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<blockquote data-quote="Charles Robin" data-source="post: 812133" data-attributes="member: 92241"><p>Just a quick update, apologies if it seems I'm hijacking the thread. My letter referring to my screening arrived this afternoon. It said 'The tests detected changes in your eyes which may need further assessment, so we are referring you to the hospital eye clinic to see a specialist. The hospital will send you an appointment. It is important that you attend this appointment in order to protect your eyesight.'</p><p>So the chances are you will get a letter explaining things further if you have not already. Again, the main thing is not to panic! (I won't if you won't <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />). It may simply be a change in NHS standard procedure, where anyone with any changes at all is referred as a precaution.</p><p>My message is the same as before: go to the appointment, keep your sugars as good as you can, and try to stay positive. Also, it's perfectly natural to worry with news like this. I firmly believe that this is something requiring monitoring rather than a catastrophe of unbridled proportions. However, it is a really, really good idea to speak to someone, just to release your worries. The only way I go through life as a happy and positive person is to share my problems with my wife (and help her with hers too!). Being able to talk to her yesterday was such a help. See if you can have a chat with anyone close to you, and it really can make things much easier to deal with.</p><p>And as I said before, <strong>it's extremely rare for retinopathy to lead to full on blindness.</strong> Loads and loads of forum members have stabilised their retinopathy, and some have even seen it reverse in the early stages. Once again, best of luck and keep posting <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charles Robin, post: 812133, member: 92241"] Just a quick update, apologies if it seems I'm hijacking the thread. My letter referring to my screening arrived this afternoon. It said 'The tests detected changes in your eyes which may need further assessment, so we are referring you to the hospital eye clinic to see a specialist. The hospital will send you an appointment. It is important that you attend this appointment in order to protect your eyesight.' So the chances are you will get a letter explaining things further if you have not already. Again, the main thing is not to panic! (I won't if you won't :)). It may simply be a change in NHS standard procedure, where anyone with any changes at all is referred as a precaution. My message is the same as before: go to the appointment, keep your sugars as good as you can, and try to stay positive. Also, it's perfectly natural to worry with news like this. I firmly believe that this is something requiring monitoring rather than a catastrophe of unbridled proportions. However, it is a really, really good idea to speak to someone, just to release your worries. The only way I go through life as a happy and positive person is to share my problems with my wife (and help her with hers too!). Being able to talk to her yesterday was such a help. See if you can have a chat with anyone close to you, and it really can make things much easier to deal with. And as I said before, [B]it's extremely rare for retinopathy to lead to full on blindness.[/B] Loads and loads of forum members have stabilised their retinopathy, and some have even seen it reverse in the early stages. Once again, best of luck and keep posting :) [/QUOTE]
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