Hi all,
Today I finally had my diabetic eye screening. I had to keep pushing it back due to it conflicting with diabetes consultant appointments and then a bout of conjunctivitis.
Anyway, I think the constant putting it off had built up as anxiety and I was extremely anxious whilst waiting for the appointment about the eye drops... I had high blood sugars all day - which I put down to the stress and anxiety.
Once I got in the room the nurse who saw me told me that she wasn’t going to use the eye drops as my pupils are large anyway and that because I’m young (26) she didn’t feel they were necessary and said that for a few more years I may not need the drops....
I have never heard of this before and wondered if anyone else had experienced this?
Thanks!
Hi all,
Today I finally had my diabetic eye screening. I had to keep pushing it back due to it conflicting with diabetes consultant appointments and then a bout of conjunctivitis.
Anyway, I think the constant putting it off had built up as anxiety and I was extremely anxious whilst waiting for the appointment about the eye drops... I had high blood sugars all day - which I put down to the stress and anxiety.
Once I got in the room the nurse who saw me told me that she wasn’t going to use the eye drops as my pupils are large anyway and that because I’m young (26) she didn’t feel they were necessary and said that for a few more years I may not need the drops....
I have never heard of this before and wondered if anyone else had experienced this?
Thanks!
yes ihave heard of people 40years or younger not needing dropsHi all,
Today I finally had my diabetic eye screening. I had to keep pushing it back due to it conflicting with diabetes consultant appointments and then a bout of conjunctivitis.
Anyway, I think the constant putting it off had built up as anxiety and I was extremely anxious whilst waiting for the appointment about the eye drops... I had high blood sugars all day - which I put down to the stress and anxiety.
Once I got in the room the nurse who saw me told me that she wasn’t going to use the eye drops as my pupils are large anyway and that because I’m young (26) she didn’t feel they were necessary and said that for a few more years I may not need the drops....
I have never heard of this before and wondered if anyone else had experienced this?
Thanks!
Thanks!Sorry to read you had all that stress for nothing in the end.
I is 61 and a bit and not had drops yet... I drive there, which is a bit of a no no.. but the boy has said the same to me, no need, easy to see what's required.
Hope the results are good.
Whereabouts are you based? There are some differences in the screening programmes of the different countries that make up the UK. In England, everyone should have dilating drops (unless genuinely allergic to them). In Scotland, people with large pupils (usually younger people) may have photos taken without them.
Whereabouts are you based? There are some differences in the screening programmes of the different countries that make up the UK. In England, everyone should have dilating drops (unless genuinely allergic to them). In Scotland, people with large pupils (usually younger people) may have photos taken without them.
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