BM Half Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1215     Reading:  116

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Not taken

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2051     Reading:  98

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Not taken

    Nice BG's, yes? Yes!     Breakfast: Normal except, once again, honeydew melon was substituted for her O.J., thus her "morning" liquids were her detox tea and a cup of decaf coffee afterwards.
    Nap from 1600 - 1715.
    Lunch: Decaf coffee and peanuts.     Dinner: Half Home Made Chili with lots of onions, green peppers and tomatoes and a piece of blueberry cornbread, which, I noticed, she ate without margarine, oddly, even though I put the margarine dish right in front of her.
    Her Bowel Movement actually started sometime before she was completely out of bed. It continued on through about 1245: Better than excellent volume (the laxative worked on time this time); easy but long elimination; smeary but not loose consistency; challenging clean-up, mainly because it wasn't confined to her colonic area, but not unusually challenging.
    Retired at 2345. As of this writing, at 0010, 9/24/06, her light is not yet out. I'll check back and record her light out time. Light out at 0025.

Three Quarter Stats Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1305     Reading:  126

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1338     BP:  162/73     Pulse:  54

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2108     Reading:  123

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Not taken

    I am thinking that MCS is right. I need to take her BP only a couple times a week. Mom was clearly irritated this morning when I took it and it shows. I seem to be addicted to taking it at least once a day, though. I always become tense just before I take it, anticipating her tenseness and, sure enough, she becomes tense. And irritated. Nasty cycle.
    Surprisingly, considering that we had another laid back day today (for details, see today's posts in the main journal), her BG is doing fine.
    Breakfast: Normal except for the substitution of an eighth of a honeydew melon instead of O.J. and her two "morning" liquids being detox tea and an equal amount of decaf coffee.
    Lunch: V-8 juice with 1 tsp Maharajah curry powder (I've run out of the sweet...must order some more) and her usual 1 oz bag of peanuts.
    Nap: 1630 - 1815, exactly.
    Dinner: Slices of very lean beef summer sausage which I get from a special deli up here; slices of caraway Havarti and jalapeno Dofino; 5 pickled (without sugar) asparagus spears; 3 green pimiento stuffed olives.
    She attempted to have a Bowel Movement at 2300 but was unsuccessful, so I gave her 2 Tbl Phillip's Milk of Magnesia and 8 oz water. Other than that, no extra meds for the day.
    She retired at 2320. Her light went out at 2335.

Four Fifths Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1415     Reading:  152

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1411     BP:  123/68     Pulse:  56

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1930     Reading:  216

Blood Pressure:     Time:Not taken

Late P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2316     Reading:  208

Blood Pressure:     Not taken

    So, we've reached the point where movement is definitely the key to controlling Mom's BG, now. I was curious about this, which is why I took her BG twice. Not a bad place to be, actually, but I shudder, a bit, when I think what'll happen when she decides she doesn't want to move. That's probably when a change of med will take place.
    Needless to say, today I was feeling horrible (see post for today at the main journal); I inadvertently slept until after noon, didn't care whether I got my mother moving, of which she took advantage, and let her call the shots regarding meals. The evidence of this is clear.
    Breakfast: Normal except for the addition of an eighth of a honeydew melon. I was going to substitute out the orange juice, but she out voted me and I didn't have the energy to argue.
    Standard two hour nap, despite her late arising.
    Just coffee for "lunch".
    Although it appears that dinner was earlier than usual, we actually ate about 2030. I took her stats and administered her pills before I picked up the take-out pizza we ordered. I was planning a less starchy meal, but she remembered our three day out pizza plan and I was, again, in no mood to argue. Besides, it smelled and tasted good and I needed something along these lines to stimulate my senses of smell, taste, and my appetite, all of which are suffering due to this damned cold. I gave her a third glipizide just before she retired.
    She retired at 2345. Lights out at 0015, 9/22/06.

