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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2558767" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>I've been T1 since I was 8, so 52 years.</p><p></p><p>I know when I was in my twenties the eye doctors told me I'd need laser treatment before I was forty, still haven't had any. The background retinopathy has come and gone for at least twenty years though I think it's stabilised at "I've got some but they don't want to treat it yet". (Goes off to touch every piece of wood I can find).</p><p></p><p>I'm reminded of the joke where the doctor tells a patient he has only 1 year to live. The patient asks whether there is anything he can do. The doctor tells him to give up sex. alcohol, smoking, any enjoyable food etc etc.</p><p>"Will that make me live longer?"</p><p>"No, but it will feel like it".</p><p></p><p>My recommendation would be to find a balance that works for you, whatever that is. It may or may not be the same as the balance that works for others, though it's always interesting to see what others do. Modern technology (cgms etc) mean you can keep as close an eye on your bgs as you want, but it's up to you what you want to do in terms of keeping in range, as well as what that range is.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2558767, member: 372717"] I've been T1 since I was 8, so 52 years. I know when I was in my twenties the eye doctors told me I'd need laser treatment before I was forty, still haven't had any. The background retinopathy has come and gone for at least twenty years though I think it's stabilised at "I've got some but they don't want to treat it yet". (Goes off to touch every piece of wood I can find). I'm reminded of the joke where the doctor tells a patient he has only 1 year to live. The patient asks whether there is anything he can do. The doctor tells him to give up sex. alcohol, smoking, any enjoyable food etc etc. "Will that make me live longer?" "No, but it will feel like it". My recommendation would be to find a balance that works for you, whatever that is. It may or may not be the same as the balance that works for others, though it's always interesting to see what others do. Modern technology (cgms etc) mean you can keep as close an eye on your bgs as you want, but it's up to you what you want to do in terms of keeping in range, as well as what that range is. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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