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<blockquote data-quote="gwai84" data-source="post: 2219276" data-attributes="member: 407377"><p>A couple of years ago I was having a very rough time, having developed aggressive proliferative retinopathy out of nowhere. I wasn’t getting much info from the eye hospital and I was a big ball of anxiety, utterly convinced I would go blind. This forum was such a huge help to me then, and I thought I should post an update - especially for people who are in the situation now that I was in then.</p><p></p><p>It was definitely a stormy few years eye-wise - every time I went back to the ophthalmologists, my blind spots in the left eye were getting bigger, and the new vessels kept getting worse. The same thing developed in the other eye too. I was being seen every 4-6 weeks, and had twelve sessions of laser in all (including two under general anaesthetic). But whilst I didn’t have any bleeds, the new vessels just kept on growing, despite perfect BGs and BP.</p><p></p><p>And then, suddenly, about eighteen months in, something changed. </p><p></p><p>The new vessels began to regress and have now shrivelled up almost completely. I’ve just been discharged back to routine six-month follow up.</p><p></p><p>Better than that, I still have 6/6 vision and other than one tiny little blind spot in one eye, I can see perfectly.</p><p></p><p>At several points things got very very dark and sad, and I didn’t believe that it could possibly get better. Especially when most of the stories I read were bad outcomes - people seem not to share positive outcomes as often (or perhaps the bad ones were all that stuck in my head!).</p><p></p><p>So this is why I’m posting. If anything like this happens to you, hang in there. There’s a very very good chance things will get better. Everyone here is rooting for you - the forum was a big help for me - and don’t be afraid to ask questions!</p><p></p><p>- the end -</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gwai84, post: 2219276, member: 407377"] A couple of years ago I was having a very rough time, having developed aggressive proliferative retinopathy out of nowhere. I wasn’t getting much info from the eye hospital and I was a big ball of anxiety, utterly convinced I would go blind. This forum was such a huge help to me then, and I thought I should post an update - especially for people who are in the situation now that I was in then. It was definitely a stormy few years eye-wise - every time I went back to the ophthalmologists, my blind spots in the left eye were getting bigger, and the new vessels kept getting worse. The same thing developed in the other eye too. I was being seen every 4-6 weeks, and had twelve sessions of laser in all (including two under general anaesthetic). But whilst I didn’t have any bleeds, the new vessels just kept on growing, despite perfect BGs and BP. And then, suddenly, about eighteen months in, something changed. The new vessels began to regress and have now shrivelled up almost completely. I’ve just been discharged back to routine six-month follow up. Better than that, I still have 6/6 vision and other than one tiny little blind spot in one eye, I can see perfectly. At several points things got very very dark and sad, and I didn’t believe that it could possibly get better. Especially when most of the stories I read were bad outcomes - people seem not to share positive outcomes as often (or perhaps the bad ones were all that stuck in my head!). So this is why I’m posting. If anything like this happens to you, hang in there. There’s a very very good chance things will get better. Everyone here is rooting for you - the forum was a big help for me - and don’t be afraid to ask questions! - the end - [/QUOTE]
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