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Hi Matthew. I was diagnosed in November last year and my eye sight was also blurry as i was getting my glucose levels under control. It took around 3 weeks from when i first noticed to when i realised it had settled. I did purchase some reading glasses from Asda to help - it wasn't worth buying anything expensive. Your vision will settle, its frustrating i know!
 
Nikki35 said:
Hi Matthew. I was diagnosed in November last year and my eye sight was also blurry as i was getting my glucose levels under control. It took around 3 weeks from when i first noticed to when i realised it had settled. I did purchase some reading glasses from Asda to help - it wasn't worth buying anything expensive. Your vision will settle, its frustrating i know!
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Very frustrating can barely read my phone without these temporary spare glasses my mum has was really worried at first but now this is just the norm am guessing and my eye sight will be fine again once my body is used to the insulin ?
 
Matthew James Hardy said:
Very frustrating can barely read my phone without these temporary spare glasses my mum has was really worried at first but now this is just the norm am guessing and my eye sight will be fine again once my body is used to the insulin ?
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As you get better control of your blood glucose your sight will return to normal 🙂 The high and fluctuating glucose levels cause a distortion in the lens of the eye, making it difficult to focus. I was exactly the same, but everything came good after a few weeks 🙂
 
Just a technical point. It’s not the lens that distorts, it’s the vitreous humor, the gel inside the eye. Because there is more sugar in the blood, osmosis (remember that from school?) causes fluid to be removed, making the eye slightly smaller and therefore slightly long sighted.
 
mikeyB said:
Just a technical point. It’s not the lens that distorts, it’s the vitreous humor, the gel inside the eye. Because there is more sugar in the blood, osmosis (remember that from school?) causes fluid to be removed, making the eye slightly smaller and therefore slightly long sighted.
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I'm going to go and put that doctor right for giving me duff information! 😱 😉
 
Matthew James Hardy said:
Very frustrating can barely read my phone without these temporary spare glasses my mum has was really worried at first but now this is just the norm am guessing and my eye sight will be fine again once my body is used to the insulin ?
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In short, yes. Its not becoming used to the insulin as such. I dont know if you've been advised to bring sugars down gradually? My DN was giving me targets for glucose levels. Once your sugars are stablised at a lower figure then your vision should settle quickly. Feels like it takes ages. I was like it over Christmas but was okay by mid-january. My vision is back to normal now.
 
Yup, took 3-4 weeks for mine to behave again. I was bored silly at home alone - they hadn't invented daytime telly in 1972 and we didn't have a radio or record player, I couldn't see well enough to knit sew or read and there's a limit to how much cleaning you can do in a house with hardly any furniture - the floorboards were spotless though as were the windows! I knew every cubic inch of the local park though ......
 
Did anyone have headaches probably due to my eyes getting used to the insulin still feeling blurred but only been diabetic a week
 
But even if it's a dull day - always take your sunglasses with you - the dilated pupils the drops cause to get a good view to take the photos, cause them to be hypersensitive to light and if it's actually sunny you'll most likely squint even with them on!
 
Having a retinal photo has bog all to do with your eyesight and vice versa!

And anyway we don't get the results of retinal photos immediately even though the technician might say 'Looks OK to me!' - the photos have to be checked by Opthalmologists 'back at the office' before we get the letter to tell us what is actually what. Admittedly I think the technician may actually mark the 'iffy' ones to be looked at quicker than the 'normal looking' ones, but I'm not certain about that. At any event it's always been about a fortnight before I've heard a dicky bird. cos I've never needed any treatment of more than annual checks.

However my eyesight is different and definitely needs spectacles! 😉
 
She showed me the actual diagram of the eye on the computer screen etc said everything was well however still waiting for the results of the experts
 
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