Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1135     Reading:  79

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

    Normal breakfast, good blood sugar. Nothing to report.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1655     Reading:  135

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Lunch:  1715  & Meds What she ate:  3/4's of a 3 oz bag "lite" microwave popcorn 8 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

    Back to the bowel movement lunch, just as a precaution. I notice that her blood sugar is leveling out from the midday high of the last two days. Good.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2033     Reading:  107

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2037     BP:  140/68     Pulse:  62

Dinner:  2055  & Meds What she ate:  A sausage, egg and cheese croissant sandwich made with 1 egg, approx .5 oz cheese and approx 3 oz sausage
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'm a little concerned about her blood pressure, especially the diastolic. She was pretty relaxed, but we were watching an exciting movie in which she was very involved, hunched forward, etc. I stopped the movie to take her blood pressure, but it could have still been having an effect on her.
    As our New Year's Eve Treat Dinner, we had something we haven't had in a long time, home made fast junk food; my version of the Burger King Croissandwich. She loves these, and we haven't had them in a long time (and only have them occasionally) for obvious reasons.
    She declined dessert, which was a good thing because I wasn't sure what I was going to feed her if she wanted it. Probably a can of mandarin orange slices in light syrup, syrup drained.