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Type 2 and Prostate Cancer

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Stuart Emery

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Hello,
I have type2 diabetes which I have managed to keep under control for the past five years. However in September 18 I was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer and started a course of Hormone Therapy and now find that my readings have got a lot higher particularly just after an injection.
Has anyone experienced the same?
 
Had a prostrate "scare" a few years ago but turned out to be normal aging so I can't help much with your query. I can empathise though. Diabetes and a dodgy prostrate is not a combination to be envied!
 
Any concurrent health problem affects our BG Stuart so you need to be extra careful with the amount of carbs you eat, the exercise you take and maybe the medication you are on.

Hormones can be a bugger! - many many ladies have BG probs on a monthly basis for a good many years - so there's absolutely no reason why blokes can't.

Obviously I've never had prostate cancer - but my husband has and another thing that strikes me is that is ruddy stressful. What does stress do? - shoots people's BG up.

Have a think about the diet and exercise scenario but also make an appointment with your GP to discuss, unless you happen to be seeing your consultant at the hospital soon when you could try getting him to refer you to the hospital diabetes clinic - who must see shedloads of us when we also have cancer.

Hope everything goes well for you - it, like D, is survivable - but you do need support with both so if you're not getting it please visit https://tackleprostate.org/ to find a group near you.
 
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