Diabetic eye check

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Sued24

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Type of diabetes

Type 2

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Diet only

• Dec 28, 2023

• #1

First, thank you to everyone who responded to my first post before Xmas. Now I have questions.
Can anyone tell me how long after initial diagnosis I should have my first eye check?
I'm being told I have to wait a year, which seems odd when they are running tests to check my kidneys etc.

 

IanBish

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1,189

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Cardiff

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• Dec 28, 2023

• #2

The diabetes nurse arranged mine not long after my diagnosis. I was called in for the test a few months later.

 

Rachox

Oracle

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Oxford

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I reversed my Type 2

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• Dec 28, 2023

• #3

NICE guidelines say at diagnosis and then yearly:

Eye damage | Information for the public | Type 2 diabetes in adults: management | Guidance | NICE

www.nice.org.uk

 

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ianf0ster

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• Dec 28, 2023

• #4

Yes, the first diabetes retinopathy eye test for me was within 3 months of being diagnosed. Since then they have been yearly as are the feet checks.

 

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Sued24

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16

Type of diabetes

Type 2

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Diet only

• Dec 28, 2023

• #5

Thank you. That’s what I thought.

 

JoKalsbeek

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The Netherlands

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I reversed my Type 2

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• Dec 28, 2023

• #6

Sued24 said:

First, thank you to everyone who responded to my first post before Xmas. Now I have questions.
Can anyone tell me how long after initial diagnosis I should have my first eye check?
I'm being told I have to wait a year, which seems odd when they are running tests to check my kidneys etc.

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Had mine when they were running down everything else, too, soon after diagnosis... I thought they needed a baseline to start from to see improvement and decline etc. Why wait a year? No idea! Since then it's been once every two years, save for the covid-years when I rather didn't bother the hospitals.

 

Mr Clean

Member

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16

Location

Derby

Type of diabetes

Type 2

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Tablets (oral)

• Dec 28, 2023

• #7

I had my retinopathy check up around 6 weeks after diagnosis, arranged by Diabetic Nurse.

 

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gogobroom

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73

Location

Hampshire

Type of diabetes

Type 2

Treatment type

Diet only

• Dec 28, 2023

• #8

I was diagnosed Oct/Nov time and have my retinopathy appointment in about 2 weeks - I think it depends on how busy your local hospital is and their backlog but my understanding is it is done on first diagnosis, however that may be different in different areas.