Retinopathy

[DiabeticDave]

Well Thursday 1530hrs, I will be smiling for the camera!!. Ongoing argument with my significant other.......I'm saying I have blurred vision, and my eyes are red, she's telling me it's all in my mind, but does agree, that my eyes look red. I feel that my eyes have deteriorated over the last 3 years, and I have had to have a change in reading glasses 3 times.

According to the Pamphlet, you can improve the blurring with laser surgery, I accept this is not a cure, but the alternative doesn't bare thinking of.

Then again, maybe Debbie is right, and it's all in the mind🙄

 

[Steff]

good luck with it say cheese lol x

 

[insulinaddict09]

Well Thursday 1530hrs, I will be smiling for the camera!!. Ongoing argument with my significant other.......I'm saying I have blurred vision, and my eyes are red, she's telling me it's all in my mind, but does agree, that my eyes look red. I feel that my eyes have deteriorated over the last 3 years, and I have had to have a change in reading glasses 3 times.

According to the Pamphlet, you can improve the blurring with laser surgery, I accept this is not a cure, but the alternative doesn't bare thinking of.

Then again, maybe Debbie is right, and it's all in the mind🙄

Hi Dave , good luck , I hope all goes well . I do sometimes get blurry vision if

my levels have been erratic but after a few days its back to normal.

 

[bev]

Hope you get the right outcome tomorrow! Let us know how things go.🙂 Bev

 

[DiabeticDave]

Ah!!!!........but my levels are good (I think😉). Average 6.5 fasting....9.8 after last meal, and they're pretty standard. They've come down a wee bit since I started eating properly...

 

[insulinaddict09]

Ah!!!!........but my levels are good (I think😉). Average 6.5 fasting....9.8 after last meal, and they're pretty standard. They've come down a wee bit since I started eating properly...

Brilliant levels Dave , whats your secret ? I can just hope to get levels like that ...

 

[Northerner]

Well Thursday 1530hrs, I will be smiling for the camera!!. Ongoing argument with my significant other.......I'm saying I have blurred vision, and my eyes are red, she's telling me it's all in my mind, but does agree, that my eyes look red. I feel that my eyes have deteriorated over the last 3 years, and I have had to have a change in reading glasses 3 times.

According to the Pamphlet, you can improve the blurring with laser surgery, I accept this is not a cure, but the alternative doesn't bare thinking of.

Then again, maybe Debbie is right, and it's all in the mind🙄

Dave, I had very poor eyesight for 6-8 weeks after diagnosis due to my previous high sugars, and it took a while after that for me to feel that my eyesight had returned to what it was before. Also, a few people have mentioned getting dry or sore eyes due to diabetes, so it may be a combination of these factors that is affecting you now. Hopefully, they will find nothing amiss with the retinal scans and it will just be a matter of time before your eyes feel comfortable again.🙂

 

[DiabeticDave]

Dave, I had very poor eyesight for 6-8 weeks after diagnosis due to my previous high sugars, and it took a while after that for me to feel that my eyesight had returned to what it was before. Also, a few people have mentioned getting dry or sore eyes due to diabetes, so it may be a combination of these factors that is affecting you now. Hopefully, they will find nothing amiss with the retinal scans and it will just be a matter of time before your eyes feel comfortable again.🙂

Now there's comforting words........that's why I love this site, you learn something everyday!!😉😉

Can you help me pick some lottery numbers!!.....lol

 

[insulinaddict09]

Now there's comforting words........that's why I love this site, you learn something everyday!!😉😉

Can you help me pick some lottery numbers!!.....lol

Dave pm me those numbers when Northerner tells you them ok

 

[rossi_mac]

Blurry vision, I have the same quite regularly, but never for long periods mind.

I'd say my levels are similar but certainly not better.

I'm convinced it's to do with my levels and maybe some days straining in front of a pc. When I last went to the opticions they said I didn't have red eyes compared to some!

How long do you stay blurry for?

Anyway hope it sorts it self out soon.

 

[Caroline]

Hope your eyes are better and the retinopathy scan gives you some re-assurance.

I get blurry vision if my levels are up or I don't sleep well or I'm not feeling too brilliant, but it passes.

 

[insulinaddict09]

Hope your eyes are better and the retinopathy scan gives you some re-assurance.

