Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1024     Reading:  114

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1055     BP:  148/78     Pulse:  55

Breakfast:  1150  & 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	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

    The earlier I awaken her, now (and, this morning, I awakened her, hoping to move us, eventually, further and further forward) the longer it takes to get her going enough to feed her. Once again, I thought I had the perfect time to take her blood pressure this morning, but it didn't work...she talked to the cat, scratched herself...and, I think, she' wasn't completely recovered from awakening. Oh well, we're working on it.
    Nothing else unusual about breakfast, this morning.

Lunch Non-Stats

Lunch:  1645  & Meds What she ate:  1/2 3 oz bag "lite" microwave popcorn 7 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
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

    That's right, no stats today. I was feeling edgy, my mother had taken an unusually long nap and has been sluggish and "easy", today; and our moods simply haven't matched. So, when she was finally up for lunch, I was snippy, fed her, but had no interest in interacting with her otherwise, which was probably best, that way I didn't irritate her.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1959     Reading:  119

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2002     BP:  139/60     Pulse:  55

Dinner:  2030  & Meds What she ate:  A plate full of macaroni and cheese made with a box of Kraft Original Mac & Cheese with a hamburger/sausage mix, chopped celery, onion and green pepper, with extra white cheddar 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
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

    I'm satisfied with her blood sugar, today. Her blood pressure is looking better. We didn't do any exercises, formal or informal, today. Oh well.