BM Three Quarter Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1253     Reading:  130

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1337     BP:  149/71     Pulse:  55

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2029     Reading:  108

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Not taken

    Breakfast: Slightly off normal. Instead of orange juice I served 1/8 slice of Honeydew melon, which she loves and some gorgeous, fragrant ones of which Costco was selling yesterday. Thus, her first liquid was her detox tea and her second liquid was decaf coffee. Although she showed no signs of stiffness last night, this morning she was noticeably stiff and, before I got a chance to ask if she wanted me to substitute an adult buffered aspirin for her usual 81 mg dose, she picked up the little yellow 81 mg-er, asked if that was the aspirin, which I confirmed, and said, "I think I could use a bigger one, this morning." So, she got it.
    Today was definitely a rest and relaxation day. I didn't even have her walker in the house. The movies of which I spoke today over at the main journal arrived. We spent the evening, after her nap, watching two of them.
    Lunch: No V-8 juice. Just decaf coffee and peanuts.
    Dinner: We had planned on ordering take-out pizza from our favorite local joint, but, having spent most of the day in fleece lined sweats watching the wind outside and commenting on how cold it looked (we were snug and cozy inside, of course), she wanted "something stewy" for dinner. I still had two Marie Callendar pot pies in the freezer, so we had those.
    Her Bowel Movement occurred at 1750: Fairly good volume; excellent consistency; very easy elimination; very easy clean-up.
    She retired at 0015, 9/21/06. As I write this sentence, it is 0040 and her light has not yet gone out. I'll report back when it does. Light out at 0045.

Three Quarter Stat Day:

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1229     Reading:  104

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1300     BP:  141/68     Pulse:  54

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2017     Reading:  149

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Not taken

    Breakfast: Normal.
    We took our first "Christmas at Costco" trip, today. For details, see my write-up over at the main journal.
    Lunch: Negligible; just coffee, but I had a starchy dinner planned and, anyway, she wasn't hungry after sampling her way through Costco and splitting a berry smoothie with me. I was actually surprised to note how low her evening BG was just before dinner.     Dinner: It shouldn't surprise you to know that, after a nap and a dinner of Costco's fake, sushi-like "California rolls" which contain no fish, artificial or otherwise, but Mom likes them and I don't mind them, dressed up with a spicy Asian vinaigrette, some soy, wasabi and pickled ginger, and three chocolates. I gave her a third glipizide, after much consideration. I decided it isn't necessary to challenge her HA1c all in one night.
    She retired at 0025, 9/20/06. Her light went out at 0045.

BM Three Quarter Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1416     Reading:  144

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1433     BP:  136/71     Pulse:  56

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2109     Reading:  81

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Not taken

    Today was a laid back, little movement, lots of sleep day for Mom. She seemed to need a day to relax, sleep as much as she wanted and let her body catch up to her prodigious mental energy level of late. I decided, though, not to let her night-sleep extend past 1400. When I entered her bedroom to awaken her, she was up on her elbow, ready to roll. I silently congratulated myself for knowing her rhythms so well.
    Breakfast was almost normal. I substituted HoneyBaked Ham for her usual bacon.
    She also took a nap, from 1700 - 1900, and wasn't interested in lunch. Since she wasn't "particularly hungry", I decided to just give her coffee and make a hearty Cobb Salad, with all the usual ingredients, for dinner. No third glipizide, tonight.
    We spent the evening watching a movie, talking about it, eating dinner, relaxing with each other, you know the drill.
    Her Bowel Movement occurred at 0005, 9/19/06, as she was preparing for bed: Fair volume; excellent consistency; very easy elimination; very easy clean-up.
    She retired at 0025. Her light went out at 1245.

Three Quarter Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1212     Reading:  141

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1244     BP:  143/70     Pulse:  54

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2026     Reading:  100

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Not taken

    I've just about decided to go easy on taking the BP's. I talked to MCS today and she suggested I drop back to a couple times a week. Mom is getting really irritated, again, about BP taking, and the doctor's not concerned about her blood pressure, so I think we can ease off on that.
    Breakfast: Normal.
    Lunch: Normal.
    Dinner: Our intention was to have Cobb Salad, again, because we still have some slices of HoneyBaked Ham, but after a full (for her) day of walkering, Mom was "starved" at dinner, so we had left over More Than Mac & Cheese and a dinner salad (without meat and cheese, although she insisted on croutons; when I presented her with her salad without the croutons, she told me I'd forgotten them and sent me back to the kitchen for them). I did give her two glipizes, rather than one, since the noodles (and the croutons) tend to cause a BG frenzy.
    She was extremely active, today. We walkered through two hardware stores and Walmart. She rested frequently, but only for minutes at a time, then was back at it. We agreed, when she retired, that I'd let her sleep in tomorrow. We both think she could use it. My intention, though, is to rouse her by 1400, if she's not already up, and go easy on her for the day.
    She retired at 2345. Her light went out at 0015, 9/18/06.