I get blurry vision if my levels are up or I don't sleep well or I'm not feeling too brilliant, but it passes.

Yep I'm like that today , I'm in the 18's and blurry visison is here arghhh

I've already had my eye check so I know all is well. Try not to worry too much

though Dave , when you've had your eyes done they usually tell you that the

results will take a few weeks to come through to your doctor , mine took just

over a week to come through.

 

[Caroline]

Yep I'm like that today , I'm in the 18's and blurry visison is here arghhh

I've already had my eye check so I know all is well. Try not to worry too much

though Dave , when you've had your eyes done they usually tell you that the

results will take a few weeks to come through to your doctor , mine took just

over a week to come through.

Last tine I got my eyes done I asked for the results to be sent dierctly to me because my doctor aint good at passing on information, I then took a copy down to him.

 

[insulinaddict09]

Last tine I got my eyes done I asked for the results to be sent dierctly to me because my doctor aint good at passing on information, I then took a copy down to him.

Hey good idea , I wish Id know you could do that !!! my Doctor is rubbish 😱

 

[Proudspirit]

Hi, im not sure if laser surgery does anything for reading, i thought it was just for long distance?

Anyway a friend had it done a few years ago and he is great now, gone from really bad to no glasses at all.

Julie x

PS i have an actifry too, they are fab but be careful when washing the lid the tabs used to hold it closed break off really easily. Sausages are great done in it but my fav is potato wedeges with cajun spices! yummy!!

 

[Northerner]

Hi, im not sure if laser surgery does anything for reading, i thought it was just for long distance?

Anyway a friend had it done a few years ago and he is great now, gone from really bad to no glasses at all.

Julie x

PS i have an actifry too, they are fab but be careful when washing the lid the tabs used to hold it closed break off really easily. Sausages are great done in it but my fav is potato wedeges with cajun spices! yummy!!

Hi Julie, the laser surgery to treat retinopathy is different to that used to cure long/short sight, they are quite different procedures. I think someone said you can't have the sight-correction treatment if you have diabetes as they aren't covered for it insurance wise.

 

[insulinaddict09]

Hi Julie, the laser surgery to treat retinopathy is different to that used to cure long/short sight, they are quite different procedures. I think someone said you can't have the sight-correction treatment if you have diabetes as they aren't covered for it insurance wise.

thats me buggered then ....im slightly shortsighted . i dont wear glasses though , only sometimes for driving

 

[Proudspirit]

Hi Julie, the laser surgery to treat retinopathy is different to that used to cure long/short sight, they are quite different procedures. I think someone said you can't have the sight-correction treatment if you have diabetes as they aren't covered for it insurance wise.

Oh i see! lol, sorry still learning. xx

 

[Northerner]

Oh i see! lol, sorry still learning. xx

No problems - there's an awful lot to learn! The laser sight correction thing, as I understand it, corrects the lens of the eye. Retinopathy, on the other hand is concerned with blood vessels on the retina. There is a part of the retina called the macular, and this can be affected by diabetes. What happens is, when sugars are high for an extended period, the tiny blood vessels can become clogged. The wonderful human body will try and get round this by creating new blood vessels, but unfortunately, these new vessels can interfere with this crucial region (the macular), and if untreated can lead to blindness. The 'unwanted' blood vessels can be zapped by laser to prevent this happening.

If I've got any of that wrong, I'm sure someone will correct me! I think it's worth knowing the mechanisms of these possible complications, as I think understanding what happens can help our resolve, or remove some of the fears.🙂

 

[DiabeticDave]

No problems - there's an awful lot to learn! The laser sight correction thing, as I understand it, corrects the lens of the eye. Retinopathy, on the other hand is concerned with blood vessels on the retina. There is a part of the retina called the macular, and this can be affected by diabetes. What happens is, when sugars are high for an extended period, the tiny blood vessels can become clogged. The wonderful human body will try and get round this by creating new blood vessels, but unfortunately, these new vessels can interfere with this crucial region (the macular), and if untreated can lead to blindness. The 'unwanted' blood vessels can be zapped by laser to prevent this happening.

If I've got any of that wrong, I'm sure someone will correct me! I think it's worth knowing the mechanisms of these possible complications, as I think understanding what happens can help our resolve, or remove some of the fears.🙂

Well done sir.........A*

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