Carol Sue I know you are glad your weight is coming down. You are popular alright. LOL
I weighed before I dressed this morning and weight is down to 160.8 lbs and FBG 136. So glad to see that the fluid is coming off.
I got a text from my DBIL (DS hubby). He is good about checking up on me. Any way he remembered that I used to talk about keto. He sent me something Dr. Thomas Seyfried had written. I haven't been able to pull it up on my phone so I can read it but started watching him on youtube. He believes keto diet can kill cancer cells. I am doing a semi-keto right now, but hope I can move into full keto woe by the time I finish with these chemo treatments. I heard him before but now he seems to have done enough research to prove it. Can't hurt to do it.
Exercise helps with the FBG. Weight is the same as yesterday 160.8 lb and FBG 133. My BP is very good at 120/61. I will continue eating low carb. I am feeling pretty good.
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Trish, I googled how keto diet kills cancer cells and 17-+ articles came up. One talked about how it increases metatasis. I know I spelled that wrong but you know what I mean. so there can be bad sides, too. Make sure you research thoroughly.
DH asked for spaghetti for dinner and he doesnt even like it, so hes trying to be agreeable.
He came out $200 ahead at the casino yesterday so thats good.
Carol Sue There are so many different ideas on keto etc. DH also found a doctor who talks about foods that you can eat to make microbiome healthy saying that if it is healthy that cancer cannot live there any more and people or controlling their cancer that way. It sounds promising because it is using certain foods to heal your body and make it healthier. His name is Dr. Becker and he is an ER doctor. He says this is a better way to control your health because there are no foods that you have to avoid which makes it harder for people to stay on a diet. It is a lot of fruit which I don't know how to control diabetes. I am thinking about both of them. I do believe the microbiome is more important than we understand. I would like to have a healthy immune system as I think that would automatically take care of inflammation that causes neuropathy. I will add some of the things he talks about such as 3 c of green tea a day.
Weight this morning was 159 lbs. So fluid is coming down. FBG was 126. BP is always good now. 121/58.
DH wants soup today, but not sure I want to eat soup. I'm doing so good they things are and don't want to rock the boat.
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Im glad you are finding a,WOE that will help with your treatment.
i understand the importance of microbiome but cant eat a lot of fruit. i dont even like much fruit. I will look and see what he says.
we are going to the casino again. i dont want to but you know how that goes.
He says we are going to eat there. i want to get the salmon bowl. but its expensive. well, im going with him so im worth it. the bowl has rice and mushrooms, greens and a fillet of salmon on top. yummy.
Carol Sue I wish I could cook salmon so I could like it. I make myself eat it because it is good for me.
Weight stayed the same at 159. I'm so thankful that it is real. FBG was 132 and bp 115/58.
I think I'm going to keep having protein, but add the foods that the microbiome uses to keep cancer cells from growing. I think it is important to have a healthy immune system as I understand that fights inflammation which causes neuropathy.
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Trish, I buy frozen salmon at Walmart but no more because DH doesnt like the way I cook it. I grull it on my grill pan. He says its not well done. But its done as far as Im concerned. He will eat it in a restaurant. I also buy canned salmon and eat it straight from the can. Do you ever order it in a restaurant?
I have still not been weighing.
my friend and I had a big fight and we might not be talking any more. I am back to doubting that he is who he says he is.
Weight 159 lbs. So I think that means it is my new low for now and the excess fluid from hospital stay is gone. FBG was 126. So that is good.
Carol Sue We don't go out to eat much anymore, but we do get takeout. I never was brave enough to try salmon when we went out to eat. I have used canned salmon and like it.
Sorry you and your friend are fighting. I know you were getting some good from it for a while.
Nothing exciting going on here today. I've got to get ready to have infusion #4 Tuesday. I do need to remember that I need plenty of protein, eat and exercise to make things easier after treatment. I usually don't do anything the day of the treatment, but I plan to come home and do some exercises that day and I always eat something I really want to eat that day. I hope that will get me into the routine I need to do from day one.
Doctor's appointment and infusion went very well. I'm not sure he will give me carboplatin again. If I understand correctly, my body can't take anymore of it as it steals my quality of life. I seem to do well with the doxorubicin. I have a CT scan in about 3 weeks. I am waiting now to see what labs showed especially the CA 125. It takes about 48 hrs to get that one back. He had one of my lab reports back that showed what he wanted to know before infusion and they were good.
My weight this morning was 158 and FBG was 122. BP was good at home and way better at doctor's office. Doctor told me that my voice is even better. He was so pleased with my progress.
Today we ate chicken tenders with gravy. I had a protein shake while having infusion. I've had kiwi and strawberries for a snack and will finish the day with my other protein shake later. FBG will be high tomorrow and I know it will be up for at least a week so it is to be expected. I will work at having this fruit within a low carb woe although not keto.
Carol Sue I'm sure your weight will come back down. Are you still on the Monjaro. I know I spelled it wrong. Hope you are having a good day.
As usual after infusion with glucose FBG up to 197 but better than over 200 last month. Weight also up to 161.2 lbs but bp was excellent. I am able to eat and staying low carb although using fruit. I am going back to eating my salad today with EVOO & ACV no more crackers. In fact, I don't intend to eat anything with vegetable oils and some of the other things they add to them that we can't pronounce are even know what they are. I want to go more normal foods using the micro balance suggested.
So day one after my treatment is very good. I've done all my exercises for today. I hope I will be able to keep this up and lower any side effects.
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im doing well but still not remembering to weigh. I dont even think about it until after I eat and have coffee..
i want to start exercising again soon. My friend asked me about exercise and I said I want to get back to it. i have to clean up my exercise room so I can take pictures. DH has been storing some stuff in there. I want to worknon muscle tone before summer.
Weight was up again today a lb to 162.2 lbs, but FBG 116 and bp was good but a little low. I think the way I'm eating now is helping in so many ways. I'm still feeling good. I hope I keep feeling this way. Maybe since I didn't actually have sugar rush like I have before from the glucose and I'm able to eat low carbish and exercising I won't have any bad side effects of feeling wiped out.
Today was Tai Chi day so it has been done. I'm not able to do a lot of it because the left arm starts hurting so I stop. I have been doing 2 days of it but I think I will add a 3rd day and do3 days of regular exercise and 3 of Tai Chi.
Carol Sue It isn't easy to get back to what we know we need to do once we get off, but I think my situation with my health is what keeps me going with it. You will do it when you are ready.
Weight is going up 163.4 lbs. That is my fault because DH bought a snack that I don't need to be eating. I will have to stop eating it. FBG 125 this morning.
Feel tired but still not as bad as I have at this point after infusion in the past. Need to do some exercises.
