Doug now officially has "secondary diabetes", which means it is from a drug he is taking. In this case, prednisone, part of his myeloma treatment. He has been started on metformin and is using a glucometer to test his blood daily. Adjustments might be necessary once we see if the metformin controls it.
And his right eye - the one that had surgery for glaucoma - has high intra ocular pressure again. The eye surgeon says Doug is still in the post-op phase and it is possible for the pressure to jump around.
Finding out that Doug is now diabetic, and getting a glucometer after a run-around with medicare, has been a bit stressful. We will adjust.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
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Would it make you feel a tiny bit better to hear that metformin might be beneficial to myeloma patients? Pat Killingsworth's blog recently did a series: www.multiplemyelomablog.com.
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