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Good luck, I hope it goes well for you. I actually enquired while at specsavers about corrective eye surgery and they said it's not so popular these days. Depending on your prescription, I'm only about -1.25 so not too bad really but they said the major downside is if they fix the long distance...

Hi Sepage, I wouldnt worry about the actual laser treatment itself. I had just over 1000 zaps and it took around 15 minutes. They apply like a jelly on your eye to stop it drying out as it needs to be kept open while they are doing it, they use a small instrument to do this so you dont have to...

Thanks for the responses guys and for welcoming me onboard, all very helpful comments. I agree shaving a few mmols off by blood sugar levels probably wont do a great deal but makes me feel better that at least I'm doing the best I can. I totally agree blood pressure is key, I believe even though...

Hi I'm Matt, 41 year old male type 1 since I was 12. First time posting in a diabetes forum, whenever I've been on diabetes forums before it scares the hell out of me seeing how many different complications there are out there so have preferred to live in ignorance lol! My control is as good as...

type 1 since 1993