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Message: <blockquote data-quote="becca59" data-source="post: 2749434" data-attributes="member: 264425">Hi [USER=595688]@lizcoop[/USER] like you I was older on diagnosis 54. Your HbA1c results are what has happened over the last three months, which takes in your high levels pre diagnosis. The Libre is only accounting for what has gone on in the last month since you started insulin and have better levels. Your next test will show a much better level I am sure, though it does tend to be higher than the Libre. Your eyes may indeed have deteriorated slightly, but it is still early days. They can be affected by the speed of reduction in sugar levels. So how quickly you went from being high to more normal levels. I was told to wait three months before a test. So still time for some improvement. Eye sight for me was the worst aspect. I couldn’t see out of my regular glasses and had to buy an off the peg pair of readers just to function at work. Didn’t drive for three months. Eleven years in to this journey it is now second nature and a part of my every day life. When I started out I was quite strict with my diet. I don’t go mad but am much more relaxed these days as I know I can manage this rotten condition. Plus overall, I think I am a much better weight and a lot healthier as I approach being a pensioner than I would have been.</blockquote>

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