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From: Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Meta] Personal announcement
Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 12:03:26 +0100
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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:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> The reason is that in my life outside C programming I have
>>>> been diagnosed with terminal cancer,
>>>
>>> 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.:
>>>
>>> <https://youtu.be/ZSc5ZUZzk2Y>
>>> <https://youtu.be/MDgRYMk9m10>
>>> <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212877819304272>
>>>
>>
>> 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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