Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1208     Reading:  96

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Breakfast:  1305  & Meds What she ate:  1 hard over egg, heavily peppered 1 4 oz slice cured lean h 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
1 Tbl Phillip's Milk of Magnesia	with after meal and plenty of liquids	trying to head off a bowel event of major proportions

    No comments...nothing out of the ordinary, except it's a slooooow day for Mom.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1729     Reading:  151

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Lunch:  1735  & 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

    I think the high lunchtime readings are due to the ham at breakfast two days in a row. We're out of ham, now, so these should go back down within a day or two.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2023     Reading:  139

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2028     BP:  130/60     Pulse:  67

Dinner:  2035  & Meds What she ate:  1 personal size beef home made beef pot pie with lots of vegetables and a half whole wheat flour, half white flour crust
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

    This time, I made the mistake of talking to my mother while I was taking her blood pressure. There was no aggravation involved, but she responded. Certain things affect her systolic, usually emotional, and certain things affect her diastolic, usually movement and talking from a calm interior, I've noticed.
    Otherwise, everything looks good.