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Originally posted by AWJDZ
I think that the sensitiveness to cold is a side effect that is directly from one of the chemos (pos. the pill one) because she is not sensitive during her 7 days off. She was also already diabetic before the cancer. One of her meds (gluecophage (sp?) ) masked all the signs and symptoms until she had the very rapid weight loss. She has been taken off of almost all of her blood pressure meds. and diabetic meds. She still keeps track of her sugar levels and is very aware of what she eats. Right now, her goal is to start putting weight back on. It is hard because she doesn't want her sugar to get out of control and a lot of the sugar replacements they use now (sugar alcohol) she is allergic to. She eats a lot of atkins protein bars and shakes inbetween meals. I am sure all of this complicates everything she goes through. I know how hard it is for me to handle, I can't imagine what she goes through.
Carnation~ hang in there!
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Explain to me what her diabetic diagnosis clearly is? Did she have a type II diagnosis or a MODY? Glucophage is a drug that "forces" the sugars into cells... Well chemo kills ALL growing cells. If you overeat, fat cells grow... So chemo drugs kills growing cells... Some chemo drugs do it specifically, others do it generally. I suspect your mom's oncologist made the chemo drug determination based on the "kind" of cancer that your mom had--i.e. the "pathology" of it--is it a "carcinoma", a "squamous cell tumor", an "adenocarcinoma", a "lipoma", etc. Those kinds of things are done in pathology labs under microscopes with specific slides and stains... Hence the reason they biopsy these things...
However, if your mom had diabetes before she had to undergo chemo, AND she dropped weight drastically after the chemo, and if she has a decent blood count and does not need EpoE (sp.?), then she really needs to stay away from that "perservative foods", like Atkins unless the
medical doctor told her to eat that stuff...
She ought to be eatting more lean cuts of meat, preferable fish (salmon) and chicken--free range, organic and LOTS of broccoli... She needs to live off of Chicken broth to gain weight and boost her protein levels with whey powder or soy if she can handle it... In fact, if her cancer is not related to estrogen levels, then she would WANT to be drinking SILK on a DAILY basis... And red meats are out of the question--too carcinogenic... She can eat pork, but it MUST be little fat in it--like the extra good cuts...
All of this is to say if she can keep her food down...
I'm sorry, but those bars are just too risky to eat given that she probably has metastasis to multi-organ cancer... Too many carcinogens in these bars... And they screw with your blood insulin levels too... And all that processed drinks that you buy in the store--NO... You need to
see the food before you make a smoothie...
That is my PROFESSIONAL OPINION based on my scientific research with cancer and diabetes--why they go hand in hand--nobody knows...