Diabetic's near-death experience motivates "cure" and book "Death to Diabetes." Part 1.

DeWayne McCulley at the podium/with permission

Is there a cure to diabetes? There just might be, thanks to the near-death experience of DeWayne McCulley. He nearly died of very high blood sugar of 1337 in March, 2002. That is over 1200 points above normal. After doctors recommended amputation of both legs, McCulley lived to tell the tale – legs intact. His education, dreams and experiences during his diabetic coma eventually helped him find a way to manage his diabetes – without the typical shots and blood sugar checks. Today he says he is “cured” of this debilitating disease. He currently takes no insulin shots or diabetic medicines and maintains a normal blood sugar.

According to the National Women’s Health Information Center, About 24 million Americans have diabetes, or about 1 in 17 people.

According to the National Institute for Health, Diabetes is a disease where a person’s blood glucose, or sugar, levels are too high. Glucose comes from foods. And the body requires insulin, a hormone, to help glucose get into the body’s cells which gives the body energy. With Type 1 diabetes, the body does not make insulin. With Type 2 diabetes, the body does not make or use insulin well. Without enough insulin, the glucose stays in your blood. Click here for more information on diabetes.  (Source: National Institute for Health, Medline)

The "cure". McCulley’s diabetes “cure” involves a six-stage model that includes five “super” foods, five “dead” foods and chemicals to avoid, seven “Wellness Factors” and research from more than 200 clinical studies.

“God put me into training for 30 years by Corporate America,” McCulley says, “to learn everything I could about engineering, and use that knowledge to beat my diabetes, write the book, and then help other diabetics.” Author of “Death to Diabetes,” McCulley wrote the book in 2005 after much prompting from his mother, and coincidences occurring after his near-death coma.

McCulley’s near death experience and coma.   McCulley denies having a “typical” near-death experience. “I'm not too familiar with NDEs. The little bit I do know about NDEs indicates that my experience was different because I didn't see ‘the light’ or feel ‘out of body’.”

But there were events, McCulley admits, that weren’t scientifically explainable. For example, “after I came out of the coma, I was familiar with my condition, known as a ‘non-ketotic hyperglycemic hyperosomolar coma’. My daughter said that one of the doctors in the hospital used that term while they were discussing my coma in another room. It's not clear how I was able to recall such a complicated medical phrase since I was not in that room.”

McCulley also had a series of dreams. One was where he was in a large room with his daughter and could here her voice, but did not see here. “There was a birthday cake and candles. There were people praying. I could hear other voices asking me questions, and I would answer the questions. People were laughing and applauding.”

McCulley later realized after he spoke before a group of diabetics that his dream had foretold him lecturing.

Another dream eventually helped him name his book and pick a cover. ‘I could see myself walking towards a grave. As I got closer to the grave, I could see that the first letter of the name on the gravestone was "D" which is the first letter of my name. So, I thought that I was dead, and I would panic and wake up in a cold sweat -- realizing it was just a dream and that I wasn't dead.

“When I told my mother about the dream (actually a nightmare, since I don't like graveyards), she said that because of the diabetic coma, God was trying to speak to me. So I said, ‘So is God trying to tell me that I'm dead or going to die in the hospital?’

“My mother said: ‘No, God is trying to tell you something, but you can't wake up from the dream out of fear that you are dead. You must have faith and follow through with the rest of the dream.’

“It took a couple nights, but I was finally able to watch myself during the entire dream sequence. When I finally got closer to the headstone on the grave site, I could see that the word on the gravestone did start with the letter "D", but the "D" was not for "DeWayne". The name on the headstone was "Diabetes"! But, at that time, I didn't really understand the power of that symbolism. I was just glad that my name was not on the headstone!”

"Death to Diabetes" is now one of the top-selling diabetes books in the United States.

McCulley says that his book “Death to Diabetes," “is gradually becoming the rallying cry of many diabetics who are fed up with the disease, the doctors, and the drugs; and are looking for a better answer. Many of them believe that the answer is "death to diabetes" instead of "death to them". They see the book "Death to Diabetes" as a way out, a beacon of hope. Many diabetics are encouraged when they hear my story -- because they realize that if I can make it back, maybe they can make it back, too.” We can only hope that diabetics find McCulley’s “cure” as successfully as he did.

For information on ordering the book and more of McCulley's story, visit deathtodiabetes.com

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