Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1021     Reading:  90

Blood Pressure:     Not taken today

Breakfast:  1145  & 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

    I'm not taking blood pressure today. I decided to see if I couldn't talk myself into calming down about this particular stat and, since there isn't much I can do about her blood pressure, at the moment and it isn't dangerously high, I figured it would help both Mom and me if I laid off for at least a day. We both get very tense, now, when I take it, primarily because I approach taking her blood pressure from a tense perspective, right now.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1614     Reading:  140

Blood Pressure:     Not taken

Lunch:  1630  & Meds What she ate:  1/2 3 oz bag "lite" microwave popcorn 9 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'm not sure why her blood sugar was 140, but I'm not worried. It does this, once in awhile, despite what I do.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2010     Reading:  93

Blood Pressure:     Not taken

Dinner:  2030  & Meds What she ate:  Approx 2 cups of a fabulous, home made didn't-make-it-to-the-floor chicken soup with lots of vegetables and some egg drop, as well Mandarin orange slices in light syrup (syrup drained off, standard size can for Mandarin oranges) 2 generic pecan sandies (cookies)
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
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

    I don't know what got into me with the dessert, but I sensed she was in a dessert mood tonight. It was light. I'll be curious to see how it shows up in her blood sugar, tomorrow morning.
    She ate a good dinner tonight, asked for "a little more" of the chicken soup. Of course, she almost always eats good, and well, but she's been in a very good mood, today. Probably has something to do with the chicken soup disaster.