Julie: Hi Ellis
 
Thanks for all that information and the
links to take a look at.
 
I have again visited a doctor (he is not
diabetic) and to be honest I can't find
one here in Cyprus who is.

I completed the 3 month average glucose
blood test and he says I do not fall into
the category of diabetes.

Ellis: Most DIABETES SPECIALISTS will say
that you are NOT a diabetic if your HbA1c
is 6.0 or less... but that means that they
are not worried if your blood glucose is
140 mg/dl. "According to Ellis" a 140 is
"TERRIBLE" and 120 is "BAD", so now you have
to decide if I am right (I am not a doctor)
and 10,000 doctors are wrong, or if 10,000
doctors are right and I am wrong.

I will tell you right away: I am right, and
10,000 doctors are wrong. There can be no
doubt about it. 85 is less than 140, so 85
mg/dl of sugar is less than 140 mg/dl of sugar.

And there is no danger to have blood glucose
at 85 mg/dl, so it is just plain mistaken to
recommend blood glucose of 140 mg/dl instead
of 85 mg/dl. Of course it is more DIFFICULT
to keep blood glucose at 85 than at 140, but
that does not mean that we should RECOMMEND
140.

One other doctor is right too, and that is
Dr. Richard K. Bernstein, who is the doctor
that I choose to believe.

Julie: What the doctor does not realise is
that for the past few months I have been eating
very low carbs because I was experiencing
problems and I feel it affected the test results.
When I told this to the doctor, he said he did
not think that I was correct to think this...

So what I have done is to continue to eat low
carbs anyways, and I test myself and I am
managing to keep my blood glucose down.
 
Ellis: Good! You see, it is not very difficult
to be smarter than some doctors, on some topics...
the interpretation of blood glucose is one of the
topics that most doctors get wrong. Dr. Bernstein
is constantly fighting with the American Diabetes
Association because of their carefree stance on
blood glucose. So if you agree that Dr. Bernstein
is right and the American Diabetes Association is
mistaken, then YOU are right to think your doctor
is mistaken. (and I think he is mistaken, too...)


Julie: I do have a thyroid challenge which I
have had to fight for because I was feeling so
tired and ill. Thankfully I have now been placed
on T3 which has made me feel more energetic and I
feel better on T3 meds than T4.
 
I also had an AM-PM cortisol check done and that
appears OK... but my female hormones are very low
due to a full hysterectomy 10 years ago. So in
several weeks my doctor says I will need female
hormones, because I am borderline osteoporosis.

Ellis: If you are borderline osteoporosis, you also
need human growth hormone, which will slow down or
reverse osteoporosis. You should find articles on
growth hormone replacement and its effect on
osteoporosis. You have to educate your doctor,
since he is the key for you to obtain a prescription
for growth hormone...

I am beginning to hate doctors who do hysterectomies
unless they really are necessary... I don't even
know the details of your case, but I will bet that
it was not absolutely necessary.

Julie: He also said I have acute Irritable Bowel
Syndrome (IBS) which causes delayed stomach
emptying.

Ellis: If you have irritable bowel syndrome, then
it was probably caused by diabetes. "According
to Ellis" irritable bowel syndrome might be caused
by high blood glucose, which damages neurons that
control bowels and intestines etc.

Julie: Now he has placed me on 3 tabs x3 a day for
6 weeks to help with that. And I must say the
cramps have subsided a little...

I don't feel so bloated and full... but I really
don't want to be on these tabs for the rest of my
life either.

Does anybody have any idea how I can control my IBS
without tablets, and what type of female hormones
can I take other than HRT as I am allergic to that...
but I need something to help with that too.

Ellis: You are not allergic to female hormones...
You are allergic to FEMALE HORSE hormones, because
you are not a horse... but that is probably what
your genius doctor prescribed for you, because it
is the most common type of female hormone prescribed
to human women, because it can be patented... human
female hormones cannot be patented... Too bad horse
hormones causes cancer, but that doesn't seem to
matter... between money and causing cancer, money
wins.

