Today's Stats:

BM Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1134     Reading:  103

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Breakfast:  1240  & 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 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

    Everything looks good. Normal breakfast, normal blood sugar readings, she definitely looks a little ruddier in the morning, now that I've reinstated her 3rd iron dose in the evening 2 hours after dinner.
    Her Bowel Movement occurred around 1540. Excellent volume, consistency and ease of elimination. I think she's cleaned out for a couple of days, now. I'm pleased that her bowel movements have been so regular and surprised, as well, because I've been feeding her more cheese than usual since I've knocked out her calcium pill until she's done with her antibiotics.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1716     Reading:  131

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Lunch:  1720  & Meds What she ate:  1/2 3 oz bag "lite" microwave popcorn 5 unpitted variety olives in a vinegar, olive oil, dill brine and some of MCS's home made 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

    Everything looks good. I expected her blood sugar to be a little lower, but it's better than her lunch readings (and some of her dinner readings) have been since she started on antibiotics, so I'm satisfied.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1942     Reading:  173

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1946     BP:  128/56     Pulse:  56

Dinner:  2000  & Meds What she ate:  approx 1 cup left over Beef Strogansauer and 1 cup left over Mac & Cheese
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 2 hours after 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
291.66 mg Augmentin	1/3 of an 875 mg tab with meal	to address UTI
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

    Arrgh! Her blood sugar! These damned antibiotics! Luckily, her blood pressure is going down, but that is primarily because of the watershed she experienced last night. I left her alone (except a little bit) regarding drinking fluids, today. I recounted and tomorrow is actually her last day of antibiotics. Maybe, by the time we go for her appointment on Monday they should just about be out of her system. I hope, anyway. Otherwise, she ate well, felt good, had no problem staying up long enough to take her 3rd dose of iron.
    Ooops, nope, actually, she's got two more days on antibiotics, through the 21st, Friday. Well, some of it may be all the sleeping she's doing, which tends to accordion her meals together, all of which she seems to want. Tomorrow may tell a slightly different blood sugar story, since I'll be waking her up early for a blood draw, which will reschedule her day. It'll be interesting to see what happens.