Today's Stats:

Non-stat Breakfast

Breakfast:  1345  & Meds What she ate:  1 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: 1300	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
Levaquin/500 mg	2 hours after iron ingestion: 1500	to address UTI
1/2 cup pure cranberry juice w/12 oz water	with antibiotics	standard twice a day supplement for kidney protection and enhancement of waste management

    Aside from letting her sleep waaaay in, nothing unusual about today's breakfast. She looked good. Felt good.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1715     Reading:  179

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1720     BP:  118/56     Pulse:  57

Lunch:  1730  & Meds What she ate:  Ham sandwich consisting of: approx 3 oz lean roasted ham; approx 2 oz sharp yellow cheddar; approx 2 tsp stone ground mustard 6 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
None

    That's right, no meds midday. We've stopped the Detrol (and I note that her UTI is finally clearing up fine, thank you). While she's on antibiotics, a least, she's on 2 Niferex-150 capsules. If being on this dose and type of iron seems to work well for her, then this will not change.
    No particular reason for deciding to switch stats to midday. I just figured it was time. I chose to begin surveying only dinner stats because it is these stats that are medially unpredictable. I didn't want to be freaked every day as I figured I would be from midday readings, and beginning of the day readings are always wonderful, unless Mom is ill, when I began my new stat regimen (after seeing the FNP on 1/21/05).
    So, yeah, I'm mildly surprised at her blood sugar. Wow. I wonder if this is typical. And, I wonder if the simple act of observing it will bring it down, simply because I'll be subconsciously looking for ways to do so, and implementing them almost without thinking.
    Her blood pressure is nice, though, you have to admit.

BM Non-stat Dinner

Dinner:  2045  & Meds What she ate:  approx 1.5 cups of a dessert custard with lots of berries and lots of sugar (see description below)
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
100% Aloe Vera gel/1 oz	just before meal	helps increase the cells' sensitivity to insulin when used with glipizide
Niferex-150	1 150 mg capsule 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

    Because she had such a hearty lunch, we had a Just Desserts dinner. What we ended up having was a delicious rich berry custard that I made from a muffin mix. I wrote the recipe as I created it. The thing is, it turned out completely different than I expected, although delicious. I decided not to publish the recipe until I'd managed to create it a couple of times, although I may not try it again. It was created only because we happened to have a 2 year old box of blueberry muffin mix.
    Goodness! I almost forgot! Her Bowel Movement occurred between lunch and dinner. Average volume; excellent consistency; clean, easy elimination.