Hi
I'm asking on behalf of my mum. She is 64 and has been type 2 diabetic for 20 years.
She has been having eye injections due to fluid in the back of the eyes for many years.
They have tried a new drug for the injection (don't know what it's called, sorry) but they said it's not working properly as after 2 weeks the fluid comes back again.
My mum is having panic attacks and anxiety due to this as it has been 7 weeks since the last appointment and she is having kind of blurry vision in the left eye. She has an appointment this Fri 25/07.
So now they are proposing to do a Ozurdex steroid injection.. has anyone done this? How was it? She is really scared for her vision and eyes.
I've tried to read about Ozurdex online but it can be done for different types of conditions so there's scary stuff from different people, so I wanted to ask if other diabetic patients if they've had it done and their experiences?
Thanks in advance.
I'm asking on behalf of my mum. She is 64 and has been type 2 diabetic for 20 years.
She has been having eye injections due to fluid in the back of the eyes for many years.
They have tried a new drug for the injection (don't know what it's called, sorry) but they said it's not working properly as after 2 weeks the fluid comes back again.
My mum is having panic attacks and anxiety due to this as it has been 7 weeks since the last appointment and she is having kind of blurry vision in the left eye. She has an appointment this Fri 25/07.
So now they are proposing to do a Ozurdex steroid injection.. has anyone done this? How was it? She is really scared for her vision and eyes.
I've tried to read about Ozurdex online but it can be done for different types of conditions so there's scary stuff from different people, so I wanted to ask if other diabetic patients if they've had it done and their experiences?
Thanks in advance.