Today I received a letter with an appointment for my eye screening in December. I had my first eye screening back in August 2019 everything came back fine so was due my next in August this year but because of covid i thought it would be next year before I was seen. I had a few problems in may with flashing in one eye. Had an emergency opticians appointment who found the jelly in my eye was coming away and had left a small hole in the retina. As there’s a family history of retinal detachment he wanted me to see an eye specialist. Fast forward to the end of June I went to my appointment had loads of drops put in, scans done, photos taken etc and spoke to a wonderful eye specialist who said it’s very common, not worth laser surgery unless it gets worse and my eyes look healthy. I asked him about my diabetes and he said my eyes show no signs of diabetes at all. My question is would you go to this screening now or wait until next year? I’m not overly keen to go with everything that’s going on and works stupidly busy so don’t want to take time off plus someone else can have the appointment BUT it’s my eye sight and I don’t want to kick myself if something has changed.
I might see if I can get hold of my diabetes nurse this week and see what she says.
I might see if I can get hold of my diabetes nurse this week and see what she says.