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11-11-2003, 09:23 PM
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| | | Clinical trial: acupuncture and blood sugar level.
We are performing a clinical trail to establish the effect of acupunture treatment upon the blood sugar level and insulin intake of diabetics with type one diabetes.
We are inviting participation in the study.
The study will be performed in Cape Coral, Florida, and will last 10 weeks.
239-540-1220
robiemurdoch@yahoo.com |
11-11-2003, 10:32 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Alaska
Posts: 445
| | Fly me from Alaska to Florida, put me up in a hotel and feed me and I'd be happy to participate 
Yea I know but it's a shot in the dark.........lol |
11-11-2003, 10:42 PM
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Posts: 802
| | Yeah, just in case you guys aren't getting poked with needles enough already, now you can have more! Sounds like fun. 
I am curious. What makes you think that acupuncture would help blood sugar levels? |
11-12-2003, 06:44 PM
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| | | Clinical trial: acupuncture and blood sugar level
Hi Jon,
Yeah more needles! Only 36/38g tho'
What make me think it help blood sugar levels is that EVERY one of my diabetic patients, that's somewhere around 75 to 100 has had to reduce their meds because they were getting low BS from having treatment. A few (3 so far) are in complete remission for several years.
So quantifying this is important to me. |
11-12-2003, 06:54 PM
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| | | _ALASKA_
maybe when I'm rich |
11-12-2003, 11:38 PM
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| | | I would be interested in the results of this study. Unfortunately, Florida is a little bit out of the way for me. Are all of your patients type 1? |
11-13-2003, 08:42 AM
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| | | Jon,
No, not all my diabetic patients are type one, but at this point, performing the study on diabetics with type one who use injectable insulin as their only med to control BS level will make the results of the test very measurable. |
11-14-2003, 09:45 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Hogwarts, Hobbiton, the Galactic Milieu &Ks when I have to be here
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| | | RobertMurdochAP
I'm a 1.5 and have enough sick days accrued so that I could come and stay with you.
It is starting to get cold up here. Perhaps you could call on your brother/cousin, Rupert?
Got an extra room?:smartass:
Seriously, though, like Jon, I would be very much interested in the results of your study.
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11-14-2003, 10:13 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: USA
Posts: 949
| | | I'm a 1.5, too.
I read have read about the benefits of accupuncture treatment in The Diabetic Male's Essential Guide to Living Well. If I lived in FL, I would definitely be interest in your study. |
11-14-2003, 10:39 AM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by statdeac
I'm a 1.5, too.
| What is a 1.5? |
11-14-2003, 11:21 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Hogwarts, Hobbiton, the Galactic Milieu &Ks when I have to be here
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| | | Clinical trial: acupuncture and blood sugar level.
Here's the link http://www.diabetesnet.com/diabetes_...es_type_15.php
better than me trying to explain it in my typical bumbling fashion
By the time they caught me, it was toooooooooooo late,
insulin Right Now , still after me to go on the pump, No thank you, I like my Induo---for now
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Last edited by rzrbks : 11-14-2003 at 11:24 AM.
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11-14-2003, 11:42 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Hogwarts, Hobbiton, the Galactic Milieu &Ks when I have to be here
Posts: 4,299
| | | Clinical trial: acupuncture and blood sugar level.
Since I can't edit the previous post:
Since I'm 1.5, otherwise known as " LADA ",
Does that make me the Fifth teletubbie ? ROTLMAO( sometimes I just kill me)
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11-14-2003, 03:02 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The city on the edge of forever.
Posts: 4,843
| | | I wish I could try it but it's a little too far away for me.
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11-17-2003, 10:28 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: SF Bay Area
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| | | Yeah, sure. Forgive me if I sound a bit skeptical, but 5-6 shots a day aren't enough for me - I want more! Anyone ever had an EMG? More needles? - NO THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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11-18-2003, 03:47 AM
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| | | Heather, please know that acupuncturist generally use 34-38 gauge needles and most patients are very surprised how easy the process is. My attitude about it is, if there is a 20% chance of a complete cure (that's current stats) and 95% chance of improvement in terms of insulin dosage and complications, it has to be more than worthwhile. |
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