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<blockquote data-quote="hellobear" data-source="post: 163668" data-attributes="member: 30730"><p>They sure are!</p><p></p><p>I have been type 1 for 13 years now (I was diagnosed at 13) </p><p></p><p>I left home at 16 and went through a major rebellion to everyone and everything. I used to think about the diabetes complications but I thought they were something that would happen a lot later in life (like 70s or 80s) and used to shrug it off as not worth worrying about.</p><p></p><p>Now I am waiting on an appointment for laser treatment as I have a bleed behind my right eye. My left eye has always been bad (its a lazy eye) and I have worn glasses since I was 4. With my left eye being almost useless, and now my right eye in danger of becoming worse... thats scary!</p><p></p><p>Over the last 6 months I have managed to regain some control over my sugars. I have also managed to lose 2 stone in weight through changing my eating habits. I also started on metformin as well as the insulin as I was having to take massive amounts for the smallest meals with hardly any carbs. Now my daily insulin doses have almost halved. I am pleased with that and hope I can keep it up. Hoping the laser treatment does some good (I see white spots, have floating things in my vision which makes it difficult to read)</p><p></p><p>To anyone out there who thinks they are too young to get complications from diabetes... please think again. In the end I had to figure what was more important... loads of cake and chocolate every night, or being able to see, read, work on the computer. It wasnt a difficult decision!</p><p></p><p>Well I hope you all get on ok with your laser treatment, I will be pleased to get started on mine, it is the waiting that is making me more nervous. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hellobear, post: 163668, member: 30730"] They sure are! I have been type 1 for 13 years now (I was diagnosed at 13) I left home at 16 and went through a major rebellion to everyone and everything. I used to think about the diabetes complications but I thought they were something that would happen a lot later in life (like 70s or 80s) and used to shrug it off as not worth worrying about. Now I am waiting on an appointment for laser treatment as I have a bleed behind my right eye. My left eye has always been bad (its a lazy eye) and I have worn glasses since I was 4. With my left eye being almost useless, and now my right eye in danger of becoming worse... thats scary! Over the last 6 months I have managed to regain some control over my sugars. I have also managed to lose 2 stone in weight through changing my eating habits. I also started on metformin as well as the insulin as I was having to take massive amounts for the smallest meals with hardly any carbs. Now my daily insulin doses have almost halved. I am pleased with that and hope I can keep it up. Hoping the laser treatment does some good (I see white spots, have floating things in my vision which makes it difficult to read) To anyone out there who thinks they are too young to get complications from diabetes... please think again. In the end I had to figure what was more important... loads of cake and chocolate every night, or being able to see, read, work on the computer. It wasnt a difficult decision! Well I hope you all get on ok with your laser treatment, I will be pleased to get started on mine, it is the waiting that is making me more nervous. :) [/QUOTE]
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