Frank: Just thought I would report back in after a long
lay off.

As you may recall I started on Norditropin about the
end of Feb 07. I was taking 1 unit six times a week.
I experienced very little change for the first 6 months
other than a little softer skin and more body hair.

At 6 months I began to feel great. However, there was
a noticeable elevation in my glucose numbers and while
I didn't think much about it over the 6 months, my
blood pressure was slowly going up.

I didn't think much about the two because I was feeling
so good. This stuff changed me mentally and physically.
At 67 I was ready to conquer the world. No task was too
big. I truly felt and probably acted about 35 years old.
Nothing was going to stop me now.

But like they say, all good things must come to an end.

I was going to have some minor surgery and when I weny
to the doctor's office on the scheduled morning I had a
very rude awaking. My glucose was 162 and my blood pressure
was 155/115. This all happened in a matter of a couple of
weeks.

Needless to say it scared the hell out of me.

That day I stopped taking the HGH.

Ellis: [Big mistake... The HGH had nothing to do with the
high glucose... The high glucose had to do with what you
ate that day, or the night before, and also with what you
ate for the previous 30 years, or 67 years...

You are 67 years old, so without much surprise you are
now diabetic. So What? So why not control the blood glucose
with insulin, instead of attempting to control the blood
glucose by taking away the only thing that has made you
feel and act like 35?

Why blame HGH for the diabetes? Who else to blame?

What you ATE 67 years? Huh? Why not blame something
more RECENT, that makes you feel full of energy, and
young?

So... Blame the forbidden fruit of knowledge. - Ellis]


Frank: After a month of blood pressure medicine and metformin,
I am back to about 108 on my glucose and down to 130/90
on my blood pressure.


Ellis: [Wrong medicine... You should be taking what your
body would give you if it could, but it can't, because it
is not there anymore.

But of course your DOCTOR is SCARED of insulin,
because he thinks it is the LAST thing he should
try... he should try all the palliatives first, so
of course, and he feels safe to give you METFORMIN
because nobody will ever CRITICIZE him or BLAME him
for his ignorance, since it is STANDARD MEDICAL
PRACTICE to NOT give the patient insulin until he
is nearly blind, or has much worse complications.

I suggest you should not listen to me, but you should
come to Mexico to learn from me, because without
a doubt 100% sure, you are diabetic, and "according to
Ellis" you are taking the WRONG MEDICINE. The right
medicine would be for you to learn to use INSULIN, as
your body would do if it could, but it can't. - Ellis]


Frank: I don't feel nearly as great as I did, but I still
feel pretty good. Aug, Sept and Oct were a dream come true.

I'm not sure about the long term effects, but I do
believe different people have different results. I am
going to continue to research HGH, I know what it can
do... but not sure about side effects.

[Who convinced you to get off of HGH? Was it you,
or was it your doctor?

COME TO MEXICO. I'll take you to MY doctor, and I'll
teach you to use insulin, and you will go back FEELING
GOOD, FEELING YOUNG, and with your blood glucose truly
controlled, which it AIN'T right now, I'll bet you, for sure...

Wanna bet? Take a blood test and check for HbA1c...

I will bet it is 6.0 or higher. That means :
You are losing the game, my friend. - Ellis]


I will probably take it again in about 6 months.
Once I can figure out a better way to control the
bad effects.

[There are no bad effects. It was like a dream come
true, you said... The bad effects are in your mind,
and your doctor put them there.

Diabetes came into the picture, but you are 67 years
old... You have been eating bread and spaghetti and potatoes
and chocolate cake and Corn Flakes and fruits 67 years,
which is all your life without wondering about it.

So now you take growth hormone for three months and you
feel great and it's like a dream... but then you discover
that you have diabetes, so what caused the diabetes???

That's like you felt good, so it caused diabetes.

No, man, feeling good is not what caused your diabetes.

Bread and potatoes and chocolate cake and Corn Flakes?
Huh? That's like chocolate cake and apple pie, man,
you don't blame bad stuff like diabetes on good stuff
like chocolate cake and apple pie! - Ellis]


I didn't want to wake up down the road at 68 (like a
couple of other very well known advocates) with a stroke
or diabetes.


Ellis: [You see, you think you don't have diabetes...

Wake up, man, you have diabetes! Can't you see it?

You have diabetes.

Maybe your doctor didn't see it either, but you have
diabetes. Your doctor is trying to convince you that
you don't can get by with metformin, but you can't,
because you have diabetes.

But "according to Ellis" you have diabetes, and you can't
get by with metformin.

You aren't controlling your blood glucose well enough with
metformin... check your HbA1c and you will see I am right.

My suggestion: get back on half a dose of whatever you were
taking of HGH, because YOU SAID those were the best three
months that you can remember... So go in the right direction
again...

That is: one half iu of HGH six times per week, for one
month... then decide what you will do the second month,
but don't leave the HGH, because when you feel GOOD that
means something RIGHT is happening.

Buy a glucose meter, and start to check your blood glucose
before and after meals... and start to eat correctly...

And whenever your blood glucose goes up a bit, bring it
down a bit, by hook or by crook. It should be close to
85 all day long, every day.

By hook or by crook means: you have to bring it down with
whatever it takes.

Find a doctor who is diabetic and who takes insulin himself,
and consult with him and learn to use insulin. It is really
very easy for you to learn to use it. - Ellis]