My GP recently contacted me - after my annual diabetes check - because my results had rocketed from 63 to 89 and I have since had my metformin dosage quadrupled!!!
This is the second time tthis has happened. The first was around the the time I stared taking Anastrozole - later changed to Letrozole - and I was contacted by my GP as an emergency. Through diet and a low dose of Metformin I was able to get my diabetes under control again but now this..
However, as my diet or lifestyle hasn't radically altered, I am wondering whether the adjuvant therapy I have been undergoing is the cause?
I found some Israeli research indicating that women taking Letrozole were slightly more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes after starting treatment with Letrozole but can't find anything about its effect on people with existing diabetes.
Although my treatment was excellent, in retrospect, I did find it a little odd that my diabetes was never discussed with me by the oncologist.
I'll deal with this. However, I am intrigued as to why there seems to be little or no reference to the impact - if any - of hormone therapy on diabetes? Or chemotherapy overall?
