Recent Content by Becks33

Hi Last year I got diagnosed with proliferative diabetic retinopathy and I have had 4 sessions of laser in each eye ... in September this year I noticed blood pouring into my central vision ... as the weeks went on it gotten worse (left eye) my right eye had a lucentis injection about 6 weeks...

Hello 10 weeks ago I had a bleed and since then I’ve had another one , my vision is totally blurred I can’t see anything clearly or any fine detail or even peoples faces up close , it’s kind of blurred with a red/yellow tint in my vision with some black floaters around the eye, my...

Hello I have been diagnosed with proliferative diabetic retinopathy that just keeps getting worse regardless of my diabetic controll , it’s scaring me and disabling me from life I keep having haemorrhages in my eyes and it’s torture I’ve looked into stem cell therapy that actually repairs the...

Because the blood vessels are still there but not growing anymore it’s stable but the ophthalmologist wants them to shrink would it be a case of VEGF???

And if I don’t have any more bleeds what can they do???

Hi Has anyone ever had proliferative diabetic retinopathy where laser has not worked and what was your alternative treatments? My surgeon is talking about a vitrectomy but I though this was to remove blood?? Can anyone help xx

Are you driving?

What[emoji24][emoji24][emoji24] that’s just crazy! How can you have this problem with ur eyes I’m keeping everything crossed for you! Ohh right that’s an amazing result mine was 13% I managed to get down to 8% ... have u had bleeding in the eye?

What 3 years ago? How old are you if you don’t mind me asking? Usually it takes years for diabetic retinopathy to come up and especially with non controll BG levels ! I have had diabetes for 15 years and never ever controlled it which is why I have proliferative diabetic retinopathy ... that’s...

You were diagnosed 1 month after your diagnosis? How is that possible? How long have you had diabetes? And now your having treatment for proliferative retinopathy? What??? So you’ve never been discharged? How’s your diabetic management ?

I’ve been having laser treatment for 8 months now ... and I jus had a bleed two weeks ago and I can see a red tint and like spiders legs in the corner of my vision ... I want to go back to work and go abroad to Bali in December and I’m to scared to go incase I have a bleed on holiday or...

The internet has boggled me[emoji24] I really don’t understand retinopathy and I’m trying to! Does treatment get rid of these blood vessels and then you control your BG to stop new growth is that true??? So that basically means reversing growth of new blood vessels?? I’m so confused I don’t know...

Did the vitrectomy or surgery affect your peripheral vision why can’t you drive??? I thought based only affects that? Have the dvla told you you can’t drive then??? The job I want to do involves driving [emoji22][emoji22] omg I hate this disease so much the diabetes and retinopathy... well the...

Hello Thank you for responding to me! Omg I’m thinking will I ever have children because I don’t want that to happen to me[emoji22] could you see the haemorrhages in your eyes? Can I ask why you cannot drive a car? The one thing I don’t want to loose is my driving liscence [emoji22][emoji22]...

No I can see but like in the top left there is red coloured lines and dots with a stain of blurred red tint there it’s so distracting and annoying and gives me headaches! It says on that link the it should clear itself if you have had enough laser? I’m hoping I clears itself and my eyes stop...