Ah, my dear Mrs. D. What would I do without you.

I just came back from Dunkin. There was a guy there who shouted out "ONE LARGE COFFEE WITH 11 SPLENDAS"

The guy behind the counter almost had a stroke. Splenda is way more expensive than Equal and they offer Sugar, Equal, Sweet & Low, and Splenda.

The guy said: "I WANT A LARGE COFFEE WITH 11 SPLENDAS".

Now, it's my understanding that one splenda is equal to two teaspoons of sugar. So if that's the case, this guy ordered a large coffee with the sweetness of 22 teaspoons of sugar?? I thought Alan had a taste problem, but oh my goodness.

I then came home and looked up Splenda on the internet. I mean, I REALLY LOOKED UP SPLENDA.

It seems that they changed the molecular anatomy of the cell or something to that effect. They add so many things to make it the way it is, well, it had me thinking. Alan uses 5 splendas with one large cup of tea. He drinks maybe 3 to 4 large cups of tea a day. That's a lot of artificial sweetner going into his body. Maybe all this is aggravating is psoriasis. I read about the negative side effects of Splenda.

I also read about how REALLY BAD aspartame is, and thank god, I went off that almost 7 years ago.

So I just told Alan, from now on we use Stevia. Can't find anything negative about that. I went to Puritan.com and they are having a 70% off sale on Stevia Products. So we'll stock up on that. I've tried it, it tastes fine. It also comes in many form.

Packets, liquid, powder. I don't know which form is the best to use. Do you have any idea??

Oh, this is interesting. Last night at 9:30, I had a small piece of low-fat Gouda. It was very nice.

This morning at 8 a.m. I took my sugar . it was 174. Thirty seconds later, I used a different strip and it was 154.

I'm going to test my meter with the sample testing solution they provide. I mean, how can it drop 20 points in 30 seconds??? Something kooky going on here.

Also, I'm not going to juice for a few days. I'll still juice for Alan, but I'm going to do the protein, and veggies, and see how that impacts my sugar reading in the morning. When I told Cornell I was juicing, they DID NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL. Something about the concentration of the juice going into my body versus just eating a piece of fruit.

I am wondering, does this apply to green vegetables also. Would the juicing of celery, zucchini, asparagus, cucumber (with a small slice of apple for sweetness), well would that affect my diabetes?

I always thought that juicing fruit would impact it, but I never thought that juicing veggies and other greens could affect one's diabetic levels.

Oh, I just found this on the internet. No more carrots for me.

http://www.diabetescure101.com/juice4.shtml

I also didn't know that by the time one is diagnosed with Type 2, one half of the pancreas is damaged.

Now here's the rub!!!

Can we fix our pancreas??? no one knows do they??

Well, I reversed the diabetes in my eyes. I no longer need glasses. I broke the protocol at Cornell and my body reacted better than anyone else's.

And that happened when I went on Lantus, and stopped the oral stuff.

So can Melody re-engineer her pancreas?

I can most assuredly tell you that MELODY IS GOING TO TRY.

I mean, if I got my feet to stop buzzing and burning (with using Methyl B-12), well, God only knows what other wonders I can get my body to do.

I shall be a test case.

All good stuff going in, and all toxins going out.

And I shall walk every day.

So we shall see.

I ain't giving up till the FAT LADY SINGS!!!!

And no, I'M NOT THE FAT LADY!!!!

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