Has Anyone Heard About The BCG Study?

Has anyone heard about the BCG Study in Boston? I had not until I, oddly enough, was having my teeth cleaned! My hygienist's husband is a T1D, and she had found the study. Now, let's face it. Any diabetic does not *want* to be one. YES we love Afrezza, but imagine a life without ever taking any type of insulin. Think about it. You could do whatever you wanted and never think about lows or highs. EAT whatever you want without fear of those nasty highs. My mind can't comprehend it.

Dr. Denise Faustmann, Director of Mass General's immunobiology lab, stated T1D's were given two of the TB immunization shots (yes you read right, Tuberculosis TB!!) over four weeks and saw long term results. Blood sugars lowered and remained lowered for at least five years. She stated this was a much more cost effective way to control diabetes.

She doesn't claim T1's would be off insulin permanently, but she does state for at least five years levels remained within the normal range without lows and highs and no insulin. The vaccine is known as Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG). It's already FDA approved. During the study, A1C's went from an average of 7.4 to 6.2 and by the end of the eighth year the A1C was 6.7.

There is a lot of skepticism with this study, but I'm still curious if anyone else has heard about it or even participated in it. I'm not one who does immunizations. As a matter of fact, my youngest (now 18) has never been immunized (yes, I'm one of them!).

I'm excited to hear if anyone else knows about this. Have a great day.

Overview of most of my A1C's and OH MY where'd the time go?

OH MY GRACIOUS! I cannot believe it's been over a year since I've posted. Where'd the time go? How'd I let that happen? Easy....I was living life and enjoying the benefits of Afrezza. I've taken a snapshot of the last few years of my A1C's that are on file via the online results (not all are on here). Anyway, check out the difference! 2016 is when I started using Afrezza. Notice how my A1C slowly has been going down? My weight is down. My health is up. My Blood Pressure stays around 106/70 without medication. My cholesterol is perfect. NO Afrezza doesn't deal with that BUT when your blood sugars are completely under control, you feel better, want to exercise, get out and do stuff.

You also begin to eat healthier. My pastor was recently joking and said that he knew many diabetics, and he didn't know one who didn't eat what they weren't supposed to eat. He's right. HOWEVER, when you're in control of your levels instead of your levels being in control of you......life is heading in the right direction. Thanksgiving and Christmas came and went-life was good. I was able to enjoy a slice, or two, of pumpkin pie (thanks to my son-in-law's great baking skills) with 4u without a single high level. PERFECT.

Did I gain a few pounds......um......let's stay focused on blood sugars 😏. I still continue to stay #TeamAfrezza. I've tried and tried to speak to other diabetics about it. Many listen, some are simply too stubborn. Some want to use it, but their insurance doesn't cover it. CRAZY. How is that possible? It's a proven insulin for Type 1, insulin dependent diabetics. I have a friend who's still using her ole "trusty" pump. She posted how excited she was that her levels were going down. They'd been over 300 for a month. No, she wasn't sick. She just has so much scar tissue built up from changing the sites that the insulin was having trouble working properly. Oh my......

Well, time to now go....why? I've been baking this evening, and I've made some Carrot Cake Oatmeal cookies (diabetic approved). OH YUM. Did you know carrots were a natural sweetener? Use it in place of sugar for a lot of baking and cooking needs (works wonderfully when you're on the Daniel Fast). So time to enjoy a hot cup of coffee and two carrot cake oatmeal cookies after inhaling my 4u.
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