So, had my optician appointment
He spent a lot of time looking at my eyes, took a scan with machine (worth the extra £35) and checked against previous pictures and he said there is some signs of retinopathy but something he is worried about in a major way, phew!
he’s changed my prescription slightly. Seems my astigmatism has increased a little, now up to -4, sigh, even further away from having Oakley lenses in my sunglasses in the future, oh well!
he also recommended eye drops as my eyes seem quite dry, that might be adding to my blurred vision. He also added a prism to my lenses as he thinks that may help, tired eyes and loss of focus might be helped by that (as it turns out and I forgot to say, in my medical record it records I had a squint as a baby… probably unrelated but you never know!)
with 1.67, xtra active, mirrored varifocals with prism. Let’s just say cheap comes nowhere near… Still, hopefully they look good!
but it’s good news I think, going to go to the NHS screening but I feel happier now
Oh, and am also on yearly call back to optician rather than every other. So that’s also good to know I’m in safe hands