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<blockquote data-quote="Mick1952" data-source="post: 1797101" data-attributes="member: 237917"><p>Hi there. I posted a similar concern a month or so ago in reply to a thread about reversing diabetes. My eye test has gone from good to background retinopathy over a 12 month period where my HBa1c was constant at 38! Sorry I can't remember the specifics, but a search should find it, someone pointed me to a link about spiking of BG. I had stopped my regular testing around meals thinking it was not necessary with such good HBa1c, but I started again and found I was regularly spiking after meals. As I recall it, the research papers suggest that short term spiking is more relevant to diabetes complications than average levels I.e. HBa1c results. I'm due another test next month, and have adjusted my diet to stop the spiking ( I think anything over 7.9 2 hours post prandial on a regular basis is likely to lead to retinopathy) Sorry I can't point you to the links, I'm typing from a mobile and struggling to find my post that brought this subject up. Hope you can find it, or someone else can point you in the right direction. Needless to say I was cross with myself for just assuming I was in control based on HBa1c results alone. Diabetes is a complex disease and will trick you at every opportunity if you allow it, so stay one step ahead if you can, and congratulations on your results so far.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mick1952, post: 1797101, member: 237917"] Hi there. I posted a similar concern a month or so ago in reply to a thread about reversing diabetes. My eye test has gone from good to background retinopathy over a 12 month period where my HBa1c was constant at 38! Sorry I can't remember the specifics, but a search should find it, someone pointed me to a link about spiking of BG. I had stopped my regular testing around meals thinking it was not necessary with such good HBa1c, but I started again and found I was regularly spiking after meals. As I recall it, the research papers suggest that short term spiking is more relevant to diabetes complications than average levels I.e. HBa1c results. I'm due another test next month, and have adjusted my diet to stop the spiking ( I think anything over 7.9 2 hours post prandial on a regular basis is likely to lead to retinopathy) Sorry I can't point you to the links, I'm typing from a mobile and struggling to find my post that brought this subject up. Hope you can find it, or someone else can point you in the right direction. Needless to say I was cross with myself for just assuming I was in control based on HBa1c results alone. Diabetes is a complex disease and will trick you at every opportunity if you allow it, so stay one step ahead if you can, and congratulations on your results so far. [/QUOTE]
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