DeWayne McCulley: The Diabetes Engineer

Did You Know That?:  The "Death to Diabetes" book has become one of the top-selling diabetes books in the country while helping thousands of diabetics. "Death to Diabetes" has recently been rated as one of the top-rated medical books and top-rated health books in the country, by several medical groups and health groups! The book is now being sold internationally in countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, South Africa, India, China, Australia, and Brazil.

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I hope this information is helpful -- if not, you can call me and discuss your questions and concerns.

Take care and may God bless you and your family.

Sincerely,
DeWayne
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Author's Note: "Most people are aware that diet and exercise help to control their diabetes, and even slow down its progress, but it doesn't stop the disease from spreading and causing more damage. This is a key point for diabetics who are doing a good job at controlling their diabetes with diet and exercise. I define this as "Stage 4" of my 6-stage diabetes recovery/ repair/reversal model. Diabetics who reach Stage 4 have a major opportunity to reach Stages 5 and 6, and actually eradicate the disease! -- instead of just controlling it."

Note: For those of you who are controlling your blood sugar with diabetic drugs, you are probably in Stage 1.

During his medical research, the author was shocked when he discovered  the large number of African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and other ethnic groups that were affected by Type 2 diabetes.

As a result, the author decided to do some additional research into understanding these health statistics. He has come to realize that the problem goes far beyond just the lack of knowledge. This has led him to write the ebook titled "Why Black People Are Droppin' Like Flies" .

Many diabetics (including the author) are warned by their physicians that they will eventually experience depression. Unfortunately, their solution is to add more drugs on top of the diabetic drugs.

The very first seminar that the author attended after he got out of the hospital was about depression and diabetes. The keynote speaker at the seminar emphasized that every diabetic in the room (including the author) would eventually experience depression and that there was very little that could be done to stop it.

When the author went to see his endocrinologist, he recommended that the author see a psychiatrist to get the proper medication for his impending depression.

Author’s Note: I was simply amazed at the number of doctors and experts that believed that I was going to eventually become depressed.

For more information about depression, read our web page about depression and get the Defeat Depression ebook from our online store.

Also, read the author's brother's story and successful bout with depression.

Who is DeWayne McCulley?

You've probably heard of several doctors and other healthcare experts talking about and writing books about reversing diabetes. Maybe you've even seen some of these doctors and experts on television or in the newspaper. In fact, many of these doctors have heard of DeWayne McCulley. But, why haven't you heard of DeWayne McCulley?

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Despite the dramatic improvement in his blood glucose and hemoglobin A1C tests results, DeWayne's endocrinologist felt that he would eventually be back on insulin within 3 to 6 months. That was back in August of 2002 ...

Because of his miraculous recovery and the success of his wellness program, DeWayne (who grew up in Western Pennsylvania and graduated from Pennsylvania State University, B.S./E.E.) continued to receive phone calls and emails from diabetics all over the country, asking questions about their specific health needs.

One of the reasons why DeWayne wrote his book was to reduce the number of phone calls and emails. However, as the book has become one of the top-selling diabetes books, the number of phone calls and emails have continued to increase, leading DeWayne to start health coaching over the phone.  That, in turn, led DeWayne and his company Death to Diabetes, LLC to join forces with a health services company. As a national diabetes educator and health coach, DeWayne conducts Death to Diabetes^® workshops and seminars, and provides professional health coaching services to various companies, organizations, families, and individuals. 

DeWayne's daughter Cynthia believes that he is a cross between Chris Rock and Dr Oz, because he's able to use humor and his medical knowledge to provide an entertaining lecture about diabetes. And, Cynthia believes that people love his message because it is inspiring and brings hope to so many people who identify with what her dad has gone through. And, because he faced all the problems that diabetics face, these diabetics identify with him, and they feel hopeful that now they can get healthier.

     
DeWayne, who has been featured in news articles and on radio shows in various cities, credited his success in Corporate America to strong parents, great teachers in elementary, junior and senior high school, and the blue-collar work ethic of the steel mills in Western Pennsylvania. DeWayne states emphatically, "For some strange reason, I was blessed with great teachers who reinforced what my parents had instilled in me -- that I could do anything as long as I was willing to put in the effort and do the work. Ironically, that work ethic mentality helped me to successfully fight and beat my diabetes."

Accidents or Blessings?
What I learned over the years as an engineer in terms of design, planning, testing, data analysis, and writing prepared me to successfully fight this disease and write the book "Death to Diabetes".

Of course, I realize that my recovery from diabetes may be an anomaly due to my engineering background and a series of “accidents” that helped me through my recovery.

But, my mother said: "Son, there are no accidents -- those things that keep happening to you are blessings from God. And, you need to share those events with other diabetics to help them defeat their disease."

Well, since I wasn't completely certain what happened to me was a series of accidents or blessings, I felt compelled to share what happened to me.

FYI: The following are some of the "accidents" or blessings that occurred, and led me to help other diabetics and eventually write the book.

Hospital Events
I was in the intensive care ward for the first seven days of my hospital stay. There were several times that I could have died, but there were several interesting events, some of which I believe redirected my fate.

There was a lot of disagreement concerning why my blood glucose level was so high. Some of the hospital doctors were convinced that I was an alcoholic, until my doctor showed up to set the record straight. Otherwise, without my doctor’s help, I’m not sure if I would have received the proper treatment at that critical time when my life was still in the balance.

I remember the head nurse – her energy, her drive, and her commitment to keep me alive. I believe she didn’t go home that first night and was very responsible for keeping me alive during that critical time. (I sent a letter to the hospital personnel department a couple months later thanking her and the other medical staff for not giving up on me).
 
