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Thanks for the well wishes all.
Guess we are slightly confused how one can grow whilst another shrinks. Answers today I hope?
Geneveive yeah I got my local hospital for treatment but it’s part of the cancer unit run out of Westmead Hospital. I have a multidisciplinary team though I’m not sure how much they are involved once the treatment plan was decided upon.
Tony
Hi Tiah,
I am T2 and take metformin. 2 things.
Some places want you to cease taking it 24 hours prior to a CT scan while others don’t.
I finally decided a couple of weeks ago to see a Diabetic Educator to see if there were any conflicts between D and CC I should watch out go. She informed me metformin can cause problems and a certain blood tet has to be kept an eye on.
Sadly because she wrote an email to my GP about it I didn’t write own what it was sorry.
I’m a public patient and the hospital I go to for my chemo has a diabetes unit, I just booked an appointment with them and didn’t seem to need a referal or you could use one of the 5 free referrals but either way I would recommend seeing one as there seems to be a few things to watch out for.
Tony
Thanks for the welcome Laine.
Hi Tiah,
Of ours you may ask,I’m on a 9 cycle course of cisplatin and gemcitabine, which I gather from reading here seems to e the common treatment. My cycle is 2 weeks of chemo the a weeks rest.
I’m handling it better than expected, which has surprised me. I seem to get a wide range of side effects but they are all minor and just require adjustments to my lifestyle.
I have to keep reminding myself of that as I’m sure you can understand it’s easy to get self absorbed nd I’m a bit over it all atm lol.
Tony
