This morning Steve's blood sugar level was low at 60 because he didn't eat last night. Terry withhild Steve's diabetes pill and then she called their internist. He is having Steve take one pill instead of two as an overall change plus taking more frequent fingersticks and adjusting his two diabetes medications based on those levels.
Dr. Hu is giving Steve another day off from his chemo pill in order to help control the nausea. Apparently missing two doses isn't a big deal. Dr. Hu reassured Terry it happens all the time as they adjust doses to the patient's tolerance. It certainly helped today as Steve felt well enough to eat three small meals (is half a chicken sandwich a meal? That's not very much food.) and kept them all down. Terry said he has been really tired though and he took a nap which is unusual for him. Steve thinks the radiation might be contributing to the nausea also so he is planning on taking his Zofran regularly twice a day, before radiation and later before the chemo pill. He's allowed to take it a third time if needed.
Happily, Steve got to visit with his long time best buddy, Jeff who is visiting from back east this week and cheered them up. I bet it was a welcome distraction.
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