It isn't possible to say how long the blurring lasts. There are differnt intensities of laser and much depends upon the intensity and just how much neeeds o be done.
When I first had laser treament a few years ago I was given a leaflet which old me the effecs could last in some people for a few months. So I didn;'t worry too much when his happened to me.
Unfortunately , when I wen back I was told the blurring was not a resul of the lasrer as hese effects wear off wihn a few days!
Since then I have had a great deal of laaser reatment and i generally find that it wears off within a day.
I was very pleased on a recen visit for injecions o find that it is now becoming the norm for paients to be offered injections before laser to stop the bleeding. This is far more effective.
I can vouch for that. My original two sessions of laser made matters much worse as here was oo much fluid present . Not ionly did it have no effect on the condition but it left me with a great deal of scarring on the retina,
I know I would probably have been horrified initially if offered injections but i they would have prevented a great deal of trouble later and i might even be OK now.
The thing wih the bg levels and the reinopahy is to try to keeep your bg level - no sudden rises or drops in levels. Both are equally bad . This is one of those areas where you have o be very careful.
My macular oedema seems o have been caused by rosiglitazone causing my bg to drop too sharply .
Then I had the rament above which caused more problems. The consultant opthamologist . who is very good was convinced that all would be well if I reduced my bg levels {which were not dreadful} so I went to see the consultant diabetologist and managed to reduce them , had excellent results , reduced my weight to pre-diagnostic levels, was given medication o stop the "spikes" which were the real problem . All the Drs were delighted. Unfortunately all it did for my eyes was to make the bleeding worse. I understand that it is supposed o take 3 years of good control to impact on retinopathy. I am sure he hypos I experienced in trying to reduce my levels, experimenting with diffferent amounts of exercise etc must have conributerd to my present state,
Unfortunately he surgeons think good control equals cure and assume that the medical people will do their bit. My opthamologist referred me to the diabetic department in the end but although they helped I feel that it was too late. Not that I am blaming him of course, on the contrary i am extremely grateful to him. I just feel that as primary care is so inconsistent there should be some system of auomatically referring patients to a specialist when they develop complications.
I realise that this is unlikely to happen but it could prove o be very cost effective.
They should have this kind of imagery displayed more publicly - in diabetic clinics, doctors surgeries, opticians etc.
