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<blockquote data-quote="noblehead" data-source="post: 351777" data-attributes="member: 11028"><p>It doesn't really work that way Sam, there's people who have tight control who still go on to develop complications and there's those who don't that develop none, obviously the better the control the less likely it is to develop complications but there's no certainties with diabetes.</p><p></p><p>I've been a type 1 for 31 years, control was poor for the first few years as I didn't really accept it and wanted to live life to the full, most of my time my Hba1c was around 7.5 to 8.5 and it wasn't until 5 years ago that I finally started to reduce it. My last one was 6.2 with cholesterol levels and bp well below normal.</p><p></p><p>I developed diabetic retinopathy around 13 years ago, this year will be the 8th year that I've been clear although I do have to attend regular appointments at the Ophthalmology clinic, no other complications and still have good hypo awareness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="noblehead, post: 351777, member: 11028"] It doesn't really work that way Sam, there's people who have tight control who still go on to develop complications and there's those who don't that develop none, obviously the better the control the less likely it is to develop complications but there's no certainties with diabetes. I've been a type 1 for 31 years, control was poor for the first few years as I didn't really accept it and wanted to live life to the full, most of my time my Hba1c was around 7.5 to 8.5 and it wasn't until 5 years ago that I finally started to reduce it. My last one was 6.2 with cholesterol levels and bp well below normal. I developed diabetic retinopathy around 13 years ago, this year will be the 8th year that I've been clear although I do have to attend regular appointments at the Ophthalmology clinic, no other complications and still have good hypo awareness. [/QUOTE]
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