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Hi Toby, I know my HBa1C is worrying but I'm doing my best to get it lower. Basically I had a very relaxed control through my teens and then when I went through a year long breakup of my first gf cheating relaxed became very uncontrolled. This was a year before hemorrhage. I'm continuing to...

It does sound a lot like the second , very interesting, I will.havw to look more into that

Hi Kaylee, Sorry it took so , long to get back to this. It was Eyelea injections. I also suffer Visual snow which could be responsible

I had an eye hemorrhage in June last year after not having good control of my sugars for a while. I ate the right foods but it was very relaxed control. My HB1AC for.years was in the 86-90 mark but I got it down to 71 and now its.creeped back to 75. Whilst getting eye injections for the...

I'm going to try 'total sweet' from Holland and barrett, says its natural

I want to try it to help with my anxiety and Visual Snow. Not so much for diabetes but got to take in account its effects on diabetes

I'm type 1, and trying to kick artificial sweetnerr like sucralose and aspartame. I did try honey in tea and coffee and take a bit more insulin. Any other ways to sweeten tea and coffee without using artificial sweeteners?

Hi bud, sorry for super late reply. Yeah I'm trying to reduce carbs and up protein as I have heard taking in leas carbs and sugar can have great health benefits just clearing up problems and some with eyes. I'm currently getting eye injection, on my 4 out of 5th but the laser has left some...

Hi sorry this is late, app hasn't been working for me. I'm currently receiving eye injections due to hemorrhage I had caused by maculopathy in my right eye. I'm 4 out if 5 injections in and had laser but have speckles in my vision when I look at at the sky or blank surface, and read a low carb...

I'm curious about trying a low carb diet but I have them with every meal and because I go to the gym and trying to bulk up they are essential. Main reason I want to try is the health benefits people have experienced

Hey bud , Thanks for commenting again . How would you say your eye sight is now? Yeah anxiety doesn't help but I'm often alone and that's the time when thoughts creep in or I get hyper focused on my vision. Seeing if i can see dark spots or speckles and tearing If my eyes are in focus etc...

Hey bud, My biggest concern is my good eye getting maculopathy through cleaning up my act. I stress every day and especially on mornings and nights about going blind and not being able to read, watch films and just get about. How is your eyesight now if you dont mind me asking bud?

HI Kaylz , I'm definitely not going to miss any treatment. Does the scarring go away or at least reduce? My anxiety is more focused on the idea of going blind, not being able to see , read or do things I love i.e watching films and making them (I'm a videographer) If you don't mind me...

Hi Chrissi Sorry to hear your going through this. I'm in a similar situation, I too suffer huge health anxiety and its mainly associated with going blind due to my diabetes. I been a type 1 since I was 8 and now 25 and throughout my teens and early 20s I didn't look after myself, i wasn't...

Few months ago I posted this after ha ing a hemorrhage in June in my right eye , I have huge anxiety about going blind and worrying about it takes up most if my time I been diabetic since I was 8, now 25, my teenage years was very poor control and it only got slightly better in my early 20s, I...

I'm type 1, 25 years old and been diabetic since I was 8. During my teens and early 20s I had no control then very relaxed control of blood sugars. Recently I got diagnosed with maclopathy that caused a hemorrhage and I'm under treatment with eye injections . I have rely trying to get on top...

How do you drop your levels steady? Atm I'm getting single numbers around 6-8.0 which is really good for me as I'm usually around 12 or higher! If I do more damage can that be repaired? I'm not sure how to steady lower blood sugars, as atm I'm just taking the right insulin and getting good...

Hi Grant, thank you for the good wishes and of course I wish all the best back for yourself and future. I can't imagine what you went through so congrats on making it bud! How is your vision now would you say? I thought it was worth mentioning the girlfriend scenario not cause i want pity but...

Hi, thanks for your comment ! This is something I seen on various forums about losing your HB but not straight away and I'm confused how to do this. At the moment I'm just taking the doses my machine tells me and if I'm on a 10.0 or 12.0 reading and not about to eat I usually leave it admit...

Hi Mel, that's excellent about your eyes! I'm glad you were able to Battle it and come out on top. I'm on a fast acting (novarapid) and long acting (treshiba) insulin and ibtest my blood sugar between 6-8 times a day