Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1107     Reading:  79

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Breakfast:  1210  & Meds What she ate:  2 hard over egg, heavily peppered 2 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

    She wanted, and got, two eggs with breakfast, this morning.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1647     Reading:  107

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Lunch:  1710  & Meds What she ate:  approx 8 oz generic, canned, 'hot' chili with 1/4 cup chopped Bermuda onions and 1/4 tsp cinnamon approx 15 white cheddar Nachos Doritos chips approx 1/3 cup Fire Roasted medium chipotle chili salsa
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

    Surprisingly good blood sugar reading. Nothing different about today...not particularly active for her, but her blood sugar settled down anyway between breakfast and lunch.

Just Desserts Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2031     Reading:  130

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2041     BP:  135/59     Pulse:  64

Dinner:  2050  & Meds What she ate:  1/12th of a Costco sized pumpkin cheesecake with approx 1/2 cup raspberry maple sauce
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

    This was our New Years Day celebration. I unfroze a couple of pieces of the cheesecake and made some more raspberry maple sauce. Mom was thrilled. Her numbers looked good, but we would have eaten Just Desserts anyway; Mom requested it this morning.