Mom's Daily Tests & Meds: 2004 - 2006

Daily postings of Mom's in-home tests, administered medications, food eaten and the relationship among the three and her life.

Friday, January 07, 2005

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.

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