Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1058     Reading:  87

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Breakfast:  1210  & Meds What she ate:  1 hard over egg, heavily peppered 2 slices thick cut sugar cured lean bacon 1 of those Christmas dessert muffins from friends and 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

    Everything looks good but probably won't for long. See today's post at The Mom & Me Journals dot Net for commentary.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1535     Reading:  264

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Lunch:  1550  & Meds What she ate:  1/2 3 oz bag "lite" microwave popcorn 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

    There's that breakfast muffin, sitting up and saying, "Hello". No, I didn't give her insulin. I made a bet with myself that, by dinner, her blood sugar would be close to normal. I won. For the first time in a couple of days, it was in the normal range.
    I did, by the way, forget to give her the dill pickles she requested, but she seemed to be okay with that.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1937     Reading:  102

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1939     BP:  134/54     Pulse:  61

Dinner:  1955  & Meds What she ate:  approx 1.5 cups Beef Strogansauer made with ribeye steak, lots of onions, celery, green pepper, carrot, brown gravy mix, Old Bay seasoning, French tarragon, apple cider vinegar and a bit of sour cream over about 2/3 cup that accordion-looking pasta.
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
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

    How about that, blood sugar back to normal by dinner?!? I want to note that she ate only about two thirds of her dinner. I'm not worried about it, but in case it's more than simply a blip, I want to remember. Otherwise, she seems fine.