Blurred vision

[Mojay]

Hi iv just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes , at the end of April I started having blurred vision my distance was affected and drinking oceans of water.I tried in vain to get a blood test at my surgery ,i left it over two weeks until I could get an appointment.
The day I had my blood test out of hours rang me at 9 pm telling me to get to A a E asap as my blood sugars were dangerously high.
When I was seen they were almost 40 .
I was kept in overnight on drips and insulin injections,I was sent home the next day even though it was still 20.
That was the middle of May.
They have come down drastically to between 4 and 7 I did get shaky when they were 4.
But now 5 days ago my reading sight has gone blurred,hopefully it will rectify itself.
Sorry my story is a bit long.
Mojay.

 

[trophywench]

Hiya
When the blood glucose increases and carries on being high for a length of time, as in undiagnosed diabetes, the body grabs fluid from itself to dilute the blood circulating - hence why people get thirsty and eventually because the eyes have a lot of fluid in and around them - it causes the eyes to change shape. Because this happens very gradually, you don't notice all that much .......

Then the diabetes is discovered and treatment starts to bring the glucose in the blood down to something more normal and at the same time the eyes reclaim the fluid which changes their shape back to normal too. But - the shape change this time happens quickly - so we do always notice it ! No optician worth his salt should ever try and prescribe lenses to correct your sight until your blood glucose has been normal again for several months - as you'd be wasting your money buying them - only to need different lenses in another couple of months.

Temporarily if you can't see well, try investing just a few ££ in 'Ready Readers' to see you over until you can naturally see better again, at which point then get your eyes tested properly and if you do need glasses, you can be more confident they'll last you a bit.

Took mine about 6 - 8 weeks-ish to sort themselves out.

 

[Stuvart]

What trophywench said, I had the same undiagnosed t2 when I got on meds/diet change a week or 2 later my near vision went to pot and I found an old pair of specs worked for me it took 3/4 weeks to settle down (mostly) and now I'm back to what passes for normal (for me).

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Mojay

It’s not uncommon for eyesight to go a bit blurry, either when BGs are high, or when they return to nearer the ‘normal’ range after a period of being high for a while.

If you are concerned, do visit your optician or opthalmologist to get checked. Hopefully things will settle down with your eyes after a few months though.

 

[Mojay]

Hi ,thanks for putting my mind at rest .
Ive go an eye appointment in three weeks time.

I have had a couple of low blood sugar levels 4-5 and 4-3 I know it’s not low but it seems to low for me as I started to shake.

I was ok after eating maybe I could find out if I could stop talking gliclazide twice a day.
at the moment I take one of each at breakfast and teatime.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Some people find that once their levels have been running high dor a while they can get hypo warning signs when at the lower end of the normal range. And while not technically hypo, it can feel pretty unpleasant.

This should settle down once your body has adjusted to your improved BG levels and reset its ‘glucose thermostat’ 🙂

 

[Leadinglights]

Hi ,thanks for putting my mind at rest .
Ive go an eye appointment in three weeks time.

I have had a couple of low blood sugar levels 4-5 and 4-3 I know it’s not low but it seems to low for me as I started to shake.

I was ok after eating maybe I could find out if I could stop talking gliclazide twice a day.
at the moment I take one of each at breakfast and teatime.

I often found students who had not eaten breakfast would be fainting in lab classes, nothing to do with being diabetic, but just having something to eat they would be fine.