Diabetes

My mother-in-law, Rosie, found out she was diabetic about 20 years ago. She has been insulin-dependent for about 3 years. She had developed many of the symptoms of diabetes, including tingling feet, lack of energy, impaired heart function, and bouts of diarrhea needing hospitalization. She started taking OPC-3 about 3 years ago (as soon as we got it in our business). She first reported feeling more energy, and since then says that her feet no longer tingle. She hasn't been hospitalized for diarrhea since then, either.

Diabetics also have problems with their blood vessels becoming fragile - a problem that can complicate heart procedures. Rosie's doctor determined that she had a serious cholesterol deposit problem in her heart, and was weighing the pros and cons of clearing her arteries (we call it roto-rooter) since she was diabetic and her arteries were likely to be fragile. He decided that her risk from heart blockage was serious enough to go ahead with the procedure. She came through with flying colors, and the doctor commented that he was amazed at how strong her blood vessels were for someone who had been diabetic for so long. Then my father-in-law, Lee (who also had heart disease and was thought to be "borderline diabetic" ) but had only been taking OPC for a couple of months, decided that since Rosie had come through her surgery so well, he would have it done, too. Well, Lee didn't survive the surgery. It seems that his blood vessels were so fragile that the procedure caused serious bleeding in his heart arteries. His blood vessels in his lungs were also damaged and bleeding just because of the blood thinners he had been given before the surgery.

His diabetes was much more serious than they knew, and he must have had it for quite a while to do so much damage to his vessels. This may not have happened had he started taking OPC-3 when Rosie did. They thought they couldn't afford it. Rosie started taking Isochrome when we found out that it was very effective for diabetics. Almost immediately her blood sugar started dropping. In fact, it became so low she ended up in the hospital with diabetic shock. Her doctor refused to lower her insulin dosage, even though she told him she was taking a nutritional product that she thought was having results, and she continued to feel ill because of low blood sugar. Finally she decided to lower her insulin herself (she eventually has cut it in half) and is feeling much better. I think she needs a new doctor who will listen to her and work with her.

Gail Weekly
Roseburg, Oregon
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My husband, Art, had high blood sugar and was on the verge of taking insulin pills. Because of OPC3 and ThermoChrome Select, his blood sugar is EXCELLENT and in no further threat to take anything!

Suzanne Ryan
Manchester, NH

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Date:  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:43:11 -0400

Hello
On August 7th, 2006 my husband, Joe , was labeled a diabetic.  He went in
to  the doc because of headaches, sore feet, tingling fingers and other things.
He fasted and went in for the tests.  His blood sugar was high (189),
triglycerides were 429, blood pressure was unreal at 187/108, his
cholesterol was outrageous (290), and his A1C was 7.7%.  Of course he was
a  ticking time bomb waiting to go off.  Doc told him to get Rx's filled
> > immediately and they would do a 30 day trial to see what might respond.
Joe opted to try Advanced Level 90 and also changed his diet and excerise.  He
started diabetes education classes with the RN.  Goals were made to get
blood sugars less than 140, blood pressure normal, Triglycerides less than
150 and they gave Joe 6 months to try to get his A1C down to 7%.  The RN
told the doc of Joe's choice to use Level 90 for the 30 days and the doc
told Joe not to bother coming back to his hospital then.
Joe found another doctor that would at least listen to choices.  This doc
told him the Level 90 was probably a joke.  Joe took his blood tests 2
times/day with results between 80 and 116.  They took the other tests at
40  days and tri's were 90, blood pressure 116/85, cholesterol at 160 (HDL
went  up 11 points).  His A1C was 6.5% at 40 days!!!!
Thank you for such a wonderful product.