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<blockquote data-quote="dot" data-source="post: 155638" data-attributes="member: 21377"><p>Not really sure if this is the best place to put this, but no doubt someone will move it if it should be somewhere else.</p><p></p><p>My son (13 and T1 for 18 months) had a letter yesterday saying that his retinopathy screen showed changes in his eye and we would be refered to an eye specialist.</p><p></p><p>Absolutley gutted about this. He has a hell of a long way to go yet, and I am really upset to think he may be being affected adversley by his diabetes already.</p><p></p><p>His control is OK, not the best to be sure, but not the worst either. All of his hbA1c results have been aroun 6.5. I don't want to be too hard on him regarding diet as I want him to be "normal" and to eat the same as the rest of us, but carb counting is difficult as we largely eat home made stuff which doesn't have labels to read and so on. At thirteen he is growing fast and needs his grub, particularly the filling type of food (which tend to be carb rich) so avoid snacking. Added to impending puberty making his levels jump about and his response to his insulin rather erratic, it seems so hard to keep his control tight.</p><p></p><p>Is he going to really struggle with his sight as he has eye changes already/ Any advice and kind words appreciated right now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dot, post: 155638, member: 21377"] Not really sure if this is the best place to put this, but no doubt someone will move it if it should be somewhere else. My son (13 and T1 for 18 months) had a letter yesterday saying that his retinopathy screen showed changes in his eye and we would be refered to an eye specialist. Absolutley gutted about this. He has a hell of a long way to go yet, and I am really upset to think he may be being affected adversley by his diabetes already. His control is OK, not the best to be sure, but not the worst either. All of his hbA1c results have been aroun 6.5. I don't want to be too hard on him regarding diet as I want him to be "normal" and to eat the same as the rest of us, but carb counting is difficult as we largely eat home made stuff which doesn't have labels to read and so on. At thirteen he is growing fast and needs his grub, particularly the filling type of food (which tend to be carb rich) so avoid snacking. Added to impending puberty making his levels jump about and his response to his insulin rather erratic, it seems so hard to keep his control tight. Is he going to really struggle with his sight as he has eye changes already/ Any advice and kind words appreciated right now. [/QUOTE]
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