Two weeks ago the doctor's office had him make an appointment with his Primary Care Physician because his blood sugar was going up, which is a side effect of prednisone. Since he is in Maine, they made one with a Doctor of Internal Medicine right there at Moffitt. We were there Thursday the 20th. Blood sugar levels should be about 100, his was over 500. I checked another blood test he had in December taken after being on prednisone and it was only 93. So now he has to check his sugar level 4 times a day, before every meal and at bed time and give himself a shot of insulin at a dose based on his level. This is a fast acting insulin. At bed time he also has to give himself a shot of the slow acting insulin, so that is 5 shots a day. Thank God it is so much easier now, no long syringe and bottles of insulin. It's in a pen with a dial to measure your dose and the needle is only 6mm long. The doctor told us today that he will need less insulin as his dosage of prednisone goes down. He has 30 days left on it, after which his blood sugar should go back to normal.
It's this big vicious circle, they put you on a drug then you have to go on another to get rid of the side effects of the first, then another to get rid of the side effects of the second, and on and on and on. It's a mess but will be well worth it if it takes care or slows down the cancer.
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