| Alice, you are dead right about that. When my A1c's were in the 6's (never higher than 6.5) I developed retinopathy and frozen shoulder. But my blood sugars were all over the place, and lows were a way of life, and highs weren't 150, they were much more spectacular. The retinopathy scared me, and I really thought I would go blind, but I buckled up and straightened out, and when I lowered my A1c AND stabilized my blood sugars, I was able to reverse those complications. I'm very sure that fluctuating blood sugars were the reason I developed complications in the first place. | 
