Observations

• Rose grabs her glucometer to prick her finger
• Her blood sugar is 168 this morning
• "That's probably 4 units"
• She shows me her chart and points at the sugar of 168
• "It's just 3 units actually" (laughs)
• She puts 3 units on the insulin dial and puts it on her stomach
• She grabs her gabapentin and flexeril pills
• She takes the medicine from the bottles
• She explains the other medicines are for later
• I asked her how do you know theyre for later
• "Because that's the routine I do every day"

Interview

1. What medications are you taking?

The doctor told me I have to take this insulin pen before eating. Then I take this different insulin at night. I take this medicine for my sciatic. It's been getting bad. (Checks her phone) Oh, I have crestor, zantac, flexeril, mobic and gapantin.