Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1121     Reading:  80

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Breakfast:  1210  & Meds What she ate:  1 hard over egg, heavily peppered 1 4 oz slice lean sugar cured ham 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 awoke on her own, this morning, after a late night. I was going to let her sleep until noon, which would have ended her usual 12 hours, but she trumped me.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1709     Reading:  121

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Lunch:  1720  & 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
1 Tbl Phillip's Milk of Magnesia	with 8 oz water	helps soften her iron-ladden shit

    I gave her some Milk of Magnesia at lunch because earlier she'd attempted to have a bowel movement, which turned into a bowel incident. Actually, the problem wasn't rock shit; in fact it was soft enough that she really dirtied herself as she attempted to expel the little that she did eliminate. But, I figured there must be some further up and gave her the dose as a precautionary measure. We've been having a fair amount of cheese, lately. I keep forgetting that milk products bind. She loves cheese and I have to be careful with it.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2005     Reading:  118

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2009     BP:  135/56     Pulse:  65

Dinner:  2015  & Meds What she ate:  approx 1 cup left over Mac & Cheese from last night side salad with greens, Bermuda onions, radishes, green pepper, carrot, 4 chopped green olives, a sprinkling of Parmesan, a sprinkling of crunched White Cheese Nachos Doritos and approx 1.5 Tbl home made Ranch dressing
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
500 mg acetaminphen	1 tab with meal	she complained of her right knee and hip "giving [her] trouble"

    Overall, good stats, good appetite, nothing unusual.