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<blockquote data-quote="Winnie53" data-source="post: 856623" data-attributes="member: 160246"><p>Congrats on reducing you blood glucose! I had a similar experience with my vision. It continued to change for a few months.</p><p></p><p>I chose to have my eyes dialated and examined because I wanted to know if and how much damage the elevated blood glucose levels did to my eyes - (highest BG level was 282 mg/dL (15.7 mmol/L) 3 1/2 months ago). This also provided me a <em>baseline</em> of where I am now that I've changed my diet and am monitoring my blood glucose fasting and 2-hours post meals.</p><p></p><p>It's not known how long my blood glucose was elevated, but I do know that I crossed over from pre-diabetes to diabetes sometime between 2005 or 2006, but did nothing other than continuing to eat normally. When I was tested again in 2009, I had the same A1C, I believe due to the 20 pounds I'd lost during the in between years.</p><p></p><p>My report says "no diabetic retinopathy", but I do have "grade II atherosclerosis of the arteries". For me, this was important information because I wouldn't want to have my eyes examined later and not know <em>when </em>this change occurred. By that I mean before or after I lowered my blood glucose levels with the LCHF diet.</p><p></p><p>I'm in my mid-50's so I also had a A1C, comprehensive metabolic panel; and (lipid panel (cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL-C LDL-C), and had those tests repeated last week.</p><p></p><p>I followed that up with additional testing due to my medical history: vitamin D; iron; Free T4, T3, Total, and TSH; hsCRP (measure of cardio inflammation); and CRP measure of inflammation).</p><p></p><p>To reverse the atherosclerosis of the arteries, I am now taking vitamin K2 (not K1), with cod liver oil (vitamin A not beta carotene); vitamin D3, and magnesium.</p><p></p><p>In a year, I'll have my eyes dialated and examined again to report on whether there has been a change in the atherosclerosis.</p><p></p><p>It's been encouraging to read here that at least a few people with retinopathy have improved their condition by tightly controlling their blood sugar, so if you have retinopathy in the early stages or later stages, there's still hope of at minimum stabilizing it, and possibly partially reversing it. Better to know now than later. But that's just me. Informed in empowered. <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>
[QUOTE="Winnie53, post: 856623, member: 160246"] Congrats on reducing you blood glucose! I had a similar experience with my vision. It continued to change for a few months. I chose to have my eyes dialated and examined because I wanted to know if and how much damage the elevated blood glucose levels did to my eyes - (highest BG level was 282 mg/dL (15.7 mmol/L) 3 1/2 months ago). This also provided me a [I]baseline[/I] of where I am now that I've changed my diet and am monitoring my blood glucose fasting and 2-hours post meals. It's not known how long my blood glucose was elevated, but I do know that I crossed over from pre-diabetes to diabetes sometime between 2005 or 2006, but did nothing other than continuing to eat normally. When I was tested again in 2009, I had the same A1C, I believe due to the 20 pounds I'd lost during the in between years. My report says "no diabetic retinopathy", but I do have "grade II atherosclerosis of the arteries". For me, this was important information because I wouldn't want to have my eyes examined later and not know [I]when [/I]this change occurred. By that I mean before or after I lowered my blood glucose levels with the LCHF diet. I'm in my mid-50's so I also had a A1C, comprehensive metabolic panel; and (lipid panel (cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL-C LDL-C), and had those tests repeated last week. I followed that up with additional testing due to my medical history: vitamin D; iron; Free T4, T3, Total, and TSH; hsCRP (measure of cardio inflammation); and CRP measure of inflammation). To reverse the atherosclerosis of the arteries, I am now taking vitamin K2 (not K1), with cod liver oil (vitamin A not beta carotene); vitamin D3, and magnesium. In a year, I'll have my eyes dialated and examined again to report on whether there has been a change in the atherosclerosis. It's been encouraging to read here that at least a few people with retinopathy have improved their condition by tightly controlling their blood sugar, so if you have retinopathy in the early stages or later stages, there's still hope of at minimum stabilizing it, and possibly partially reversing it. Better to know now than later. But that's just me. Informed in empowered. :) [/QUOTE]
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