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<blockquote data-quote="Karen Dwyer" data-source="post: 1784093" data-attributes="member: 473563"><p>QUOTE="Petaluk, post: 1783982, member: 472096"][USER=473563]@Karen Dwyer[/USER] I hope you don’t mind me asking, but I am curious as to if you have had any diabetic related complications in the last 17 years? Many thanks <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><p>None that I'm aware of Petaluk. I do have some serious heart problems - I have two mechanical valves and a pacemaker in my heart - but they're nothing to do with my diabetes, but were caused by having had undiagnosed and therefore untreated rheumatic fever as a teenager.</p><p></p><p>When I had my first appointment with my eye specialist, just after I had started eating low-carb, he said I had early signs of diabetic retinopathy, but the next year when I returned he couldn't see any signs of it. He was amazed and said he could hardly believe it. He has been a great supporter of my low-carb diet ever since.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Karen Dwyer, post: 1784093, member: 473563"] QUOTE="Petaluk, post: 1783982, member: 472096"][USER=473563]@Karen Dwyer[/USER] I hope you don’t mind me asking, but I am curious as to if you have had any diabetic related complications in the last 17 years? Many thanks :)[/QUOTE] None that I'm aware of Petaluk. I do have some serious heart problems - I have two mechanical valves and a pacemaker in my heart - but they're nothing to do with my diabetes, but were caused by having had undiagnosed and therefore untreated rheumatic fever as a teenager. When I had my first appointment with my eye specialist, just after I had started eating low-carb, he said I had early signs of diabetic retinopathy, but the next year when I returned he couldn't see any signs of it. He was amazed and said he could hardly believe it. He has been a great supporter of my low-carb diet ever since. [/QUOTE]
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