In the interest of balance, there have indeed been reports of retinopathy showing up after rapid introduction of control.
It is a quite well known ‘thing’.
However, there are a lot of different factors in the mix, and (from memory) there is a strong liklihood that the retinopathy was already present and lurking before the control was achieved, and just becomes obvious as the control is gained.
Also, good control encourages retinopathy to heal.
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So I think we all have to weigh the pros and cons.
Lower bgs gradually, and risk further damage during that process?
Or lower bgs rapidly, accept there may be some retinopathy revealed (which may have revealed in time anyway) and then keep that control, allowing/hoping/encouraging the healing to happen via the good control.
I know that
@Dark Horse has some excellent links on this, but the best I could find was this:
http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/retinopathyprogression.htm