Treatments begin in the morning and continue for 6 hours, allowing the patient to leave shortly after lunch. The six hours are spent with the patient reading, watching TV, working on a computer or any other non-stressful pastime. The patient can walk around but should generally be in the chair while being treated.
The following picture depicts a man being treated.
The machine on the left (a standard sports medicine metabolic measurement machine) measures the metabolism of a patient. The patient breathes normally into the machine, and it calculates the carbohydrate and lipid metabolism of the patient. Diabetic patients cannot metabolize sugars, but with CAT, they are able to normalize their metabolism and this machine shows that normalization process. It is exciting to see a patient change from unable to burn sugars to using them as do non-diabetic people.
Patients are able to see their metabolism restored to normal healthy levels. Software in the computer tracks the benefits to the patient and provides the data necessary for billing.
The Bionica pump is on the armrest table to the left. It is about the size of a video cassette. It is a unique type of infusion device that delivers pulses of insulin in a special way with unique pressures so that the liver of the patient prepares the rest of the body for metabolizing carbohydrates. (This is how the enzymes are made by the liver).
The Bionica pump thus mimics the stimulation that a non-diabetic liver receives. Once the liver is properly stimulated, the entire body then burns carbohydrates again, and the disease process of diabetes is stopped and in many ways reversed.
All of this equipment is fully FDA cleared (or sometimes called "approved" even though the FDA does not "approve" anything) and is manufactured in a U.S. FDA certified manufacturing facility.
All of this equipment has been tested and used for years. In over 100,000 treatments, there has never been a reported adverse reaction, side effect, injury or claim. There has never been a recall of this equipment or any reason to suspect that it will not work.
Exactly what takes place on a treatment day?
1. When the patient comes into the clinic a short review of their week takes place, looking for anything out of the ordinary. The improvement in health which CAT causes is noted. Their blood pressure, heart rate and weight are recorded. Any complications which are being measured are recorded (such as heart function improvement, kidney test improvement, neuropathy reversal, wound healing, etc.)
2. The patient sits in the chair, and a small IV is started. The patient's blood sugar level is checked to make sure that the insulin being given will not be too great an amount. (The blood sugar is kept a little higher than normal to insure that no hypoglycemia takes place. This does not hurt the patient). If the blood sugar is too low for treatment the patient is given a glucose drink.
3. The prior treatment parameters are reviewed and the patient breathes into the Metabolic Measurement cart to record the metabolism levels of the patient. (These levels will quickly increase when the treatment is given.)
4. One hour of insulin pulses are given. These pulses mimic normal pancreas stimulation of the liver to produce the enzymes necessary for proper resting metabolism. The amount of insulin is not much more than the normal amount given to a diabetic person. However, if the patient is insulin resistant, then as the treatment days progress that insulin resistance will reduce.
5. The patient is given glucose drinks throughout the treatment which is the second "signal" that is provided to the liver. (when a non-diabetic person eats a meal with carbohydrates it stimulates the liver and is one of the signals that causes the pancreas to secret bursts of insulin every 4 to 6 minutes).
(Note: With the two signals to the liver, the oral glucose and the pulses of insulin which stay pulses due to the nature of the Bionica pump, the liver then "turns on" certain enzymes and "produces" more enzymes, all of which are needed to restore proper metabolism. This happens no matter how sick or impaired the patient).
6. After one hour of pulses are given with the presence of glucose, the pateint waits an hour for their bodies to adjust. This cycle is repeated two more times (for a total of 3 one hour infusion treatments and 3 one hour rests periods). There is no pain or discomfort associated with the treatment or the breathing test other than a small IV which does not bother the patient.
7. Several times during the process the patient breathes into the Metabolic Measurement machine to track their progress (which always happens) and to insure that the right amount of insulin and glucose is being administered. The patient's blood glucose levels are checked frequently to make sure that they do not become hypoglycemic from insulin. If their blood sugar goes down, additional glucose drink is given.
8. After the last rest period, the checking of the blood sugar level and another Metabolic Measurement the patient is free to go home. The patient is encouraged to consume solid foods as soon as possible after the treatment. The patient is encouraged to have a normal meal for dinner, and to do some light exercise, while monitoring their blood sugar.
Obviously, the Staff is doing much of the work, calculating the amounts of insulin, glucose and metabolic outcomes. This adjustment continues for a few months while the patient "gets their life back" and all of the changes take place.
The more ill the patient when they start, the more dramatic the outcomes, since the patient can show more improvement when they are really ill. No patient is too ill for treatment.
How often do patients require treatment? The majority of patients like to be treated once a week. They can tell when their energy level goes down, and can sense when complications of diabetes come back. Thus, they are happy to come into the clinic once a week.
Occasionally a patient will miss a treatment, and nothing dramatic happens. However, a second missing of treatment will cause most patients to feel "diabetic" again. (Most diabetic people do not realize how badly they feel with diabetes, as they adjust and adapt to their condition over a period of years).
Accordingly, patients want to be treated regularly and maintain their energy levels as they regain their former abilities.
All of the clinical trials which showed the stopping and reversal of diabetes complications were based upon a "once a week" treatment regimen. During these trials, an occasional treatment would be missed without known adverse result. However, some patients elect to be treated once every 2 weeks if their metabolism remains normalized with this treatment schedule.
What do I do before coming? Patients will be told to reduce their long acting insulin the night before. Also, they should not have low blood sugar levels prior to treatment.
There are a number of things that happen as a patient gets better. Over the first 3 to 6 months many of the patient's medicines will have to be adjusted (as their bodies become more responsive and more normal). Some medicine, such as blood pressure medications, may become unnecessary after a few months of treatment.
Basically, if a medication relates to wellness, heart function, blood pressure, or pain, it will need to be adjusted as the patient changes to more normal metabolism. However, this is just common sense and nothing unusual in the adjustment should occur.
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