Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1210     Reading:  89

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1215     BP:  154/75     Pulse:  55

Breakfast:  1310  & Meds What she ate:  3 slices thick cut sugar cured lean bacon 2 slices 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 @ 1210 today	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
Prilosex/20 mg	1 pill at least 1/2 hour pre-meal	standard pre-breakfast med/substitute for Protonix, of which we're out
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/250 mg	2 hours after and before iron ingestion	given at 1410 today
1/2 cup pure cranberry juice w/12 oz water	with antibiotic	standard twice a day supplement for kidney protection and enhancement of waste management

    I know, I'm not supposed to be taking stats for breakfast. I thought of a good "experiment", though, that would certainly allow for the blood pressure stats and, well, you can't have BP with BG, right, folks?!? Anyway, it's true, I am going through stat withdrawal. Not as bad as some, I imagine, but bad enough.
    So, the experiment was an Answer This Question Experiment: What is my mother's blood pressure when she's just waking up and her hand is lolling off the bed (the "wrong" hand for blood pressure measurement, albeit)? The answer is above. I think, actually, that is her blood pressure when she's just waking up out of annoyance that I'm not letting her sleep longer and her hand is lolling over the bed because I've told her I'm going to take her blood sugar and she's sighing. Calm (her pulse rate) but annoyed (her blood pressure rate).
    We ran out of eggs. I haven't gone to Costco, yet, although I plan to either late today or tomorrow early. Probably tomorrow early, since today is coming onto "late", Mom's down for a nap and I have Other Plans.
    Ran out of Protonix, too, so I substituted Prilosec, today.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1734     Reading:  197

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Lunch:  1740  & Meds What she ate:  1/2 3 oz bag "lite" microwave popcorn 6 pitted pimiento stuffed olives, approx 1/4 cup MCS's bread and butter pickles, 4 mini 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	1/2 1000 mg tab with iron supplement	helps the body metabolize iron
tolterodine tartrate ER/4 mg	Once per day	4 week trial to see if it inhibits her incontinence

    Now I understand the problem of stat withdrawal. If I'm not going to do anything, I really don't want to know what's happening. Actually, I do, because I can do things with menu. Today, for instance, when she decided she wanted a ham sandwich, I suggested that maybe she might want popcorn, a pickle bowl and V-8 juice, instead. She thought that was a good idea.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2037     Reading:  141

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2041     BP:  122/55     Pulse:  62

Dinner:  2055  & Meds What she ate:  1/8th of a Costco chicken pot pie
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

    Well, all I can say is that her diabetes doesn't appear to be planning on a vacation anytime soon. But, her blood pressure is nice.