retinopathy

Some good news from this T1 of twenty years I thought I’d share... I had a letter in October saying I’d been referred to the ophthalmologist as they’d seen maculopathy in my left eye and pre-proliferative retinopathy in my right after my routine eye scan. To say I was bricking myself for my...

Hi all, around 18 months ago I was told I had background retinopathy. Up to that point my control had been very average, with my Hba1c always being around 8. I am 23 now and since then with the addition of the freestyle libre, I manged to improve my control dramatically with my last couple of...

Got the results of my retinopathy screening today only to find I have pre-proliferative retinopathy in one eye and maculopathy in both. Was just background last year... hard not to panic. I’m now aware that rapid improvement of HbA1c such as mine can cause this - but I was never told about it...

I thought I would share some good news I got today, as I know some people find it hard reading posts about the difficulties we face as people with diabetes. I got my letter with the results for my retinopathy examination today, and felt rather apprehensive when opening it. One of my biggest...

Hello Everyone! My name's Sean O'Sullivan and I've been T1 since I was 5. I'm now 23 and because of being stupid when I was younger and not looking after my diabetes, I have some retinopathy problems. I've been on a waiting list for almost a year to see a diabetic specialist and finally got to...

Hi! I'm just back from my eye test and I had a new doctor that had never seen me before (or read my journal obviously) and she said "No signs of Diabetic retinopathy yet", maybe not such a fantastic thing, but the fact is that for the last 3+ years I have had mild Diabetic retinopathy, so I'm...

Hi, so, i'm 26, diabetic 22 years and it seems the 5 years i didn't look after my sugars has caught up with me. i have to go for 2 laser treatments, the 1st to ease the pressure in my eye, apparently this will stop the migraines i get when they use they eye drops to see the back of my eye. and...

The results of my eye-screening came today. Apparently I have the beginning of retinopathy. I though i was controlling things quite well with diet and exercise but it seems not. Should I be as upset as I feel?

Hi all. I’ve been a type one diabetic for nearly five years. I posed a few months ago about my year of terrible control, but since then I’ve been getting somewhat back on track. However, I’ve noticed a couple small eye floaters, and I’m absolutely terrified. I’ve been told by a friend that I’ll...

hey guys! Can anyone tell me if there experience with retinopathy and having treatment please? Like laser treatment...does hurt ect? Can you see afterwords?

(1) laser (2) ???? etc. The treatment does not necessarily need to be available through the NHS. I'm searching through the web and it is laser, laser, laser. My reason for asking is that the doctors may have seen some retinopathy from my latest scan. Any treatment is a way off, but I had a...

Hey Everyone, I'm new to the site and was hoping for a little insight and your thoughts on what I have been experiencing the past few weeks. I am a type 1 diabetic and have been for 24 years, I was diagnosed when I was 3. Over the past 8 years or so my blood sugar levels have wavered from...

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 16 years ago, and with diabetic retinopathy about 3 years ago (which is getting worse, although no treatment is required yet). My last HBA1C was 7.2 I have been trying the 5:2 diet which has been having a significant beneficial effect on my blood glucose...

I have only lived in UK a year but I am already an expert at complaining about the weather, a popular English pastime. I complain about the weather and my ****** job and the dating scene in London and it feels great… it makes me feel exactly like everyone else. I get to be the proverbial...

Hi all. I'm new to this site so please bear with me I'm Sophie & have had T1D for 16 years in November. Diagnosed at 10 years old I've had my highs and lows (literally) & have finally got my HBA1C down to 60%, which isn't ideal but it's better than it was! I have always had the all clear from...

I went for an eye check up and was referred to a retina specialist and was inturn asked to undergo some test (fluorescein angiogram) and diagnosed as Sever NPDR left eye and low PDR in right. The doctor suggested to go for PRP and told nothing GRAVE as of now (saying that there is a small blood...

Hi Everyone, Sufi here just joined , diagnosed with type 2 diabetes recently. I have developed diabetes retinopathy on my left eye as well . have anyone got the similar symptoms or any idea please drop some words in. Many thanks.

I'm 27. Type 1 diabetic for 11 years, reapplying for my provisional license. I see a diabetes consultant for my care, and have an annual checkup at the eye hospital to check the condition of my eyes. I've had the forms filled out for ages but was waiting on my eye checkup today before I send...

Hello everyone. Just want to share that within a year i have turned around the above (not diabetes completely, though secondary issues) through loads of research. Hope that this will benefit everyone here! To cut a long story short, which ideally should be a longer story; I will try and make...

Hi All, this is the first time I have reached out to other diabetics in the 27 years since I was diagnosed so bear with me! I have been averagely controlling my diabetes most of my life and this year (past 6 months really) I have taken control a bit more as I am now 30 and would like to have the...