Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1111     Reading:  80

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Breakfast:  1210  & 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

    I can always count on a good night's sleep to even out my mother's blood sugar. I hope this remains true for the rest of her life.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1706     Reading:  82

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Lunch:  1715  & Meds What she ate:  1/2 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

    Nothing special or unusual about lunch, today. Surprisingly good blood sugar reading.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1958     Reading:  139

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2001     BP:  152/67     Pulse:  58

Dinner:  2020  & Meds What she ate:  approx 1.5 cups of Kraft Mac & Cheese with added Vermont white cheddar, chopped onions, celery and green peppers and ground beef and pork 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
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

    I'm not sure why her blood sugar jumped between lunch and dinner; it usually does this between breakfast and lunch. Oh well, it wasn't a dangerous jump.
    Her high blood pressure was the fault of a minute argument my mother initiated while I was taking her blood pressure: She claimed that when I take her blood pressure while she is watching an episode of Deep Space 9 she can't concentrate on keeping her arm limp because she's involved in the episode and doesn't want to concentrate on anything else. I decided not to irritate her further by retaking her blood pressure, but I'll keep in mind, now, that I need to "stop" Deep Space 9 for the few moments when I take her blood pressure. If she's watching something on TV, I'll wait until commercial breaks.