February,
2007
Wellness Achiever, Butch Dollar
Hello, I’m Butch Dollar
I am 68 years old and I’ve been a Type II diabetic for 25 years. For roughly the first 20 years of that time, I had been on oral medications and wasn’t so savvy about my diet. My blood pressure and cholesterol levels were high. Then, I got glaucoma. As my diabetes progressed, I had to start injecting insulin. I felt like a human pin cushion! And just as I was ready to try something different, I was introduced to Ziquin. Here is my story.
Life as a Diabetic
Injecting insulin into your body is something that needs to be done with care. If you mis-measure or mis-time the dosage, you can literally go into a shock or a coma. So you have to always be on your toes—particularly around eating time. You want to avoid a situation when someone else has to inject the insulin into your body, because they don’t know your body as well as you do. My personal philosophy is that unless I’m flat unconscious, no one but me gets to inject that insulin into my body.
For example, my doctor recommended I take my shots before dinner. I learned to take my shots AFTER dinner the hard way. Two years ago I was taking my shots before dinner, as directed. One night, we ended up delaying our trip to a restaurant for dinner. My blood sugar levels got so low that as my meal was served, I passed out, with my head falling right onto my dinner plate.
When I got to the hospital, they didn’t take my blood sugar reading immediately because they thought I had a heart-related incident. So they didn’t test my sugar levels until I “came to” and could tell the ER nurse that I was diabetic and probably had taken my insulin shot too early before eating. They gave me an IV with sugar water for a little time just before testing, and even with that, I measured at just 27 units of blood sugar (normal is 90 to 120). Prior to the sugar water drip my levels must have been lethally low. Theoretically, I should have been dead by the time I got to the hospital.
A Catch-22 Situation
When I began taking insulin shots in 2002, I experienced some weight gain almost immediately. One of the medications related to the insulin seemed to have caused it (about 10 pounds at first). Then, I went on a one-month trip between doctor’s visits, and when I returned and stepped on the scale, I had gained 30 additional pounds in 30 days! I told the doctor, “I need to stop taking this medicine – I can’t continue to pack this kind of weight around.” However, over the next five to six months, my weight went up another 30 pounds.
Around that time, I also began to experience severe heel pain—like there was a spur on my heel. This went on for a little over a year, to the point where I had difficulty walking. I found myself in a Catch-22: On the one hand, I was supposed to be exercising more to manage the weight. However, the heel pain was too acute for me to be able to walk on it with comfort. I was depressed about the whole situation – there were no silver linings around the clouds.
Learning about Ziquin
At that time, my girlfriend Marilyn had begun taking Ziquin’s EFA Complete. Since she was pleased with it, she suggested that I investigate Ziquin and meet Dr Yu.
When your life is dominated by something like diabetes and insulin injections, believe me—you’re willing to try just about anything. After meeting Dr. Yu, I was willing to try the Ziquin Mind and Body Collection for as long as it took to see if there would be any signs of improvement.
“Wow, your blood pressure has really improved!”
When I first started on the Ziquin products and changed my diet, my blood pressure was around 160/110. After about one year of Ziquin and a better diet, my blood pressure levels returned to normal levels – 120/60. During my doctors’ visits, the doctor would say, “Wow, your blood pressure has really improved!” Also, my cholesterol levels improved significantly after about one year. Most importantly, my kidney functions improved. Prior to this, my kidney functions were so impaired that my doctor had been talking about dialysis.
40 Pounds Lighter, and Able to Walk and Play Golf Again
Before Ziquin, I had been cutting down on red meats, and beginning to eat better. But Ziquin really emphasized certain specific dietary changes. I am now 40 pounds lighter. It just gradually came off – there wasn’t any hard fasting or anything like that involved. After several chiropractic adjustments and following exercise suggestions, my acute heel pain also began to subside. After six weeks, it got to where I could stand it. My mobility greatly improved— I was able to walk for longer periods of time, play golf again, and have more exercise in my life! Because my general health and diet was truly better.
I have even more good news to report. A while back, I had had my cataracts removed and implants put in. Even after the implant operation, however, the pressure levels of my eyes were still not improving. My eye pressure measured at an average range of 21-24 (normal is 12-13). Immediately after I started on Ziquin, the averages dropped a few points. By my first visit back to the doctor’s, the pressure had dropped to 19. In my most recent doctor’s visits, the points have dropped down to the teens, around 13-17. I am sure that my eye pressure levels improved as a result of Ziquin.
One Year Later… Down to 1-2 Insulin Shots a Day
The most significant improvement is what has happened with my insulin protocol as a result of Ziquin and my new dietary regimen.
When I had first started Ziquin’s rejuvenation strategies, my insulin protocol was 4-5 shots a day—always 4 minimum. About two months into my new regimen, my blood sugar numbers began to lower. So, I started decreasing my shots. After breakfast, I found a way to work off the sugars with some exercise rather than taking a shot. I’d test my blood sugars 3-4 times a day just to be sure, and I wouldn’t need to take the shots! For the record, my sugar level averages went from 223 (a six-week average), to around 153 most recently (a reading of 140 is optimal and means no internal organs are being damaged by the diabetes). All of this transpired after a little over one year on Ziquin and my new diet. Now, I am down to ONE OR AT MOST TWO SHOTS A DAY!
My Doctor Keeps Asking What I am Doing!
Though I’m still heavier than an ideal weight, I feel much better and all of my medical test results are showing their best readings since I was diagnosed with diabetes nearly two decades ago. My doctor keeps asking me what I’m doing! She wishes that her other diabetic patients could reverse their test results too. I know that I have Dr. Yu and the Ziquin products to thank! |
