Today's Stats:
BM Breakfast
Everything looks good. I'm assuming that her BP will drop a little over the day with her usual lisinopril, but I'll probably check it tonight, as well, before she goes to bed.
Her Bowel Movement occurred at 1320: This was the cleanser I'd hoped the ducosate sodium I gave her last night would initiate; excellent volume, good consistency (a little loose, but that was probably because of the stool softener); easy elimination; surprisingly easy clean-up.
Lunch
Everything looks good. In connection with the advice to "sugar" her a bit more lunch included a piece of grilled garlic cheese french whole grain wheat bread for lunch with her usual 5 mini dills and 6 olives. I also decided to cut back to two blood glucose readings a day, unless something makes me nervous.
Dinner
Yeah, I know, her blood glucose is unusually high. Perhaps I overdid it. At about 1800 we received a package from MCS containing three quart jars of her magnificent homemade bread and butter pickles. It was impossible not to open a jar and allow Mom a sample. She didn't eat a lot: maybe 1/3 cup. But, I guess the sugar was enough and the time between the snack and dinner wasn't enough to keep her blood glucose from soaring. I'm not concerned, but I think snacking between meals, which she usually isn't interested in doing, anyway, isn't a good idea unless it's fresh vegetables or something like unsweetened pickles and olives; or artificially sweetened yoghurt. I'll work on concentrating refined carbohydrates around her meals.
Bedtime
Her feet started swelling in the couple of hours after dinner. I'm not sure why, but, on a hunch, I checked her blood pressure. Because of the reading, I administered a third 2.5 mg dose of lisinopril before she began to prepare for bed.
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Blood Glucose: Time: 1137 Reading: 104 |
Blood Pressure: Time: 1140 BP: 133/63 Pulse: 56 |
Everything looks good. I'm assuming that her BP will drop a little over the day with her usual lisinopril, but I'll probably check it tonight, as well, before she goes to bed.
Her Bowel Movement occurred at 1320: This was the cleanser I'd hoped the ducosate sodium I gave her last night would initiate; excellent volume, good consistency (a little loose, but that was probably because of the stool softener); easy elimination; surprisingly easy clean-up.
Lunch
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Blood Glucose: Time: Not taken |
Blood Pressure: Time: 1703 BP: 110/57 Pulse: 71 |
Everything looks good. In connection with the advice to "sugar" her a bit more lunch included a piece of grilled garlic cheese french whole grain wheat bread for lunch with her usual 5 mini dills and 6 olives. I also decided to cut back to two blood glucose readings a day, unless something makes me nervous.
Dinner
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Blood Glucose: Time: 2025 Reading: 234 |
Blood Pressure: Time: 2024 BP: 112/53 Pulse: 64 |
Yeah, I know, her blood glucose is unusually high. Perhaps I overdid it. At about 1800 we received a package from MCS containing three quart jars of her magnificent homemade bread and butter pickles. It was impossible not to open a jar and allow Mom a sample. She didn't eat a lot: maybe 1/3 cup. But, I guess the sugar was enough and the time between the snack and dinner wasn't enough to keep her blood glucose from soaring. I'm not concerned, but I think snacking between meals, which she usually isn't interested in doing, anyway, isn't a good idea unless it's fresh vegetables or something like unsweetened pickles and olives; or artificially sweetened yoghurt. I'll work on concentrating refined carbohydrates around her meals.
Bedtime
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Blood Glucose: Time: Not taken |
Blood Pressure: Time: 2246 BP: 148/67 Pulse: 62 |
Her feet started swelling in the couple of hours after dinner. I'm not sure why, but, on a hunch, I checked her blood pressure. Because of the reading, I administered a third 2.5 mg dose of lisinopril before she began to prepare for bed.
posted by Gail Rae @ 23:59
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