Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1115     Reading:  129

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Breakfast:  1140  & Meds What she ate:  2 hard over eggs, 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	1/2 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
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

    That's right, I took breakfast stats today; took stats all day long today. I wanted to make sure that Mom's blood sugar was coming back to earth after yesterday, and it is. Slowly, but it is.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1540     Reading:  112

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1544     BP:  139/62     Pulse:  65

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
none at the moment

    She wasn't very hungry, that's why she didn't eat very much. I tried to coax her to eat more, but she wasn't having any.

BM Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1922     Reading:  120

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Dinner:  1940  & Meds What she ate:  approx 2 cups More than Mac & Cheese
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 tab 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

    I was a little surprised that her blood sugar went up between her very light lunch and dinner. I know she didn't have anything to eat and, usually, this kind of lunch tends to bring her right back to normal just before dinner. I guess sweet rolls are sticky little devils.
    Her Bowel Movement occurred around 1830. Good volume, considering that she is eliminating about every 36 hours or so, now (which means that "good volume" is now about half the volume it used to be when she was eliminating every 4 to 5 days); good consistency, easy elimination.