Got Limb, Inc.

April 11, 2008

My original plan for creating this organization was to help people who have lost their limbs. This still is my plan. However, I also realized I could reach a lot more people if I also included diabetes. I have had diabetes since 3 years old after my mother died. I actually had seen Mary Tyler Moore on Larry King saying that for type 1 diabetics it is usually set off by something traumatic. I have had diabetes now for 38 years. After losing my leg over 3 years ago now, I decided I needed to do a few things.

1. Talk with children with diabetes. (It is hard growing up with diabetes. You cannot eat what the kids are eating, you usually cannot participate in a lot of activities, etc.)

2. Talking with adults with type 2 diabetes. (As I have been going through a lot of experiences with losing my leg and not wanting to let it get the best of me, I have been told by nurses and doctors that actually I have done really well for as long as I have had diabetes. Did you know that people who develop diabetes later in life develop far more complications, i.e. vision loss, kidney failure, limb loss in as little as 5 years of being diagnosed with diabetes type II?

Here is the truth. With diabetes most of us live in denial. We think we can do anything and everything everyone can do. You know what? This is true to a point. However, we must, must, must know that we have a disease that we most likely will die of because of complications related to diabetes. Once we know that and accept that, we can take control of our lives and diabetes and not have the diabetes control us.

So my mission is to talk to everyone with diabetes, to be a teacher and role model for diabetics. Just because I lost my leg does not mean that I have lost. In fact, it was something that had to happen to me in order to get in my head, this is very serious, if I do not take care of myself NOW, I will not live very much longer.

With saying all of this, I have found something very amazing. Actually my roommate told me about it and I have been quite astonished by the results. It is called Kangen water. I have been drinking it for 3 months and have benefited with some things in just that short amount of time. For example, after just 2 weeks I noticed my eyesight was much better and I actually found that out by accident. I was driving at night and usually have to wear glasses because I cannot see clearly that far ahead of me. I was grabbing for my glasses out of habit but I realized I did not need them. So I was actually able to see the exit signs. Besides that, on my way home it was raining and I still did not need my glasses. That was the first thing I noticed. Oh, and my eyesight has been that way since I was 19 when I had to get glasses for driving.

The next thing I noticed was I had lost 5 pounds. I believe it was because I was drinking the water and actually eating much healthier. Instead of my usual grab and eat I started making healthy meals to eat. I freeze them just warm them up, add some fresh vegetables and fruit and wow I feel much better. It is a great thing to crave good food.

Another thing I HAD to do after learning about the water was to STOP drinking soda and green tea products. Green tea is very good, but not the brand I was drinking with a pH of 3.41. If you drink the green tea from teabags it is much healthier. When our bodies are alkalinized at 7.36, that is a lot of acid. Soda was 3.4, again 7.36 is alkalinized. Well gee no wonder I felt like I was dragging all the time. So I started drinking the water and for my caffeine I drink coffee made with Kangen water and really have not missed my soda since.

Lastly, for the 3 months I have been drinking Kangen water, with respect to my diabetes I have been doing less insulin. I am very hopeful with this because I have been taking shots since I was 3 years old. I am very excited to see what the next couple of months bring. I am going to get my blood checked to see if I have improvement in such things as my creatinine level, or renal function, potassium, which too high can cause strokes and my blood count as I have been slightly anemic for the last 5 or so years.

So with what I have seen in just myself, I would love to promote this product to not only diabetics, but everybody because in the United States we really do not lead healthy lifestyles with fast food, etc, which leads to many health problems.

I am looking for an investor, companies or people who will be willing to help me buy these machines. I want to buy 10 machines to start with. I want to provide these machines to people who are facing situations such as losing a limb, kidney failure or on dialysis, people with glaucoma, high blood pressure, etc. The machine costs $4,000, and yes there are other machines. However, none of them are like this one. For more information on what pH, ORP, alkalinizing, etc. please go to lifechangegroup.com, they also like me want people to be healthy and not just treat illnesses like medicines do, yet to hopefully cure illnesses with just alkalinizing the body. For me though it is urgent that I am able to get out and speak to groups, schools, hospitals, children and adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, etc. Diabetes is still a leading cause of death in the United States. See chart below.

In the white rows, percentages answer the question, "Of the total number of deaths for all ages in each 'Cause of Death,
' what percentage was attributed to each age group."

Cause of Death/Age Range	All Ages		Under 1 Yr		1-4 yrs		5-14yrs		15-24 yrs		25-34		35-44
Total Number of Deaths	2,403,351	100%	28,035	1.2%	4,979	0.2%	7,413	0.3%	3,1307	1.3%	40,451	1.7%	89,798	3.7%
Major Cardiovasular Diseases	936,923	39.0%	636	2.3%	234	4.7%	362	4.9%	1,309	4.2%	3792	9.4%	16,624	18.5%
Malignant Neoplasms	553,091	23.0%	92	0.3%	420	8.4%	1,014	13.7%	1713	5.5%	3916	9.7%	16,520	18.4%
Chronic Lower Resperitory Dis.	122,009	5.1%	36	0.1%	51	1.0%	139	1.9%	190	0.6%	296	0.7%	930	1.0%
Diabetes Mellitus	69,301	2.9%	4	0.0%	6	0.1%	26	0.4%	162	0.5%	623	1.5%	1,926	2.1%
Influenza and Pneumonia	65,313	2.7%	289	1.0%	103	2.1%	87	1.2%	189	0.6%	364	0.9%	1,068	1.2%
Alzheimers	49,558	2.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.0%	6	0.0%
Motor Vehicle Accidents	43,354	1.8%	168	0.6%	651	13.1%	1,772	23.9%	10,560	33.7%	6,884	17.0%	6,927	7.7%
Renal Failure	3,6471	1.5%	152	0.5%	11	0.2%	19	0.3%	78	0.2%	221	0.5%	701	0.8%
Septicemia	3,1224	1.3%	274	1.0%	99	2.0%	63	0.8%	100	0.3%	280	0.7%	877	1.0%
Firearms	28,663	1.2%	13	0.0%	46	0.9%	377	5.1%	6,575	21.0%	5,789	14.3%	,5358	6.0%
NOTE: Firearms Statistics Include Gang Warfare, Self Defense Shootings and Criminals Killed by Police

