diabetes

natly15 said:

Becky this is not a cake
Becky this is not a cake walk. Chemo is tough on us fighting the beast we are fighting. I agree there are days. My nausea is just starting to kick in. Got neulasta today.

Some days I cant believe this has happened to me. You go ahead and complain all you want. i have no advice on diabetes, but will tell you what I'm trying to tell myself:

Take it a day a time, a pill at a time, a side effect at a time, and dont project bad outcomes. Be prepared of course, plan to handle what we know we need to do, like having soup on hand, crackers, stool softeners, jello, and after that just stay in the moment and trust in something greater than ourselves, that would be God to me. This is a tough walk, and obviously we are tough walkers.

please keep your chin up and dont discourage but rant and rave all you want.

DianeBC said:

Temporary maybe?
What does your oncologist say about the diabetes Becky? I would think it might be temporary, but, he would be the expert. So, once you would finish chemo, hopefully, you would be done with the diabetes.

Hugs, Diane ♥

fauxma said:

Tracy
I am a diabetic and
Tracy
I am a diabetic and glucophage/metformin is an oral medication that can be used alone or with glipizide to lower blood sugars. I am hoping that Becky's is also just related to the chemo. Maybe it is like gestational diabetes and will clear up after treatment is completed. It is scary enough to have cancer and all it's treatments and then to add diabetes and high spikes should not be in the cards. There have been times when I have had surgery that they have used insulin to control the wide ups and downs that can occur but have so far avoided it in a regular basis. My sugars have increased since I started arimidex but this is not a side effect just a coincidence.
Becky, my prayers and good thoughts are that this will resolve when you complete treatment. So sorry you are dealing with this in addition to the cancer, chemo and all the other stuff.
Stef

always said:

thanks
Thanks for all of the good advise and support. The oncologist sent me to and internal medicine dr. for the diabetes directly after my chemo on yesterday. Today when I went for my nuelasta shot the chemo staff wanted to know what he had told me. It wasn't much. He just told me to check my blood sugar every morning and take the beginning script that I was given by the chemo staff, but if I remained high to call and he would up the dosage. I was in such a whirlwind I really didn't think to ask his defination of high. Both of my favorite chemo nurses where very helpful today. They don't want me to only check in the morning. They want me to check 3 times a day. They are concerned about the range in my spikes. So I am a bit confused as I am following multiple instructions...but I am going for the most amount of testing and monitoring while we try to sort out patterns etc. I will try to see if I can keep track of how I am feeling...but there is so much poision in my system I can not sort what is what. Also I know the basics of what to eat..and I actually eat well, but not necessarily in regular intervals. So this is just one more little learning journey.

becky

always said:

no insulin
They gave me an insulin shot to get me ready for chemo. But now I am on to oral meds instead. Hopefully that will get this under control and I won't need the insulin.

sausageroll said:

Do call
Those are high and the numbers may have nothing to do with what you eat at all.
I was only on Metformin at the start and they added Glipizide soon after. I now take long lasting insulin in the morning and have fast acting on hand for when it spikes. People seem often to think insulin is something you don't want...but I have found it to be a godsend because you can easily increase or decrease it as needed. Your doctors should give you a range for morning test,after a meal and bedtime. rememeber that you want to keep your average numbers down to prevent damage to your body. I know it stinks to be dealing with this, but it will pass. Keep in touch.