Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1226     Reading:  90

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Breakfast:  1330  & Meds What she ate:  2 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 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 was hungry this morning!

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1810     Reading:  127

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Lunch:  1815  & Meds What she ate:  1/2 3 oz bag "lite" microwave popcorn approx 3/4 cup baby kosher dills 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 tab with iron supplement	helps the body metabolize iron

    I don't know, maybe those VC pills are affecting her blood sugar a bit. I'll give it a few more days before I decide to get the ones without any sugar or carbohydrates.

Just Desserts Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2039     Reading:  127

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2043     BP:  129/67     Pulse:  65

Dinner:  2055  & Meds What she ate:  1/12 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 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

    That's right, her blood sugar was exactly the same at "dinner" as it was at lunch. I was expecting it to be higher, so I'm pleased.
    "Just Desserts" happened by accident. Neither she nor I was very hungry when it came time to administer her pills, and she announced early that she was not going to stay up late tonight (a storm bombardment started today). I told her what I had planned and neither of us was interested. "What about something sweet?" she asked. Sounded good to us, so that's what we had.