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  1. grandutero

    Retinopathy panic

    Wowwww!! Ok I'm rubbish, this is late and probably never going to get read but from my post it's obvious there's a lot of hurt and love out there in relation to diabetes. In response to Hayleyemma, (and I'm sorry Hayleyemma if you are even reading this for such a late response), but my...
  2. grandutero

    Retinopathy panic

    Hi, Recently I had an eye screening and was told that I had retinopathy. They want to see me in 3 months rather than the usual 6. I've been diabetic since I was 5, so 32 years. I've had background retinopathy for years. Being scared comes hand in had with diabetes I feel, as we are all only too...
  3. grandutero

    Medical care options type1

    Hi All, Sorry for the slow response. I answer to do I see a consultant, the answer is no. I see a diabetic nurse at my GP. I usually have relatively good HBA1c - 6ish. recently I got a 7.2 so the nurse asked me to get another test soon and if its still going wrong way he can refer me to a local...
  4. grandutero

    Medical care options type1

    Hi all, I've been Type 1 for about 30 years. I'm looking at moving my whole care 'package' to a nearby hospital rather than get my support from the local GP service as I've heard good things about the Hospitals care of Diabetes and I dont have great confidence in my local GP care. Is there any...
  5. grandutero

    Eye screening/retinopathy.....

    Wow so I'm not on a steady decline, it's given me a bit of a scare but that's probably a good thing . Really glad to hear you got you sight fixed. What was treatment like? Thanks
  6. grandutero

    Eye screening/retinopathy.....

    Hi all, I'm 37 and been type 1 since 5, so I'm a long timer, 30 odd years. I just came back from the usual eye screening of which I've pretty consistently been told I have background retinopathy but no treatment required. My HBA1c has been around 6 for the last 5 years or so. Anyhow's, recently...