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<blockquote data-quote="Hoping4Cure" data-source="post: 1844234" data-attributes="member: 393050"><p>I've had shoulder and neck problems, (pinched nerves and arthrosis, doctor said could be type 1 related) but those went away when I started running again recently too. Running is great. Avoiding weights though, that's how I got into shoulder pains when I young, lifted too many weights.</p><p></p><p>No permanent complications after 25 years of type 1, perfect kidney function, no retinopathy at all either but my vision did get blurry temporarily from a few months of concentrated bad sugars. Which turned out to be not so bad since my A1C was 6.1. But anyway, A1C doesn't tell the whole story, sugar variance can be poor even if your averages are great, which is why I wonder when people say they have super low A1C, if they achieve that via having lots of hypoglycemia to balance highs or are they just really well controlled. I hope it's the latter, as hypos are no joke and most endos tell their patients to not even try to get A1Cs below 6 for that reason.</p><p></p><p>Apparently some of the longest lived type 1s have A1Cs in the 7s. (Google "Golden Age Cohort"). I can only imagine how bad their sugars readings must be to have such a high A1C though. Risking my eyesight is not worth it, if I went blind that would be my worst nightmare, I'd probably check out early if that happened. That's the line in the sand that I will not cross.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hoping4Cure, post: 1844234, member: 393050"] I've had shoulder and neck problems, (pinched nerves and arthrosis, doctor said could be type 1 related) but those went away when I started running again recently too. Running is great. Avoiding weights though, that's how I got into shoulder pains when I young, lifted too many weights. No permanent complications after 25 years of type 1, perfect kidney function, no retinopathy at all either but my vision did get blurry temporarily from a few months of concentrated bad sugars. Which turned out to be not so bad since my A1C was 6.1. But anyway, A1C doesn't tell the whole story, sugar variance can be poor even if your averages are great, which is why I wonder when people say they have super low A1C, if they achieve that via having lots of hypoglycemia to balance highs or are they just really well controlled. I hope it's the latter, as hypos are no joke and most endos tell their patients to not even try to get A1Cs below 6 for that reason. Apparently some of the longest lived type 1s have A1Cs in the 7s. (Google "Golden Age Cohort"). I can only imagine how bad their sugars readings must be to have such a high A1C though. Risking my eyesight is not worth it, if I went blind that would be my worst nightmare, I'd probably check out early if that happened. That's the line in the sand that I will not cross. [/QUOTE]
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