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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2397771" data-attributes="member: 372717">Human bodies are amazingly good at recovering from abuse.  A lot of diabetic complications can be reversed or halted by improving control and if you've only been diabetic for 10 years then that is not that long in the global scheme of things.51 years T1, with truly appalling control in my teens pre glucometer and varying control since then, reasonable for last 5 years.  I've always reckoned that tightening my control will help if I start to suspect complications, and so far my eyes have on again off again background retinopathy and everything else is OK. Yes, I'm sure I'd be healthier if not T1 but it doesn't stop me from doing anything.You only get one life, make the best of it. Cgms are awesome (as life changing as when I got my first glucometer) and there's no reason why current new T1s (and 10 years isn't that long) can't lead long and healthy lives. It frustrates me that currently only the lucky and the rich can afford cgms, but hopefully they will become the norm as time passes.Do your best diabetic wise and live and enjoy your life,  T1 is an inconvenience not a death sentence.</blockquote>

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