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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Morning all,
Really just here for some reassurance but I would be interested to hear some others input on this topic. 2020 is my 8th year as a diabetic (diagnosed July 2012 at age 21) and since then my control has been extremely tight. Every year my HbA1c has been considered "too low" by my doctor and they have always showed concern that I was having too many hypos. This can sometimes be the case, and I do have more lows than I would like, but I have always been mindful of the possibilities of complications and it has pushed me to try and keep things as good as I can.
I recently went for my annual eye scan and for the first time ever I received the 'background retinopathy' letter. My understanding that was this was caused due to prolonged periods of high blood sugar or poor control. This was obviously devastating after putting in so much effort over the past 8 years to avoid this. To give you some insight, my 90 day average on my libra is 5.3mmol and my estimated HbA1c is 5.0% or 31mmol. Can anyone offer some insight into why this might be happening? Are we just destined for this to happen as diabetics no matter how good your control is?
I have read over the years that some people have had this result for it to return back to no issues the following year so I can only hope that this is the case, but until then, here's to 12 months of anxiety.
Really just here for some reassurance but I would be interested to hear some others input on this topic. 2020 is my 8th year as a diabetic (diagnosed July 2012 at age 21) and since then my control has been extremely tight. Every year my HbA1c has been considered "too low" by my doctor and they have always showed concern that I was having too many hypos. This can sometimes be the case, and I do have more lows than I would like, but I have always been mindful of the possibilities of complications and it has pushed me to try and keep things as good as I can.
I recently went for my annual eye scan and for the first time ever I received the 'background retinopathy' letter. My understanding that was this was caused due to prolonged periods of high blood sugar or poor control. This was obviously devastating after putting in so much effort over the past 8 years to avoid this. To give you some insight, my 90 day average on my libra is 5.3mmol and my estimated HbA1c is 5.0% or 31mmol. Can anyone offer some insight into why this might be happening? Are we just destined for this to happen as diabetics no matter how good your control is?
I have read over the years that some people have had this result for it to return back to no issues the following year so I can only hope that this is the case, but until then, here's to 12 months of anxiety.