I have mild retinopathy from my T1-diabetes, and I'm worried about my eyes

I've been T1-diabetic for 12 years, and in the past few years there has been some changes in my eyes. Nothing major, but something to pay attention to. As I understand one common complication from diabetes is retinopathy. I just my most recent results back and I have microaneurysms in my left eye and more serious microinfarcts in my right eye. As a diagnosis I have mild background retinopathy (if I translated it correctly). It used to be very mild, so it's going to the wrong direction, and my next eye photoshoot will be just in six months (as compared to a year so, what it used to be).

In a way, it's good that my doctors paying closer attention to it, but fucking worried. I'm under the impression that good sugar balance is key and with good enough balance retinopathy can go away. Right now my hbA1c is 6.7-6.8, basically best than it has ever been. There is still work to be done, but still, it's good, I think.

I'm really worried for my eyesight, as retinopathy is a common cause for eyesight disabilities. While there are surgeries than can be performed if the retinopathy gets too intense, I have a job that relies on me having perfect or near perfect color perception (I colorgrade tv-shows), and I'm afraid of any unintended complications of surgeries that may affect my livelihood. And I like seeing things in general too.

Does anyone have similar experiences? What I'm really hoping to hear are recovery stories, if someone's retinopathy did go away, and what it took to get there.

Thanks for reading.