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- Type of diabetes
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- Treatment type
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- Diet drinks - the artificial sweeteners taste vile.
Having to forswear foods I have loved all my life.
Trying to find low carb meals when eating out.
I have had annual free eye checks for decades because my mother had glaucoma.
Fortunately I have not developed this so far.
The Diabetes and age (over 70) also qualify me for free eye checks.
I have worn spectacles since the age of 8 so am very used to eye tests.
As a T2 Diabetic I also have annual retinopathy checks, which have so far been clear.
My AMD was identified 7 or 8 years back (IIRC) and tracked each year, more recently with a computer scan which mapped the fatty deposits (drusen) at the back of the centre of the retina (the Macula).
It has been progressing slowly, with a prognosis of being not fit to drive a car in 5-7 years.
I am now having treatment which hopes to add another 2-3 years to my eyesight.
What is this leading up to?
If I had 20/20 vision all my life, and had no problems identified by the retinopathy scans, I might not have had this issue identified so early in the progress of the disease.
The AMD help groups are full of people who only identified the AMD when they began to have serious issues with their eyesight.
Straight lines being suddenly wavy, blind spots, etc.
I would therefore recommend that people take advantage of the free eye test to get a good going over of their eyesight, including a computer scan (which may not be free).
The main eye test costs nothing and could catch any problems early.
I am assuming that not everyone has regular eye checks.
If you do, good on you and long may you continue.
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Fortunately I have not developed this so far.
The Diabetes and age (over 70) also qualify me for free eye checks.
I have worn spectacles since the age of 8 so am very used to eye tests.
As a T2 Diabetic I also have annual retinopathy checks, which have so far been clear.
My AMD was identified 7 or 8 years back (IIRC) and tracked each year, more recently with a computer scan which mapped the fatty deposits (drusen) at the back of the centre of the retina (the Macula).
It has been progressing slowly, with a prognosis of being not fit to drive a car in 5-7 years.
I am now having treatment which hopes to add another 2-3 years to my eyesight.
What is this leading up to?
If I had 20/20 vision all my life, and had no problems identified by the retinopathy scans, I might not have had this issue identified so early in the progress of the disease.
The AMD help groups are full of people who only identified the AMD when they began to have serious issues with their eyesight.
Straight lines being suddenly wavy, blind spots, etc.
I would therefore recommend that people take advantage of the free eye test to get a good going over of their eyesight, including a computer scan (which may not be free).
The main eye test costs nothing and could catch any problems early.
I am assuming that not everyone has regular eye checks.
If you do, good on you and long may you continue.
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