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Blog posts : "Coping with Chemo and Diabetes"

An eventful week - but some good news to end on!

Well, what a week that was, it started off with a Blood Transfusion on Tuesday, followed by the second session of my sixth cycle of Chemo. Apparently I have another two cycles to go and hopefully I shall well and truly given Boris a battering. Then today I had a much feared appointment with my Diabe…

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Today was a good day..

Today was a good day as is usual the first day post Chemo so I try to get a s much done as possible. I went to both Lidl and Aldi to pick up some of their weekly special bargains, caught up with some long overdue e-mails to family and did a little online retail therapy.

The patients sharing the C…

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How wrong was I?

Oh Dear, I got that very wrong didn't I?

I thought my four months of Chemo were a complete regime, and once I had a scan to assess the results I wouldn't need any more, (at least for a while). 

However, I saw the Oncologist (for all of 2 minutes) today and he had expected me to have had more …

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A few more symptoms and a bit of pampering!

Sorry, not been on for a while but it has been a fairly quiet few days and is my rest week from Chemo. 

So, how have I been? Well, I have had a mild background headache for a few days which is new and my teeth 'hurt'! That sounds odd I know but it is not as severe as actual toothache, but I feel…

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Two days post Chemo and the Treacle legs have hit early!

OK, 'Treacle Legs' - a term I suspect everyone with MS can relate to. It's like walking through treacle with legs being heavy and a fear they will give way completely. Certainly not an excuse for high blood sugars!

Really upset they hit today though, I had rested this afternoon in readiness to go…

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New month same routine, except ...

Well it’s the second session of Chemo tomorrow and far from getting a handle on it, it is throwing up all sorts of problems.

If I touch my limbs or chest I feel like I am bruised or kicked in the stomach (or maybe like I have done a hard workout). 

But there has been another potentially mor…

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Well that wasn't scary at all was it?

Well, its officially true, pride does come before a fall and are often the results of the actions of a Fool!

I was so pleased that I had managed to keep my blood sugars below 20 whilst taking the oral steroids (Dexamethasone), that is until today. Then if you pardon the expression it all went t*t…

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