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I am feeling very anxious and frightened and am looking for some advice please. I have been on the 3 month surveillance programme for my eyes for the past two years now, and my results recently said that I must go back again in September. However, I went to see my ophthalmologist yesterday and...

I was just wondering… once you have treatment for diabetic macula edema, do you have to have it forever, to stop blindness occurring? Or do you just have the treatment once, and that stops it coming back? Has anyone had treatment, many years ago and now ok? Thank you.

Has anyone had diabetic macula edema at one of their eye appointments, that has ever gone again by the next appointment?

Hi, I am just hoping for a bit of reassurance please. I am 40 years old and have had type 1 diabetes for 24 years. I have got macula edema in both eyes, and have to go back in July, as at the moment my sight is good, and no treatment is required. I am just very scared as I’m guessing that it is...

Hi all, I am hoping for some advice please, as I am feeling pretty anxious and scared. I have been on the surveillance eye screening programme for nearly a year now, due to maculopathy. It went to 6 months and is now back to 3, due to the fact that there are more areas of damage near to the...

Hello I am hoping for some reassurance if possible please. I went to the opticians last week, and she said she could see some diabetic damage to the area near to my macula on my left eye. She did an OCT scan, and this also showed the same. Due to my retinal screening being in a couple of weeks...