For some reason, one night, I couldn’t go to sleep no matter how hard I tried. Then, a nurse came in to give me some medication. But, something told me to ask her: “Why are you giving me this medication? What is it for? I haven’t been given any medication at night before now.” Then, the nurse realized that she was in the wrong room! She apologized profusely and left immediately.

As my health started to improve, one of the people from my engineering team (John Stein) stopped by to visit me in the hospital. At work, we called him “Elton John”. I believe it’s because of his hairstyle and the fact that he played the piano or guitar. Later that day, when one of the nurses asked me how I was doing, I said, “Pretty good, Elton John just stopped by to say Hi.”
The nurse said: "Really? You just talked to Elton John?"
So, because the doctors and nurses thought that I might be developing dementia, they provided almost hourly encouragement and advice during the rest of my hospital stay to improve my health. As a result, I learned so much more about diabetes, medications, how hospitals worked, etc.

More Accidents
During my recovery, there were several serendipitous accidents that my mother refers to as “blessings that were meant to happen.”

The first accident (or blessing) occurred when the head nurse didn’t go home when her shift ended the day I entered the intensive care ward of the hospital.  She was instrumental in keeping me alive during those initial critical hours when it appeared I was not going to make it.  
 
Another accident occurred just before I was discharged from the hospital. One of the nurses, who was a diabetes educator, gave me a ticket to a diabetes health conference being held locally. I was fortunate to be invited to this conference where I met hundreds of diabetics, health care professionals, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and medical sales people. I met many diabetics who were without limbs, in wheelchairs, wearing coke-bottled glasses, limping, and severely overweight. This became my catalyst for change because I didn’t want to lose a limb, my eyesight or end up in a wheelchair.

When I returned to work, I met several people who were also diabetic. They were surprised to find out that I was able to reduce the amount of insulin I had been taking. Because so many people kept asking about this, I prepared a 1-page document that explained what I was eating to help reduce my blood glucose level and reduce the amount of insulin that I was taking. This 1-page document turned into a 10-page document, then, a 75-page document, that eventually because the foundation for writing the book! (But, at that time I never dreamed that I was ever going to write a book!)

The people I worked with were very instrumental in my recovery because they picked up some of my responsibilities, preventing me from being under a lot of stress.  The people in our organization pitched in and hired a local chef to prepare some healthy meals for me. Since I wasn't much of a cook and since my mother and daughter had gone back home, this was very critical to me being able to eat healthy and continue fighting my diabetes.

Support Group & Church Meetings
Then, another one of those accidents occurred when a member of a local diabetic support group (Alfreda) asked me to come to their meeting and share my story about diabetes. Coincidentally, Alfreda had catered a picnic for the organization I worked for a couple years ago and she had heard what happened to me from a secretary who worked for one of my previous managers.

After I shared my story with the diabetic support group, I was surprised by their energy and enthusiasm for someone they had never met. Then, I was asked by the local director of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to facilitate the diabetic support group meetings. It just happened that the person who had been facilitating the support group meetings had left for a better job opportunity a few weeks earlier.

This was a key event because I met some wonderful people who shared their stories about diabetes, including their personal concerns and frustrations with fighting this disease.  I was able to use this forum to help many diabetics and learn even more about diabetes.

Another accident occurred when one of the local churches asked the ADA director to give a presentation on diabetes but she came down sick, and asked me to do the presentation. Even though I had never done anything like this in a public forum, the presentation went very well. That led the church to form their own diabetic support group that I helped to facilitate; and, where I learned even more about diabetes.
 
Then, several other churches that heard about the presentation asked me to give a similar talk to their congregations. Then, one of the directors of the American Heart Association asked me to work with several of the local churches tied to their Healthy Heart Program. As a result, I conducted several well-received diabetes seminars with a number of church denominations, including Baptist, Pentecostal, Methodist, Seventh Day Adventist, and Christian.

And, then, I was accidentally invited to a health fair held by a local Hindu temple, where I met some wonderful doctors and other healthcare professionals, who encouraged me to write a book about my experiences.  Within just a few months, I had met hundreds of new people.

In the meantime, I would accidentally run into some of these people at the mall, grocery store, post office, car dealership, etc. and I would end up talking about diabetes, drawing a large crowd of people almost every time I spoke!

When I told my mother how I would keep running into other diabetics, she said: "Son, God is bringing these people into your life so that you realize that you have a story that needs to be shared with others."

Every time I shared my story with an individual or a group of people, they kept asking if I were going to write a book. I kept saying "No". I felt that I was doing enough by facilitating two diabetic support groups and giving lectures almost every week.  But, my mother and my daughter kept after me -- nagging me to write a book!

Then, one day, the American Diabetes Association fired me and the director who had brought me in to run their diabetic support group. I found out later that there were some complaints from doctors because some of their patients had either reduced their medications or had come off their medications by following my dietary suggestions.

Ironically, this event so angered me that it gave me the fuel and the energy to eventually write the book!

And, just when I thought the "accidents" had stopped, at a local health fair, I met a wellness consultant, who invited me to a meeting of other wellness consultants. That led me to begin thinking about what I was doing as a real business, which led me to eventually build a website and begin speaking to various groups beyond my local community. 

This eventually led me to speak at a medical conference, where I was video-recorded, and ended up on YouTube. And, all of sudden, I was getting phone calls, emails, letters, etc. from people around the country; and, then, eventually, from people around the world!

There is no doubt in my mind that I have been truly blessed to be able to do what I do. I just hope that enough people find out so that they too can defeat their diabetes and help other people around the world ...

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