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- Type of diabetes
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hey guys, bit of background info, I'm 18 years old and have been diabetic for 13 years, for the most of my teenage years i neglected my blood sugars and was very dependant on energy drinks, sugary food and even smoked a lot.
in march of this year I began to notice my eyesight was becoming impaired and I began to worry. I immediately googled my symptoms and was worried to find out about the horrors of diabetic retinopathy. by May, I had cut out all fizzy drinks and sugary foods, stopped drinking alcohol and stopped smoking too, all im told is that my overall blood was 94 in February (forgive me, I don't know what a lot of this means) and now it is 62? my nurse was stunned that my control had plummeted so much, she said this had affected my eyesight and was the reason my vision was affected, my brain had no idea how to function without so much sugar.
My problem now, is that it's almost the end of August and my sight isn't actually improving at all, it's getting noticeably worse with time, it's been months but my nurse is not concerned and my eye screening results show some tiny damage on my eye but will apparently reverse itself in no time with my new lifestyle changes.. I am becoming worried that my eye problems are coming from a different issue, everything persists to be grainy and almost pixelated in darker lighting, I find it also difficult to go into an environment with darker or brighter lighting as my eyes struggle to adjust and I feel almost blinded when going outside by the intense light, this has all caused huge anxiety for me, I was hospitalised due to a massive anxiety attack which I believe stemmed from the eye issues. I am also suffering muscle fatigue and general tiredness, is this all really a result of tightening my blood control so fast or is it likely to be an underlying health condition? I am feeling very depressed and miserable at this point, I'm real sorry for carrying on but at 18 it is beyond scary to feel so out of control when I'm trying to make improvements, thank you ever so much in advance.
(ADDITIONAL INFO : this is the lowest my blood glucose averages have ever been, my next eye screening appt is in September)
thanks again x
in march of this year I began to notice my eyesight was becoming impaired and I began to worry. I immediately googled my symptoms and was worried to find out about the horrors of diabetic retinopathy. by May, I had cut out all fizzy drinks and sugary foods, stopped drinking alcohol and stopped smoking too, all im told is that my overall blood was 94 in February (forgive me, I don't know what a lot of this means) and now it is 62? my nurse was stunned that my control had plummeted so much, she said this had affected my eyesight and was the reason my vision was affected, my brain had no idea how to function without so much sugar.
My problem now, is that it's almost the end of August and my sight isn't actually improving at all, it's getting noticeably worse with time, it's been months but my nurse is not concerned and my eye screening results show some tiny damage on my eye but will apparently reverse itself in no time with my new lifestyle changes.. I am becoming worried that my eye problems are coming from a different issue, everything persists to be grainy and almost pixelated in darker lighting, I find it also difficult to go into an environment with darker or brighter lighting as my eyes struggle to adjust and I feel almost blinded when going outside by the intense light, this has all caused huge anxiety for me, I was hospitalised due to a massive anxiety attack which I believe stemmed from the eye issues. I am also suffering muscle fatigue and general tiredness, is this all really a result of tightening my blood control so fast or is it likely to be an underlying health condition? I am feeling very depressed and miserable at this point, I'm real sorry for carrying on but at 18 it is beyond scary to feel so out of control when I'm trying to make improvements, thank you ever so much in advance.
(ADDITIONAL INFO : this is the lowest my blood glucose averages have ever been, my next eye screening appt is in September)
thanks again x