Mom’s Status: 2010-01-31
Pending Appointments And Issues
- 2010-02-19 @ 11:00 AM: Friday: Appointment with her eye doctor to check the progress of the clearing up of the blood in her right eye.
- 2010-04-14 @ 11:10 AM: Wednesday: Appointment with orthopedist for the next quarterly checkup on the progress of healing of her charcot foot.
- 2010-04-23 @ 02:00 PM: Friday: Appointment with PCP for quarterly checkup.
Log
09:00 AM: Blood sugar: 262. Covered with 20 units of log insulin. I found Mom crying over this high reading, and also discovered that she’d been eating bread; diet bread yes, but bread nonetheless. She says she only had one slice and that she covered that with insulin earlier. But given this value, I find her statements incredible. I’m trying to encourage her to maintain a truthful view of what she’s putting into her mouth and how the various foods affect her sugar. This is neither voodoo nor rocket science. But she insists that some as-of-yet unknown variable is elevating her sugar, and that she’s not to blame. I ignored this, and told her that if she really wants better control, that she’ll have to eat less carbs (in fact, no bread that has flour), and more proteins and fats (eggs, cheese, meats, chicken, pork, and fish). We’ve had this debate before though and she’s not yet improved her diet appreciably. It’s likely that she never will unfortunately, and that’s sad. But she’ll only do what she thinks she can do and wants to to. Her passion for healthier eating appears insufficient to the task of actually accomplishing it.
09:05 AM: Dispensed Mom’s morning meds.
12:30 PM: Dispensed Mom’s lunch-time meds.
01:30 PM: Blood sugar: 262. Covered with 20 units of log insulin.
06:30 PM: Blood sugar: 95. Great!
06:32 PM: Dispensed Mom’s evening meds.
07:00 PM: Covered her supper of two English muffins and a piece of cheese with 18 units of log insulin.
10:15 PM: Blood sugar: 176. Covered with 14 units of log insulin.
10:20 PM: Dispensed Mom’s night-time meds.