Cataracts

I'm scheduled for assessment and possible surgery in 3 weeks. Surgery has been deferred once due to poor HBA1C and poor blood sugar stability (the risk is that unstable blood sugar causes the eyes to change shape before and/or after surgery).

Should I hold out to improve my HBA1C further, and get cataract remission without surgery? What are the odds? The degeneration was initially very slow but accelerated in the last few years and even the last few months.

Spiker, I agree with Paulina , the chances of any remission/reverting the opaqueness are dependent on the length of time since diagnosis and length of time of the cataract formation. When I had my cataract removed I had to get my HbA1c to 7 before they would consider doing it so that delayed surgery by quite a time. I did have proliferative retinopathy too so one of the main risks was the greater chance of a bleed following surgery.

It's a hard call as obviously you want the best sight possible but also you really don't want to increase the risks of any complications with a non optimal HbA1c.