Hi!
I'm just back from my eye test and I had a new doctor that had never seen me before (or read my journal obviously) and she said "No signs of Diabetic retinopathy yet", maybe not such a fantastic thing, but the fact is that for the last 3+ years I have had mild Diabetic retinopathy, so I'm healed, cured! I have reversed whatever damaged there was!!!!!!!
Some more history, I have had type 1 diabetic for the last 35+ years.
I took an eye test about 3.5 years ago and for the first time, they said I had 3 distinct dots in my left eye, before I have only had small things that they have said is probably no issues, and which was gone at the next check. I did one more check the next year and the three dot were still there!
During this time (3 years ago) I started low carb/ketogenic/Bernstein diet, I dropped my HbA1c from about 7.9(63) to between 5.8(40) and 5.6(38). In my next eye test the three dots where gone, I think this was after about half to one year after I started low carb, but I still had what they called mild diabetic retinopathy at the peripheral of the eye. I had the same eye doctor for a few times and he said that it was getting better but he still diagnosed me as having 'mild diabetic retinopathy'. But today I had a checkup with a new doctor and she said: "No signs of Diabetic retinopathy yet"! I had to correct her and said that I used to have, but it was now gone! Healed! Cured!!! She did ask a few questions about what I eat and so on!!!
So although anecdotal, I can confirm that for me it was possible to heal a mild Diabetic retinopathy by lowering your blood sugar to an HbA1c range below 5.8(40) for about 3 years!!
I'm just back from my eye test and I had a new doctor that had never seen me before (or read my journal obviously) and she said "No signs of Diabetic retinopathy yet", maybe not such a fantastic thing, but the fact is that for the last 3+ years I have had mild Diabetic retinopathy, so I'm healed, cured! I have reversed whatever damaged there was!!!!!!!
Some more history, I have had type 1 diabetic for the last 35+ years.
I took an eye test about 3.5 years ago and for the first time, they said I had 3 distinct dots in my left eye, before I have only had small things that they have said is probably no issues, and which was gone at the next check. I did one more check the next year and the three dot were still there!
During this time (3 years ago) I started low carb/ketogenic/Bernstein diet, I dropped my HbA1c from about 7.9(63) to between 5.8(40) and 5.6(38). In my next eye test the three dots where gone, I think this was after about half to one year after I started low carb, but I still had what they called mild diabetic retinopathy at the peripheral of the eye. I had the same eye doctor for a few times and he said that it was getting better but he still diagnosed me as having 'mild diabetic retinopathy'. But today I had a checkup with a new doctor and she said: "No signs of Diabetic retinopathy yet"! I had to correct her and said that I used to have, but it was now gone! Healed! Cured!!! She did ask a few questions about what I eat and so on!!!
So although anecdotal, I can confirm that for me it was possible to heal a mild Diabetic retinopathy by lowering your blood sugar to an HbA1c range below 5.8(40) for about 3 years!!
