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<blockquote data-quote="the_anticarb" data-source="post: 291269" data-attributes="member: 16982"><p>I know that bringing down my hba1c very fast when I found out I was pregnant was what kicked my retinopathy off - I had background before then, but nothing too serious and certainly nothing proliferative. It was a bit of a recipe for disaster really, as I brought my levels down very low practically overnight, my hba1c dropped from 9.6 to 5.9 within weeks. Then add all the lovely pregnancy hormones and growth factors and it's not a good mix. For some reason the aggressive proliferation didn't happen during the pregnancy, although it did begin a little towards the end and then after 2 sessions of laser in rt eye stabilised. But for some reason my left eye waited a full year before deciding to proliferate. My consultant said it was a legacy.</p><p></p><p>At the time, being pregnant and unplanned, my priority was for the baby and I knew if I did not have excellent control asap there was a high risk of miscarriage, malformation or still birth. </p><p></p><p>Luckily, I had a healthy baby boy. yes, I have ruined my eyes in the process but he's worth it, I'd rather be blind than not have him here.</p><p></p><p>This early worsening, when people with some background retinopathy can induce proliferation by getting their levels down too quick is the thing I hate the most about this awful disease. Can you imagine a smoker who gives up smoking only to find that it brings on lung cancer? An alcoholic who when they finally stop drinking finds it accelerates cirrhosis of the liver?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the_anticarb, post: 291269, member: 16982"] I know that bringing down my hba1c very fast when I found out I was pregnant was what kicked my retinopathy off - I had background before then, but nothing too serious and certainly nothing proliferative. It was a bit of a recipe for disaster really, as I brought my levels down very low practically overnight, my hba1c dropped from 9.6 to 5.9 within weeks. Then add all the lovely pregnancy hormones and growth factors and it's not a good mix. For some reason the aggressive proliferation didn't happen during the pregnancy, although it did begin a little towards the end and then after 2 sessions of laser in rt eye stabilised. But for some reason my left eye waited a full year before deciding to proliferate. My consultant said it was a legacy. At the time, being pregnant and unplanned, my priority was for the baby and I knew if I did not have excellent control asap there was a high risk of miscarriage, malformation or still birth. Luckily, I had a healthy baby boy. yes, I have ruined my eyes in the process but he's worth it, I'd rather be blind than not have him here. This early worsening, when people with some background retinopathy can induce proliferation by getting their levels down too quick is the thing I hate the most about this awful disease. Can you imagine a smoker who gives up smoking only to find that it brings on lung cancer? An alcoholic who when they finally stop drinking finds it accelerates cirrhosis of the liver? [/QUOTE]
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