Let The Games Begin - Round 2

...For those of you that are wondering what is going on, well...

First and foremost, I now have diabetes-type 1 (juvenile-the term alone makes me feel young). I'm starting my regime this coming Monday. 10iu am/10iu pm. I should get a bulleye tattooed on my belly and keep score. Dang, this is perpetual.

And so the diet will change. Ironically the Chemo and Diabetes do not share the same recipes. One is low fiber diet whiles the other is high fiber. Hard choices when you eat bread like I do. Will this be white or brown... I'll have fun with this when I order breakfast.

On the Chemo side, I have the port installed and healed (it looks as if a bone was sticking out of my shouder area). Weird but effective I hear. My first GEM treatment is this Friday 10am, then followed every week for 3 weeks on, 1 week off. Considering this being a different drug than before, I have no idea as to what to expect other than the dosage will be changed according to my bloodwork. Better get my pill pack ready.

I'm on LTD until this is resolved so I will keep busy with little home chores or projects. I can not predict what will get done at this time but most certainly I will do what needs to get done around the house: deck, fence, hot tub... then jump in and relax.

Been to MTL and spent some time with friends and family. This was a great change.

Tis for now/ciao/mlb

More rap with a "C"

...So now I find out that I'm subjected to diabetes type 1. My glucose level is at 75 and should be between 60-70.

Although I suspected this would happen at some point because my pancreas is now 1/10th of what it used to be, It is not appreciated. I will have to change my diet altogether and use the needles and prick my finger after every meals. Darn I'm going to be full of holes by the time this is all over. Next week, I'm going to see a specialist for further testing to positively identify presence of diabetes and I will be referred to a nutritionist to help my diet.

So I got the call and I'm booked for the Port installation on February 12th, 2008. Small day-op for half a day. The beauty of this is that now they will use that Port for the Chemo and blood work. This should work fine for me because I'm always about time management and this will also accelerate the process of the Chemo treatments (Gem Chemo if you needed to know).

I have started to see a doctor to help me deal with all that is happening. I guess I do have issues after all. I tend to explain in details to others about my situation and I seem to forget to convince myself of what is happening - Could it be that I'm some sort of denial?

Last Monday, they did the CA19-9 marker (I had to pay $55.00 - no thanks to the CDN govt) and on Friday they did my CT scan. With that done, now it will be better to identify if there is any return of the cancer or any new growth in my body relating to the Pancreatic Cancer.

My smoking habits took quite a hike (almost 2 packs a day) and I was refered a new drug called Champix that seems to be very effective from what they say. I started this morning and this should kick in full speed in about a week's time. (I hope this time it works...I've tried almost everything)

Tis for now/ciao/mlb