Back in April at my regular eye screening, maculopathy was spotted so I was referred to the hospital. I saw a Technician, who said I had a tiny macular cyst but nothing to worry about. So follow up was booked for 7/11. Saw another technician, who thought there’d been some changes so booked in for an urgent scan 3 days later. Report from them said I had pre-proliferative retinopathy grade 2. Very surprised because I never have high blood sugars. I’m on low doses of insulin and metformin and my hbac1 is 5.2 (33). The technician said it could be affected by illness, and I’d been really ill with shingles for a month. And she said I’d probably have laser to get rid of them. I was booked in 3 days later, but no doctor available so just had the same scan again. I was a bit upset by now that being ill could have caused this damage, completely out of my control. Anyway had another scan today and appt with doctor. She was actually a bit annoyed because she said the veins were transparent and not more advanced retinopathy, and that the scan had been read completely wrong. She said I have extremely mild retinopathy and the macular cyst is tiny and nothing to worry about atall. So basically a waste of time and stressing out for nothing. But thankyou Doctor for putting my mind at rest.
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