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Retinopathy results

IanBish

IanBish

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I had my results today, so that's good:
"Your photographs showed no retinopathy"

Less good is that I've been wasting strips by not giving them enough blood to test, but I picked up some tips on another thread.

But when I've been testing, I've been getting around 5 before meals and about 7 two hours after, so that seems okay.

My weight loss has appeared to have stalled as well, which isn't great.

But I'm looking at the positives.
 
IanBish said:
I had my results today, so that's good:
"Your photographs showed no retinopathy"

Less good is that I've been wasting strips by not giving them enough blood to test, but I picked up some tips on another thread.

But when I've been testing, I've been getting around 5 before meals and about 7 two hours after, so that seems okay.

My weight loss has appeared to have stalled as well, which isn't great.

But I'm looking at the positives.
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@IanBish well done! You really are doing well it seems. I wouldn't worry too much about your weight stalling as it seems to often occur, and then suddenly start again. I stayed on one number of my scales once for over a week!!! However the few weeks previously I'd lost a stone in a three week period of time!
 
IanBish said:
I had my results today, so that's good:
"Your photographs showed no retinopathy"

Less good is that I've been wasting strips by not giving them enough blood to test, but I picked up some tips on another thread.

But when I've been testing, I've been getting around 5 before meals and about 7 two hours after, so that seems okay.

My weight loss has appeared to have stalled as well, which isn't great.

But I'm looking at the positives.
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Well done. Don't worry too much about short-term stalling. I found that my weight loss wasn't steady - it seemed to go in steps. I also lost much more weight over the winter than through the summer, without changing anything.
 
KennyA said:
Well done. Don't worry too much about short-term stalling. I found that my weight loss wasn't steady - it seemed to go in steps. I also lost much more weight over the winter than through the summer, without changing anything.
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Thank you - although I didn't really do anything.

I know that weight doesn't come off uniformly. However, the needle nudged in the right direction this morning. So I'll take that as a tiny win.
 
IanBish said:
I had my results today, so that's good:
"Your photographs showed no retinopathy"

Less good is that I've been wasting strips by not giving them enough blood to test, but I picked up some tips on another thread.

But when I've been testing, I've been getting around 5 before meals and about 7 two hours after, so that seems okay.

My weight loss has appeared to have stalled as well, which isn't great.

But I'm looking at the positives.
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That’s great news! What kind of test did you have?
 
I realise this thread has been resurrected but I am going to hijack it with a query?
My retinopathy test a year ago showed “signs of diabetes related retinopathy.”
This year’s test a month ago showed “no signs of diabetes related retinopathy.”
Does that mean your eyes can heal if you get your diabetes under control?
 
aylalake said:
I realise this thread has been resurrected but I am going to hijack it with a query?
My retinopathy test a year ago showed “signs of diabetes related retinopathy.”
This year’s test a month ago showed “no signs of diabetes related retinopathy.”
Does that mean your eyes can heal if you get your diabetes under control?
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Yes it does!
 
aylalake said:
I realise this thread has been resurrected but I am going to hijack it with a query?
My retinopathy test a year ago showed “signs of diabetes related retinopathy.”
This year’s test a month ago showed “no signs of diabetes related retinopathy.”
Does that mean your eyes can heal if you get your diabetes under control?
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Yes, my results said the same. Low carb has made my retinopathy heal :cool:
 
A few years ago I was told at my annual review that I had the start of retinopathy , My control didn't change and at my next annual review and ever since then I have been told my eyes were perfect with no retinopathy at all , I wonder wether they healed or as we all do someone made a mistake .
 
jaywak said:
A few years ago I was told at my annual review that I had the start of retinopathy , My control didn't change and at my next annual review and ever since then I have been told my eyes were perfect with no retinopathy at all , I wonder wether they healed or as we all do someone made a mistake .
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I could clearly see on the images they take that there is a difference between this year’s and the last one. I just wasn’t aware that one’s eyes could heal. I wish it was the same for the folk who have lost limbs or parts thereof due to diabetes.
 
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