  1800  & Meds What she ate:  1/2 3 oz bag "lite" microwave popcorn 7 unpitted variety olives in a vinegar, olive oil, dill brine 11.5 oz V-8 juice with 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
36 mg Iron Protein Succinylate	2 18 mg tabs with meal	to pull her out of what I hope is her temporarily severely anemic state
vitamin C/500 mg	1/2 1000 mg tab with iron supplement	helps the body metabolize iron

    I just plumb forgot to take her stats. She stayed up so long, previous to lunch, that I tried to feed her lunch before she laid down, but she wasn't having any. She only slept for about an hour, anyway, and I fed her immediately after she arose.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2053     Reading:  111

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2101     BP:  152/68     Pulse:  49

Dinner:  2115  & Meds What she ate:  Approx 1.5 cups of the same macaroni, cheese, meat and veggie mixture we had last night Approx 4 oz. homemade pumpkin eggnog custard with dates and pecans
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
100% Aloe Vera gel/1 oz	just before meal	helps increase the cells' sensitivity to insulin when used with glipizide
36 mg Iron Protein Succinylate	2 18 mg tabs with meal	to pull her out of what I hope is her temporarily severely anemic state
vitamin C/500 mg	1/2 1000 mg tab with iron supplement	helps the body metabolize iron
glipizide ER/10 mg	1 pill with meal	standard breakfast and dinner med to increase cells' sensitivity to insulin
lisinopril/2.5 mg	1/2 of 5 mg tab with meal	given for kidney protection when her blood pressure can handle it
vitamin E/400 IU	with meal	given for anti-coagulant properties
garlic/1250 mg	with meal	given for anti-coagulant properties
calcium-vitamin D/500-200 mg	with meal	believed to be an osteoporosis preventative

    I tried to hold off dinner until 2200, but she was getting hungry and I was afraid she'd raid the refrigerator, or try to. The pumpkin custard was good but very rich and not quite the consistency she and I like, so I'll be fooling around with the recipe some more.