None yet, but I'm having a chore getting a grip on my A1c levels. Definite mid-life burnout happening here. However, I'm back in the gym and, I think, that's the first step for me. Wish me luck!
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After 36 years w/Diabetes, many of my questions have been answered. My A1C in 13 years has never been above 6, yet I do have complications. No wild swings in BG normally. Frozen Shoulder has been my nemesis for the last 1 & 1/2 years. I had surgery to remove bone spurs, and in addition they found & removed Bursitis up along my clavicle. Back into PT, and after so many visits, real progress was being made. Now, insurance refuses to pay for more PT. I would love to have 90% function again, and no longer have pain from it.
If you consider being overly sensitive to the sugar swings which causes me severe emotional and physical havoc a complication then yep. I am still baffled to find very few people that feel so horrible from the sugar swings. It's like I have a different form of diabetes then everyone else or something. That is the part of the condition that plagues me till no end. Other then that I recently developed a pain in my right upper arm below the shoulder which could be related to the diabetes but not sure. I haven't had it evaluated yet but its been bothering me for about six months now. I also have developed pain in the lower area of my index fingers on both hands. I had that looked at by an orthopedic specialist and he suggested it was some form of tendinitis. They generally don't bother me accept if I put pressure in that area. Sex drive is kinda shot and virtually non existent due to the sugar swings. Eyes are good, kidneys are good, no nerve damage yet either. I am in relatively good health and had many years of horrible levels. Its amazing I'm alive and in this good of shape considering but sometimes I wish I were dead from this already. My only real motive to stay alive is be around for a better treatment. I refuse to accept this it for another 30-40 years. I know Dr Faustman is looking over my shoulder!
Thanks Cinderfella ...... maybe cataracts could be hereditary as I mentioned, that my Mom had problem around age 60 ?? ..she was not diagnosed with diabetes (...she passed away in 1972 , cancer ) .
No complications. Outlasting the doctor.
Proliferator retinopathy, bilateral carpal tunnel, cubical tunnel, keinbocks disease of the right lunate, frozen shoulder(both), cateract, length neuropathy( in my lower legs but no usual symptoms). My a1c is 6.5 & I watch closely. Iāve been T1 for 28 years. I may be having vitrectomy soon. Years of wearā¦ 
fortunately, I still do zumba, fit club, volunteer for Ref Cross, work,?kayak, fish, etc. if you looked at me youād have no clue I have all this stuff! 
You need to be careful about choice of words somethings are more likely in diabetics but are not actually Complications of diabetes.
Actually dupuytrens is not been proven to be directly related to diabetes although there seems to be a slight correlation. Only Diabetics from Scottland - ireland and scandinavia have increased dupuytrens, but that is the group most likely to get it anyway.
They are 2 conditions that appear together but one does not cause or worsen the other.
I have a very mild case of it, not in my fingers but in my palms. It is certainly not related to diabetes control or anything like that,
Excema is also more likely in Type 1 diabetics but that is just another auto- immune disease, that comes along with it. It is also not a complication,
Some of the other things you listed could be caused by diabetes but could also be cause by something else.
Retinopathy has been around long before diabetics could live long enough to get it,
Cataracts are common across the board.
It Try to keep my A1c low but somethings are not preventable.
25 years for me and I have no diabetic complications like eye trouble or kidney trouble or impotence or diabetic neuropathy.
Dragging up an old conversation for an update!
It looks like I responded in this thread on Dec. 2011 and said I didnāt have complications then. Now itās July 2018, and now I do have complications. Iām also now 50 and have had type 1 for, wow, at least 30 years.
I had a frozen shoulder a couple of years ago, and that was resolved with physical therapy.
In fact, Iāve been active during most of my adulthood but let life distract me. Since then Iām back to being consistently active because the one thing I know is that my body responds very well to physical activity.
My current acute complication is retinopathy. Iāve been very good about making sure I get regular eye exams. The year before last they started seeing changes, and last year I had a vitreous hemorrhage in my left eye. My medical team tried to manage it with injections and lasers only. When I went for my last check up, they realized that while the hemorrhage was shrinking Iād also developed a macular hole. They recommended a vitrectomy and I agreed. (I knew that was a possible outcome.) Iām now 5 weeks post surgery and seem to be recovering just fine. I created a thread on whatās going on when I was first treated, so you can find updates there.
I also have some insulin resistance, but Invokana (sp?) and exercise seem to be keeping that in check.
All of that to say, yes, I do have complications now. But I hope that I can manage most of them.
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Well, I do have DuPuytrenās contracture. But Iāve had it for two or three decades, and Iāve only had diabetes seven years. My non-diabetic mother also had it. It tends to be genetic.
I have postprandial hypotension, which is a form of autonomic neuropathy. But I first noticed it about 10-12 years ago. My cardiologist was trying to blame it on my diabetes, but I reminded him that I only became diabetic seven years ago. So he said well, maybe I was actually diabetic long before it was diagnosed. Not so. Iām a type 1 and it came on suddenly. He finally agreed that for me, the cause was unknown.
I had therapy for a frozen shoulder twice, once about 30 years ago and again about 20 years ago. Both long before diabetes.
Iāve had small cataracts for several years, but my doctor tells me it will probably be years before theyāll present enough of a problem to do anything about them. And Iām already age 76, so what can one expect?
I keep my A1c under 6.0, and frankly, donāt worry too much about complications. At this age, I figure that whatever is going to happen will happen.
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Do you have any references regarding the link between T1D and connective tissue disorders? About a year before my T1D diagnosis (which itself was one year ago) I was diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos. For me it especially adversely affects my neck. Iāve had a trigger finger for over a decade (but it doesnāt bother me if I donāt over-use it for anything). Anyway Iād be interested in any more info on links between the two diseasesā¦
I think sometimes there are co morbidities.
I am the only one in my family with type 1 diabetes, but my entire family has dupuytrens contracture and mine is the least severe.
Itās common among Northern Europeans esp Scandinavian Vikings.
Type 1 diabetes is also more common in taht same group.
One doesnāt necessarily cause the other, but could just appear togrther
I also had frozen shoulder, but also I dislocated it in a hockey game in highschool.
I think high glucose levels are known to worsen connective tissue diseases, but I think we donāt know enough to identify cause and effect.
My brother has had 3 hand surgeries, Iāve needed none.
I also have it in my feet, but my siblings donāt.