Today's Stats:

BM Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1051     Reading:  102

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Breakfast:  1200  & 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

    She was already awake when I peaked in on her at 1045 and ready to get out of bed. Very good mood. Breakfast was normal. Except that I decided not to serve her decaf instant coffee today, on the out chance that it may be promoting the flushing in which her body seems to be involved and to help cut back on her fluid intake. She's so funny! She reacted as though I was rationing caffeine!
    Her Bowel Movement was easily eliminated, good volume, good consistency, happened about 1120 while we were bathing her. I'm relieved, actually, that she had one today. That means I don't have to wonder if she's going to have to eliminate tomorrow and possibly have an accident. Which reminds me; I should go flush her toilet. It's had a couple of hours to soften and should go down without hitching in the pipes.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1604     Reading:  149

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Lunch:  1615  & Meds What she ate:  approx 3 oz cheese, including Gouda, Butter Kase, Vermont White Cheddar and yellow sharp Cheddar
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
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

    So, she varied her menu, a little. Didn't feel like eating anything but cheese. Didn't want popcorn, no olives, no soup, didn't want sauerkraut and polish sausage leftovers, didn't even want crackers with her cheese...just cheese. So, that's what she got.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1945     Reading:  99

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1946     BP:  141/66     Pulse:  58

Dinner:  2000  & Meds What she ate:  1/6th of a Costco Chicken Pot Pie 11.5 oz V-8 juice
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

    By dinner she was pretty hungry. She ate well, and more quickly than I've seen her eat in a long time. She even guzzled her V-8 juice, which is unusual.