nirouleur
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- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
For what it's worth, blurred vision was one of the symptoms that prompted me to speak to a doc before being diagnosed as T2. It was particularly when trying to focus on close-up things which would normally have been my strong point.
A couple of weeks after I was diagnosed and had been taking meds, I was due a scheduled eye test. But the optician actually postponed it on the premise that with my blood sugars in flux so much there would be no point getting my current levels as they were almost guaranteed to change - at least daily if not hourly. I still get this blurred vision symptom if I don't concentrate for a day or two and levels creep up.
In the end, I had my eye test about 5 weeks after diagnosis when the meds had settled and my sugars were under control. It turns out there wasn't a drastic difference in my prescription at that stage.
You probably know already, but as a diabetic, you're now entitled to free eye tests as often as you need them but at least yearly.
A couple of weeks after I was diagnosed and had been taking meds, I was due a scheduled eye test. But the optician actually postponed it on the premise that with my blood sugars in flux so much there would be no point getting my current levels as they were almost guaranteed to change - at least daily if not hourly. I still get this blurred vision symptom if I don't concentrate for a day or two and levels creep up.
In the end, I had my eye test about 5 weeks after diagnosis when the meds had settled and my sugars were under control. It turns out there wasn't a drastic difference in my prescription at that stage.
You probably know already, but as a diabetic, you're now entitled to free eye tests as often as you need them but at least yearly.