Hi All,
I had my 8 week follow up to my two rounds of laser treatment today.
Sadly, it looks like I will have to have a third lasering as my left eye has more blood vessels in a different area. I just don't understand what more I can do? My HbA1c is down to 38 which I thought would really help with my eyes but evidently not. Just seems to be blow after blow at the moment.
I'm desperately trying to find out why this is still happening. The doctor kept saying am I sure my blood pressure and cholestrol are ok. I had them done less than two weeks ago and the blood pressure and cholestrol were both fine. She seemed a bit stumped and just said I could leave it a couple of months and have another scan before I decide on laser - but I don't want to delay it if it is necessasry so I've said to go ahead and book it.
My right eye has now go white dots showing on the scan which she says is fat. You couldn't see any white dots last time (two months ago) but you can now. She has said that the liquid levels have gone down though so she isn't recommending laser treatment for that eye yet.
She had no suggestions as to what I can do as she says I am doing everything I can but she just could not explain why it is still happening.
Has anyone got any idea? I was reading that even though my HbA1c is way down, I could still be having spikes during a day and this could be causing the damage, has anyone else found this? I've been reading about the Libre 2 device and I'm going to get myself that as the NHS won't fund it for me . Does anyone have recommendations of where to get it at the best price - I won't be able to afford it for long (I understand it is £100 a month?). I'm hoping within the month I can work out what makes it spike and what is ok.
I'm starting to get really down, to be honest it's just one thing after another in my life and has been for the last 2 years. I can see why people get depressed and it seems like a really easy thing to do. I care for my mum and dad after I got divorced last year and I spend about 2-3 hours a day doing things for them. The rest of the time I don't see anyone at all and don't have any friends here (I moved after the divorce to be closer to them). I'm finding it quite hard to get out of bed every day as things just seem to go from bad to worse. I just need a bit of a break - it would be great if I could have a scan and they would tell me that it's all settled down and fine but that nevers seems to happen.
I had my 8 week follow up to my two rounds of laser treatment today.
Sadly, it looks like I will have to have a third lasering as my left eye has more blood vessels in a different area. I just don't understand what more I can do? My HbA1c is down to 38 which I thought would really help with my eyes but evidently not. Just seems to be blow after blow at the moment.
I'm desperately trying to find out why this is still happening. The doctor kept saying am I sure my blood pressure and cholestrol are ok. I had them done less than two weeks ago and the blood pressure and cholestrol were both fine. She seemed a bit stumped and just said I could leave it a couple of months and have another scan before I decide on laser - but I don't want to delay it if it is necessasry so I've said to go ahead and book it.
My right eye has now go white dots showing on the scan which she says is fat. You couldn't see any white dots last time (two months ago) but you can now. She has said that the liquid levels have gone down though so she isn't recommending laser treatment for that eye yet.
She had no suggestions as to what I can do as she says I am doing everything I can but she just could not explain why it is still happening.
Has anyone got any idea? I was reading that even though my HbA1c is way down, I could still be having spikes during a day and this could be causing the damage, has anyone else found this? I've been reading about the Libre 2 device and I'm going to get myself that as the NHS won't fund it for me . Does anyone have recommendations of where to get it at the best price - I won't be able to afford it for long (I understand it is £100 a month?). I'm hoping within the month I can work out what makes it spike and what is ok.
I'm starting to get really down, to be honest it's just one thing after another in my life and has been for the last 2 years. I can see why people get depressed and it seems like a really easy thing to do. I care for my mum and dad after I got divorced last year and I spend about 2-3 hours a day doing things for them. The rest of the time I don't see anyone at all and don't have any friends here (I moved after the divorce to be closer to them). I'm finding it quite hard to get out of bed every day as things just seem to go from bad to worse. I just need a bit of a break - it would be great if I could have a scan and they would tell me that it's all settled down and fine but that nevers seems to happen.