But YOU stay out of it. Don't accept horse hormones.

So... if you are confusing Premarin and others similar,
that is what you are allergic to, and what you need is
bio identical female hormones.

Julie: I also completed several scans and they
found nothing except a small nodule on my thyroid
which they say just needs checking every year.

Ellis: They are scared that growth hormone MIGHT
CAUSE CANCER, which it never does... but they are
very relaxed that a small nodule on your thyroid
will not become cancerous. Please don't be so
relaxed... please check it every three months.

Julie: My other shock last week was that my
biological mother (I was adopted) informed me
that she had bowel cancer and had to have half
her bowel removed. Can anybody tell me if
bowel cancer can be inherited, and what tests
would I need to take to keep myself safe?

Warm Regards - Julie

Ellis: A DNA test would perhaps confirm that you
are your mother's daughter, and it might confirm
that you both have a bowel... but... I think the
science is too premature to truly affirm that you
might get bowel cancer... Even if it does, what
are you going to do about it? You are not going
to remove your bowel... so... some practical
advice:

Believe it or not, I think that the single
best way for ME to avoid cancer is to KEEP MY
BLOOD GLUCOSE levels under control, because sugar
feeds cancer.

So, I try to keep my average blood glucose
below 100 mg/dl for as long as I can, all day long,
every day, for the rest of my life. I know it
is not easy, but I can do it if I eat correctly
(low carb) and also if I help my pancreas to
stay well so it can help me to keep blood glucose
low... so I'm glad I learned to use insulin
correctly. I didn't learn to use insulin in order
to avoid cancer, but I think I am avoiding cancer
because I keep my blood glucose controlled.

I really wish you find a diabetic doctor who uses
insulin, so that he will teach you to use insulin.

Or if you do not, then consult with me. I will
teach you.

Using insulin is like flying a small airplane.

You must know some things: 1) You must know your
altitude (know your glucose level)... 2) You must
know your speed (know the right dose)... 3) You must
check to see that there is fuel in the tank (food in
your stomach...) and if you want to survive for a
long time 4) you must know how to jump with a
parachute (what to do in case of "emergency"...)
even if you will probably never have to jump.

I copied what I wrote above to my page:

http://www.rajeun.net/usinginsulin.html

also see my page:

http://www.rajeun.net/usinglantus.html

I learned to use fast acting Humulin "R" first,
then later I learned to use faster acting Humalog.

But I never had a teacher, because there was no
teacher on planet earth who would teach a non-
diabetic to use insulin, when I learned. But
now I also know how to use Lantus, which is very
slow acting long lasting insulin, and my advice
now for anybody who wants to learn to use insulin,
is: start with Lantus, later learn to use Humalog
or Humulin "R" to bring down the peaks.

I will probably never ever have severe hypoglycemia
with Lantus, even if I make a mistake and forget
to eat. My blood glucose goes down so slowly that
it takes several hours to get to 60 mg/dl and at
that point I start to feel a little weak... below
60 and above 50 I feel a little weak and my hands
also tremble a little bit... about 50, I feel a
buzz... But I am still able to walk, talk, think...
I have time to check my blood glucose... but I
have some food nearby and ready to eat while I
check blood glucose, etc.

And I know I am still far away from the edge of
the cliff, which is somewhere below 35 mg/dl...
Doctors take their patients to about 35 mg/dl in
the Insulin Tolerance Test, so I think I am not
in any big danger if I am still at 50 mg/dl.

But like they say when they show you a magician
on television who catches a bullet with his teeth:
Don't do what I do. Don't purposely get your
blood glucose levels down to 50 mg/dl unless you
are in the company of a good doctor who knows what
he is doing.

But it is NO PROBLEM AT ALL to get your blood glucose
levels to 85 mg/dl or thereabouts, with Lantus and
Humalog, and I think this definitely helps me to
avoid diabetes, avoid heart attacks, avoid cancer,
and thus it helps to prolong my good health. - Ellis