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In six years of retinopathy, maculopahy and macular oedema the only time i have seen blood in my eye at all was when i was given drops for raised pressures which made me sneeze coninuously. This of course caused broken blood vessels. In fact, i have often wished that I had some sign of what...

It must be really hearbreaking for you waching your daugher suffer and not being able to help much as you say. of course you are helping just by being there but it is so hard for you hat you need help yourself. You have done he righ hing in coming here. There is always someone who has some...

I am T2have maculopathy in both eyes and my experience wih HCP's since diagnosis has been so horrific that i am currently trying to stay wih my last Dr although I now live many miles outside the Practice area and I daren't give my new address . I have changed Dr's twice since diagnosis and...

I have lost count of the laser sessions I have had over the last six years. For the last three most people would not even have attemped laser but my onsultant is wonderful -but even he is now running out of places to laser. My first few sessions of laser -performed by a less experienced...

If I have intense laser reatmen I always experience a solid block of white or red for several hours afterwards. The more laser you have tehn the more sensitive your eyes tend to become.Having said that, I really don't think anyone should experience Sharp pain from laser. if hat occurs the laser...

Hi Hanadr, Did the Dr explain why you might expect more spikes with the meformin SR? I would have thought the opposite to have been the case?

Re: Surgery blood glucose reading 9.4 and tests at home norm A heavy drinking session would have lowered your blood sugar at first and then later raised it -what they call a liver dump -so this may well be the explanation.Plus he possibility of stress of course..

Best wishes to you too Keith.. Its not sad for a 41yr old its perfecly natural for anyone! I really don't think they attempt any of these eye operations unless they are sure of success or if the situation is desparate, Its never pleasant to be in that stiuation but i know from experience...

Hi RRB, It is indeed wonderful what the surgeons can do these days. The most wonderful thing is that they will nowadays attempt to do things they wouldn't even ten years ago. The op you are having is routine now in any hospital with a large opthalmology dept. Of course no op is routine for...

I am very much inclined to agree wit the doctor in the link provided by catherinecherub. I have read quite a few asudies suggesing that too rigid control is counter-productive in the elderly. The proble here is to get GPs and other HCP's to agree. It is in fact easier , in many cases o ge...

I don't think your GP can be too worried about ou if she only wanted t up your metformin. After all you are going in the right direction. and if she was really concerned she would have wanted o add another drug. Yes for goodness sake do get the Metformin Sr-it has transformed many lives and...

Yes you are righ wee Willie. They are obliged o give you the worse case scenario. i have been having procedures for years which carry a 50% risk of blindness. Not having them meant something like a 997 risk of blindness, So what do you think I did/ Poor RRB. I am truly sorry for her. She...

I sympathise wih you rrb. You just come to terms with one thing and are hit by another. i am sure Phoenix is right . They have to tell you these things -imagine what a pickle you would be in if you hadn' made your preparations. I understand these "holes " are quite common. Most good eye...

Wasn't Joyce offered any assistance or guidance on diagnosis/ If not that is appalling. I agree wih phoenix hat the only safe soluion would be o have someone visi Joyce at home-at least o begin with. There is so much potential for something to go wrong. Poor Lady . I am glad she has a...

hi, you say you are to see he Nurse. have you ever been seen by a specialist Diabeologist/ Poenix menions his would be necessary for a pump but it migh help in any event paricularly if you have doubts about your diaggnosis.

the degree of discomfort felt afer laser depends on the intensity of the lasr. The quality of the equipment and the skill of the person operating it are also factors . nother facor is the amount of treatment you ave head previously as Noblehead pointed out.. Unfortunately or rather...

My Practice has a strict no fasting tests rule for diabetics. Even when the dr ordered a fasing test because of some concern over my cholesterol -she was overruled and had to back down.

Not psychotic . Just honest. I am T2 but with diabetic eye disease[s] and have to keep my levels stable to preserve my sight which is affected almost immmediately by highs or lows - and my treatment options are almos t exhausted. I know sometimes I do things which appear odd to an onlooker...

hi Tracey and keith. Don't worry about he avastin injecions Tracey. Nothing to them. they use a very small needle and as your eye will already have been anaethesised with drps you won't feel a thing. its also a clear fluid so won't have any after efects. it doesn;t work fo r everyone so hope...

Are your levels normally higher so you think you are having a fase hypo or are they normal in the circumstances/ if you are sure it is your bs making you feel this way then it is always best to ride it out so that your body can adjust to the lower readings. could you maybe be suffering from...