@jwhitt17
The radiation could help a lot (60 grey with a boost to the scar).
Also, I track my blood sugar and ketones like a diabetic using the Abbott Free Style Libre 2 with glucose and ketone strips. I pick my finger - a drop of blood on the glucose strip and a drop on the ketone strip. Because I have been doing this for a long time (since cancer) my glucose is around 4.6 and my ketones 1.2. The mathematical quotient to control weight loss is 11. The quotient to control glioblastoma ( one of the worst cancers) is 3. To find out my numbers I divide glucose by ketones (glucose/keytones). 4.6/1.2=3.
3 is the goal to control cancer. These are Canadian measures.
Most North Americans are scoring in the 20s or 30s due to processed food. Even 1/4 a teaspoon of sugar in your tea can severely effect sugar levels as we only have 4 litres of blood circulating in our body. Don’t assume your sugars are low. Test don’t guess. I have fitness fanatic friends who thought they were in ketosis because they ate right. But something like a small baby potatoe (with starch) or vegetables with carbs (like carrots) can drive your glucose levels up. The keto mojo from Abbott costs around $50. The strips which need replaced cost about the same. If you test you might be surprised. I test all the time and try to stay in the range of 3-5. This is how I monitor keeping the sugar which feeds cancer (as evidenced in PET scans). I am careful because my oncologist said that without hormone therapy and verzenio I have a 70% chance of recurrence ( and sometimes the hormone therapy doesn’t work- apparently 50% of the people develop a resistance several years in so it doesn’t work for them). Hope I don’t sound too preachy giving you my strategies. Wishing you all the best.
Jacqueline