Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  11:28     Reading:  95

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Breakfast:  1245  & 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

    Nothing new or unusual.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1631     Reading:  162

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Lunch:  1645  & Meds What she ate:  1/3 3 oz bag "lite" microwave popcorn 6 unpitted variety olives in a vinegar, olive oil, dill brine approx 8 oz Marie Callendar's Chicken Pot Pie soup with added green onions, frozen peas, 1/2 tsp curry powder and 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

    162 again. I still can't explain it. We even did an informal set of exercises, for about a half hour, and her nap was less than an hour. I'll see how this plays out, though.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1959     Reading:  132

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2002     BP:  128/62     Pulse:  56

Dinner:  2020  & Meds What she ate:  approx 3/4 cup soy rice crackers with nuts, wasabi peas and sesame seeds approx 25 Nachos White Cheddar Doritos approx 1/2 cup Fire Roasted Medium Salsa (no added sugar)
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
500 mg acetaminophen	1 tab with meal	right knee "bothering her"...limping a little

    Mom was in the mood for a snack dinner tonight, and I didn't want anything to eat, so this worked out very well. Again, for the second day in a row, her blood sugar is pretty high at lunch. I expected it to settle down more before dinner, but she lingered over eating her lunch...it took her almost an hour to eat...then announced she was hungry at 1945, so it could be the time element. Anyway, all blips are minor. We're doing very well, actually.