Sight Loss the Essential Guide ? Antonia Chitty and Victoria Dawson

[Northerner]

Since being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, my worries about the possibility of sight loss have increased considerably. One of the first things you learn is that diabetes is one of the major causes of blindness in the UK, along with numerous other ailments that are quite distressing to contemplate. This book covers sight loss from all angles (so to speak!). It is clear and comprehensive, covering all the main causes of sight loss or impaired vision, including macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts and diabetes. Each topic is described in terms of its causes, diagnosis and available treatments, with helpful summaries and checklist finishing each chapter.

As a diabetic, I learn that I am also at much higher risk of glaucoma and cataracts, so these chapters were also of interest to me in addition to the chapter on diabetic retinopathy. The topics are not exhaustively discussed, but the main options are described satisfactorily, and there is an extensive appendix with links for further reading, and addresses of organisations that can provide help and advice. In addition to the chapters on eye problems, there are good chapters on mobility, help around the home and financial help, all with useful, practical tips of how to adapt to impaired vision should it occur.

Overall, very readable, concise, but packed with useful information!

Sight Loss: The Essential Guide (Need 2 Know)

 

[brads]

This is quite relevant to me because my job in IT depends on my eyesight and if I'm honest I'm not particularly good at anything else! Might be worth a look.

 

[Copepod]

Brads - naturally, hope it doesn't happen, but don't panic, even if you do lose some sight. A good friend of mine has very poor sight, nothing to do with diabetes, and works in IT - nose right up to screeen when necessary. He was so keen to preserve what sight he has left, that he refused to look at a solar eclipse, even when reflected onto card, which is supposed to be safe.

 

[ThunderBolt]

If I can pluck up the courage I might have a look at this. There again that's not very likely.

I'm having a good run at the moment eyes wise but other things are iffy so I don't want to add fuel to the fire by pondering deeper still into something ghats constantly running round my head.

I'll make a note of the book though for future reference. Cheers Northener!