Cause of Death/Age Range	45-54		55-64		65-74		75-84		85 and over		Not stated
Total Number of Deaths	160,341	6.7%	240,846	10.0%	441,209	18.4%	700,445	29.1%	658,171	27.4%	356	0.0%
Major Cardiovasular Diseases	43,583	27.2%	77,482	32.2%	156,187	35.4%	296,202	42.3%	340,450	51.7%	62	17.4%
Malignant Neoplasms	48,034	30.0%	89,005	37.0%	150,131	34.0%	165,009	23.6%	77,136	11.7%	11	3.1%
Chronic Lower Resperitory Dis.	3,251	2.0%	10,739	4.5%	31,157	7.1%	47,722	6.8%	27,496	4.2%	2	0.6%
Diabetes Mellitus	4,954	3.1%	9,186	3.8%	1,6674	3.8%	22,184	3.2%	13,556	2.1%	0	0.0%
Influenza and Pneumonia	1,774	1.1%	2,879	1.2%	7,189	1.6%	19,821	2.8%	31,547	4.8%	3	0.8%
Alzheimers	64	0.0%	491	0.2%	3,431	0.8%	17,253	2.5%	28,309	4.3%	2	0.6%
Motor Vehicle Accidents	5,361	3.3%	3,506	1.5%	3,038	0.7%	3,173	0.5%	1,288	0.2%	26	7.3%
Renal Failure	1,590	1.0%	3,023	1.3%	6,848	1.6%	12,223	1.7%	11,603	1.8%	2	0.6%
Septicemia	1,845	1.2%	2,899	1.2%	8,704	2.0%	9,938	1.4%	9,144	1.4%	1	0.3%
Firearms	3,951	2.5%	2,272	0.9%	1,941	0.4%	1,723	0.2%	600	0.1%	18	5.1%

Here is the thing though. Diabetes can be controlled if we are willing to take care of ourselves. One of the reasons I want to speak to parents and family members about diabetes is because so often people will feel sorry, want to protect, in other words helping the diabetic think they are a victim. I believe once we are out of that mentality, the diabetic will know that it is up to them to be the responsible one and take care of themselves and they will do it.

We will fly to you to give demonstrations. Every machine that is sold, a percentage will come back to the foundation. With that money I will use it to help more people get these machines, be able to do more speaking engagements, have a camp where people can meet other people and build support systems and teaching diabetics how live full active lives, create fundraisers including activities and also things like wine/dinner parties to help raise money, and finally also getting prosthetics for people who cannot afford them. Did you know that some prosthetics cost as much as a basic car, and that is just a basic prosthetic. I want people to live productive lives and I know many people do without these devices, but imagine what they can do if they have an arm or a leg and also a support group where they will know they are capable of doing anything and everything they want. I do believe this will cut down vastly on the welfare and disability, thus making it so people are not so dependent on the government when in fact they can be leading full productive lives.

Although diabetes is closest to my heart, I also am willing to help people with other illnesses. Sometimes people just do not know where to go or what to do, so I want to work with other groups also. It is very frustrating looking for information and not being able to find it, so I want to be able to provide that.

I know that my foundation and I are capable of making a huge contribution to the community and in peoples lives and in return people making contributions to help others. I believe the Kangen water will be a great source in supporting the foundation and in turn helping people become more healthy. The great thing about Kangen are the benefits of the water itself. Unlike everything else that is supposed to “cure” etc, This is water, which our bodies need to survive anyway. However, instead of putting water in our bodies that is not hydrating us, we actually are putting water in ours bodies to alkalinize us, help us stay younger, hopefully in the long run get us completely off medications, live longer, thwart off disease of any kind because disease cannot live in an alkalinized state, etc. Japan has actually been using this water for a long time and actually that is the water they use in their hospitals. A little side note, I do medical transcription and I would say 95% or more people coming into the emergency rooms are dehydrated. I have noticed that almost no matter what they are coming in for, after they are hydrated they are feeling better. I think that has a lot to say about how important it is to hydrate ourselves with water that is alkalinized.

I am asking for support in helping this foundation. I have been working on this for 3 years and I really believe I have found a way to make this work not only in helping people with their health, but also giving information of my own life experiences, also a way for people to get involved in a cause that actually everyone can benefit from. I also want to document people’s progress. A lot of information I see never seems to be about what is going on in the moment and you just do not know how old the information is. I want this to be up to date for everyone to see that it really does work. I think that is really beneficial in giving people hope in that they will lead full healthy lives.

In closing, I want you to know I am not going by any medical book on this. My life is not a textbook, nor do I want it to be because what kind of life would that be if I only went by the book. My doctor pretty much has put me in charge of controlling myself because I am the only one who can control my diabetes. It is up to each individual how they live their life be that healthy or unhealthy. I do want you all to know, I wake up every day wanting to help people and I do what I can every day. When I go to sleep at night I usually cannot sleep because I have so many ideas. Any help anyone can provide be it time, donations, locations for events, etc. I would totally appreciate it.

Please contact me at reneelewis3@yahoo.com and thank you for reading my webpage.

Renee Lewis