A little clue - the answer to your conundrum is in the lines
If you are diabetic some deterioration will show and over time it will be progressive - HOWEVER - and this is the important bit, the damage done is entirely linked to how well you manage your diabetes,
Look after yourself and you will still get problems as you get old but they will be nowhere near as severe and far easier to manage.
"By the way, retinopathy (or lack of it) has no bearing on whether you need glasses or not as you inferred in a previous post" I never said it did. I said at 56 I don't need glasses.
this is too difficult - "So why do you have it?" No idea. Possibly genetic. I was an Infantry soldier for 22 years and an Infantry orienteer. I used to run around 100 miles a week and still go to the gym nearly every day doing weight circuits and go running most days of the week 5 miles with a small back pack with 20lbs of sand in. I also go hill walking a lot around snowdonia. I also have an outdoors physical job.
Sharon Anne - Has your Diabetic nurse at your GPs not sorted you with a dietician to construct a specific diet for you and physio to design exercises for you?
Avocado Sevenfold - Knowledge