Eyesight?

[CathyB]

hi, I have recently had my eyes checked so I know there is nothing sinister going on, I know that the blurred vision I experienced over the last few months was due to my high blood sugar (pre diagnosis).....what I don’t know is if it’s ‘normal’ to have what feels like variations in my vision, sometimes it’s my reading vision that feels off, sometimes it’s the tv. I feel like I’m going a bit mad
With a radical diet change thanks to the info on this forum, daily walking and 500 metformin at breakfast and 1000 with dinner, my bloods are now down in single figures and almost in normal range so is this something I just have to get used to?

 

[Martin Canty]

I still have good & bad days despite being under good control for 2 years... I figure it's part of D, growing a little older & the eyes getting tired toward the end of the week.

 

[Heath o]

Must be the norm because it same here sometimes everything looks blurry and sometimes it's fine

 

[CathyB]

Thank you, it’s a relief to know it’s not just me 😎

 

[Heath o]

It's weird sometimes don't realise it till I am outside then realise can't see any detail at all

 

[CathyB]

It's weird sometimes don't realise it till I am outside then realise can't see any detail at all

It is weird, that’s what’s freaking me out, nothing consistent at all, can’t make any sense of it!

 

[Maz2]

If your eyes have been professionally checked I would not think there would be anything wrong. I am pre-diabetic (was a couple of years ago, got out of it, now gone up again). A couple of months ago my eye seemed a bit funny and, as I am not diabetic, I knew it was nothing to do with that but I thought about detached retinas as one of my friends had two detached retinas at two separate intervals. I panicked and went off to the Optometrist and it was nothing sinister, thank goodness.

 

[Kaylz]

@CathyB sorry I cant remember how long you've been diagnosed? Due to the fact your bg levels were high before diagnosis, people do experience trouble with their sight as they get used to being in 'normal' range etc x

 

[CathyB]

@CathyB sorry I cant remember how long you've been diagnosed? Due to the fact your bg levels were high before diagnosis, people do experience trouble with their sight as they get used to being in 'normal' range etc x

I was diagnosed 3 weeks ago so still very new. Thanks to what I have learned here (and my metformin) I have come down from 22 to 8.4 so I guess my body is still adjusting.

 

[Martin Canty]

22 to 8.4 so I guess my body is still adjusting.

Congratulations..... Sorry to have to inform you that there will be a lot of adjusting happening not only physical but mental. However, we are here to help

 

[trophywench]

3 weeks is early days for your eyes to get back to normal - just 'rest' em whenever they start getting a bit 'silly' - by simply closing them for a few minutes - eg every time you sit on the loo!

 

[Martin Canty]

eg every time you sit on the loo!

OK for you girls......

 

[trophywench]

Gentlemen are quite at liberty to take a seat Martin - Pete having low BP from quite an early age, always found it advisable to sit, otherwise he'd jump up to go to the loo - and next thing he'd find himself lying on the bathroom floor .....

 

[Alister]

After starting treatment for my recent diagnosis & my BG readings were brought down to more reasonable levels my eyes started drifting more & more long sighted - to the extent that I could see well enough to drive without glasses & needed to get some cheap reading glasses ( +2.0 £1.50 from Home bargains) to be able to read without holding my kindle at arms length.
this lasted for about a month & now seems to e back to normal - Leaflets I received indicate this is normal & suggested not having an eye test for at-least 3 months to give time for things to settle