Good evening all I have just found and joined the forum but at the moment its only my wife is Type 2 !
Unlike myself she is not one for seeking knowledge of her ailment on the Net and has an attitude of "well I am 68 not young so I will just get on with it ".Which is fair enough I suppose but I personally feel we can all learn from others experiences.
Which brings me and to why I have joined.
Literally for years now I have had tingling in my toes and at one stage I was even sent to a neurologist but they found anything wrong. But that said the tingling has continued for years since.
More recently I have been having problems with my vision, it gets blurry,and even though I have had a terrible biscuit habit I have put on more weight than I ever have before.
As a result of all this I recently went to an optician who referred me to my GP because he told me I had signs of a cataract forming and possibly glaucoma.
The GP referred me to my local hospital and unbelievable the earliest appointment I could get, and this was back in January, was for the middle of May. Thats even out of the set standard.
So it as meant to get seen earlier I have had to go private and I will be seeing a doctor next week.
I should add that I have also been getting headaches.
Now I appreciate that none of us on here are qualified to give a diagnosis but given the blurred vision, headaches, tingling in feet and extra weight do this symptoms sound familiar to those any of yourselves have had !
I would genuinely be pleased to receive any comments you may have and once I have seen the doctor I will let you know how I got on.
I should of added that I also have a feeling of grit in my eyes at times.
Whilst I am of cause hoping that it is not diabetes that would probably be a better thing to have than some of the alternatives.
Best wishes to you all.
As I said I would I will give you an update on what happened today.
Visited the ophthalmologist and he closely examined my eyes and he also photographed the backs of my eyes to carry out an analysis. His conclusions were that I had a thing nerve that was entering or attached to the eye at an acute angle and that may be the cause of my problem. He also told me that I was not developing cataracts and at the moment there was no sign of glaucoma and my eye pressures were not any greater than they should be. Thankfully he did not mention retinopathy at all so my fears of having diabetes do not seem to have any foundation then ! Would it be fair to say that he would of spotted any signs of this if I did have it. So I suppose I am pleased that I do not have diabetes but as I sit here typing this feeling visually the same as I did last night I cannot but now wonder what the problem is given the eye problems I am still experiencing.
With regard to the forum I will still be visiting it frequently to garner information to pass onto my wife because if I don't she won't. Best wishes to everyone that is suffering from diabetes or indeed fear they may have it.
Unlike myself she is not one for seeking knowledge of her ailment on the Net and has an attitude of "well I am 68 not young so I will just get on with it ".Which is fair enough I suppose but I personally feel we can all learn from others experiences.
Which brings me and to why I have joined.
Literally for years now I have had tingling in my toes and at one stage I was even sent to a neurologist but they found anything wrong. But that said the tingling has continued for years since.
More recently I have been having problems with my vision, it gets blurry,and even though I have had a terrible biscuit habit I have put on more weight than I ever have before.
As a result of all this I recently went to an optician who referred me to my GP because he told me I had signs of a cataract forming and possibly glaucoma.
The GP referred me to my local hospital and unbelievable the earliest appointment I could get, and this was back in January, was for the middle of May. Thats even out of the set standard.
So it as meant to get seen earlier I have had to go private and I will be seeing a doctor next week.
I should add that I have also been getting headaches.
Now I appreciate that none of us on here are qualified to give a diagnosis but given the blurred vision, headaches, tingling in feet and extra weight do this symptoms sound familiar to those any of yourselves have had !
I would genuinely be pleased to receive any comments you may have and once I have seen the doctor I will let you know how I got on.
I should of added that I also have a feeling of grit in my eyes at times.
Whilst I am of cause hoping that it is not diabetes that would probably be a better thing to have than some of the alternatives.
Best wishes to you all.
As I said I would I will give you an update on what happened today.
Visited the ophthalmologist and he closely examined my eyes and he also photographed the backs of my eyes to carry out an analysis. His conclusions were that I had a thing nerve that was entering or attached to the eye at an acute angle and that may be the cause of my problem. He also told me that I was not developing cataracts and at the moment there was no sign of glaucoma and my eye pressures were not any greater than they should be. Thankfully he did not mention retinopathy at all so my fears of having diabetes do not seem to have any foundation then ! Would it be fair to say that he would of spotted any signs of this if I did have it. So I suppose I am pleased that I do not have diabetes but as I sit here typing this feeling visually the same as I did last night I cannot but now wonder what the problem is given the eye problems I am still experiencing.
With regard to the forum I will still be visiting it frequently to garner information to pass onto my wife because if I don't she won't. Best wishes to everyone that is suffering from diabetes or indeed fear they may have it.
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