Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1145     Reading:  114

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1159     BP:  126/77     Pulse:  82

Breakfast:  1305  & 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, her blood pressure is showing a bit of improvement after one day of informal therapeutic exercise. If the diastolic of 77 and pulse rate of 82 is a little stunning, I chalk that up to the fact that she talked the whole time I took her blood pressure, this morning, while I told her not to. I think, though, it's begun looking better and better, with a few blips, to be sure.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1834     Reading:  87

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1839     BP:  130/62     Pulse:  55

Lunch:  1850  & Meds What she ate:  1 deviled egg 2 slice beef summer sausage and 2 slices each dofino, swiss and cheddar cheese may 1/4 cup of MCS's superb homemade bread and butter pickles 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

    She ate late, for lunch, anyway. She also took a loooong nap today. The Little Girl was sleeping with her and it is always wonderful to sleep with a cat, so I let her be until she awoke on her own. We did a few exercises earlier today...fewer, actually, than yesterday. She seemed beneath the weather (there was a low going through), so I allowed her to set the pace for the day. Her blood pressure continues to regulate itself back to normal, I'm pleased to note.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2126     Reading:  118

Blood Pressure:     Time:  Not taken

Dinner:  2145  & Meds What she ate:  One large and luscious Lemon Cherry Pie Muffin, out of a box of twelve sent to us for Christmas by friends.
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

    That's right, I didn't bother with her blood pressure. Dinner followed lunch by only about 3 hours. I did want to see what her blood sugar would be like after the pickles for lunch (which contain a bit of sugar), especially since tonight's dinner was slated to be another Just Desserts dinner. 118 is great for 3 hours after lunch, especially because of the pickles. Since we are being sent sweets, and I know how much Mom loves them, I think this is the best way for her to enjoy the sweetest season of the year. It's working very well. I'm just hoping we aren't sent so many sweets that I'll have to throw some away.