Re: [Meta] Personal announcement

On 04/05/2024 23:35, David LaRue wrote:

Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> wrote in news:v15bc1$177ep
$1@dont-email.me:
 

On 03/05/2024 17:59, Anton Shepelev wrote:

Malcolm McLean:
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Some of you will have noticec a rather erratic posting
pattern from me recently, with some unexplained absences
whereas previously I would post almost evey single day.
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The reason is that in my life outside C programming I have
been diagnosed with terminal cancer,

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I am very sorry to hear this, Malcolm.  In additition to the
prescribed treatment, do consider a change of diet, as a
low-carb diet with strictly no fast carbs may signifincantly
inhibit the progress of cancer, by depriving it of metabolic
fuel.  This may a be a keto diet, or even a carnivore diet,
e.g.:
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<https://youtu.be/ZSc5ZUZzk2Y>
<https://youtu.be/MDgRYMk9m10>
<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212877819304272>
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Diet is a problem. I'm finding food hard to tolerate and so of course
want to go for simple carbs, which are more digestible. But I've also
got diabetes, and that makes the fatigue and so on from the cancer and
therapy at lot worse, and so I've been told to keep on top of it. And
that leaves me with very little to eat at all. Yougurt is a favorite.
And I like milk with cereal. And I just bought a slow cooker to do soft
vegetables. Before this happened I used to eat out every single day, and
now I just can't face a beer, let alone a restaurant meal.

 Good to see you again Malcolm,
 I hope you have a CGM, continuous glucose monitor, it has helped me
immensely to eat moderately and very often to manage the symptoms of
diabetes.  It took me a while to eat sensibly.
 A also know many people with cancer treatments and wouldn't wish either
disease on anyone.
 No matter who we are we eventually have troubles and turn to support groups
to find better ways to cope with life.
 Wishing you all the best,
 David
 

Thanks.
My diabetes is farly mild and I had it before I was diagnosed with the cancer. But I was told to avoid too much sugar. But when I developed the cancer, I was told that it was interacting with the chemotherapy and making me very tired, and that more efforts needed to be taken to get on top of it.
Whilst previousy I tended to over eat, I now have the opposite problem.I just don't feel like high fat, high protein foods. I want food which is easy to digest. But that is mainly the sugary food I'm supposed to avoid on account of the diabetes. So yoghurt is about the only thing which is practical, I feel like eating, and I'm allowed. However it can't be the ony suitable food in existence.
I got blood sugars monitored whilst in hopsital. I was in for about three weeks, which explains the long gap in posting.
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