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[survenant]

See this abstract - ASCO 2016

Incidence of type II diabetes mellitus among patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) receiving first or second line therapy with dasatinib or nilotinib

 

See also:

Living with CML and diabètes

ASCO 2016 - Chicago - Chronic  Myeloid Leukemia

[Gail's]

Thanks for the links. Of particular interest to me since I have both illnesses. Now that I've switched from imatinib to dasatinib, my blood sugars are up. The imatinib really dropped my sugars, sometimes less than 50. Now I'm learning I need really strict diet control as well as metformin and insulin. If imatinib hadn't stopped working so well, I'd go back to it. It was really nice to be able to eat a little more when I wasn't puking from the imatinib.

[Buzzm1]

Here's another post, re: Sprycel and Type 2 diabetes

 

http://community.lls...ltkis/?p=186221

[SusanL]

I battled high glucose levels and A1C of 6.9 on Nilotinib for 3 yrs. and a Dr. that kept blaming me for the high levels. " if you would eat right, exercise and loose weight you wouldn't have a problem".  I would walk out crying because I was trying so hard.  I did not want another disease especially diabetes and I would do anything I could to avoid it.    As soon as I switched to Bosutinib,  A1C went down to 5.6.  For about 6 mo after stopping the Nilotinib I had to watch out for extreme low blood sugar drops and have something like honey available to jump start my glucose level.  It finally leveled out and now I don't have to worry about it.  

[Tedsey]

Although, I work out , I am thin, ate the recommended healthy diet, and am on the youngish-side (under 50--LOL).  In the last few years, my blood sugar has been rising.  Not one of my healthcare professionals mentioned anything to me, but I am concerned.  Preventative medicine is often an oxymoron.  I don't want to just wait around to take another pill when the disease fully presents itself.  Maybe I can do something about it.  See Sami Inkinens's story http://www.warondiab...es-exercise-29/

 

My higher blood sugar could or could not be due to the Sprycel.  And it may be impossible to figure that out.  It appears T2D is on the rise with everyone.  Therefore, if you are on a second generation TKI, and have high blood glucose, you are not much different than the population who is not. 

 

At the moment, I no longer eat sugar of any kind and eat a very low carb, no grain diet (more or less a ketogenic diet).  This is known to help lower blood sugar levels, and ironically, because if is a higher-fat diet, it improves cholesterol levels (more LDL particle size instead of total cholesterol levels).  This diet is also supposed to improve inflammation.  I will go in to get a blood panel done at my GP in July.  I will report back if anyone is interested.  It may be a flop, but I tried veganism, which I enjoyed, but did not see a decrease in my glucose or cholesterol (I have had high cholesterol since childhood when it was first tested).

 

It is very sad that healthcare professionals and the media blame patients for their chronic illnesses.  It is such a crock  It is unkind, lacks empathy, and totally unhelpful.  "Just a reminder, it's a Diabetes Myth that you gave yourself Diabetes. In fact, it's probably the biggest myth that continues to be believed by folks."  see link above. 

 

I think we need to take a long, hard look at our diets.  And not all of us can eat the same diet with the same results (I think this is likely due genetic variation).  The last time I checked, it takes blood sweat and tears to really and truly eat healthy in the US (so if any processed, boxed or packaged food claims to be healthy, the vast majority of claims are lies).  It takes time and commitment to eat healthy.  Sugar is in everything.  Sugar carbs (including fruit) help to create a fatty liver and an exhausted pancreas.  Both of these lead to diabetes and heart disease. 

 

We can at least try to cure or improve this with our diet.  Lowering carbs, which turn into sugar, may be a good place to start. 

 

Wishing you all the best of health,

Teds

[scuba]

I enjoyed your post - Teds ...

 

Eating real food is actually quite easy. All one has to do is visit the produce part of the grocery store and the "newly dead section" (meat, fish). That's it. No cans, bags, or boxes. You avoid 90% of the store! The only exception would be "herbs", like Turmeric, onion powder, ginger, etc. (which come in glass.

 

The more you eat raw or steamed the better. 

 

One sure way to reduce fasting glucose levels is 'high intensity exercise' (aka HIIT). Going all out until you run out of breath over short duration (multiple sets) will do more to clear out excess glucose than any other exercise. And it doesn't take long (10 minutes a day). I still go on longer jogs (3 miles), but mostly for the run itself. Along the run I will sprint three or more times. My triglycerides plummeted to very low levels now. Of course, I still take Curcumin.

 

(one exception in my case is wine. Wine can have sugar if it is the non-dry red variety. Stick with very good high quality dry cabs ... and only a glass or two).