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...and he informed me that I have mild retinopathy in my left eye. We are going to stay vigilant and move my next appointment up to the six month mark instead of waiting a full year. He said if it stays the same, we will have appointments every 6 months. If it grows, he will recommend a retinal surgeon for surgery.
I'm really surprised this happened so quickly as I thought it generally took a while for complications like this to happen. Also, I have pretty good control of my BG (not meaning to brag). I thought that was usually a good step in stalling these things. Oh well, now that I have the news at least we can move on and figure out where to go from here.
I'm really surprised this happened so quickly as I thought it generally took a while for complications like this to happen. Also, I have pretty good control of my BG (not meaning to brag). I thought that was usually a good step in stalling these things. Oh well, now that I have the news at least we can move on and figure out where to go from here.