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<blockquote data-quote="DiabeticDadUK" data-source="post: 1436408" data-attributes="member: 392566"><p>Hi there!</p><p></p><p>I've been through retinopathy. Currently managing ocular hypertension in one eye (the bad one). What would you like to know / discuss?</p><p></p><p>For the hypertension you'll probably be prescribed a steroid and anti inflammatory. I take Pred Forte x2 and Azopt x2 daily. If your pressure goes up and the meds can't get things stable they'll likely suggest some laser under a local.. I had pressure of 44 in the left eye in 2014. The pain was something extraordinary. Meds helped it a little but only laser sorted it out. Now running pressure around 12, 13 which I'm told is fine. No problems for the last 3 years in that regard but I'll likely be on the eye drops for the foreseeable (pardon the pun)</p><p></p><p>For the retinopathy I've had laser and some deep laser in theatre and a vitrectomy in both eyes. A vitrectomy is no walk in the park so hopefully it won't come to that for you. In short, approx 2 hours under general in theatre. A whole host of drops to keep the inflammation and infections at bay. Two weeks with your face down (5-10 min break every hour) to give your retina the best chance to heal and take the pressure off it. After having both eyes done, I've seen an awful lot of blurry carpet. They may insert synthetic oil in your eye to stop it collapsing or a gas bubble. The oil stays put, the gas bubble gets absorbed slowly.</p><p></p><p>Ohh... retinopathy doesn't always mean vitrectomy. That's just my story in short <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiabeticDadUK, post: 1436408, member: 392566"] Hi there! I've been through retinopathy. Currently managing ocular hypertension in one eye (the bad one). What would you like to know / discuss? For the hypertension you'll probably be prescribed a steroid and anti inflammatory. I take Pred Forte x2 and Azopt x2 daily. If your pressure goes up and the meds can't get things stable they'll likely suggest some laser under a local.. I had pressure of 44 in the left eye in 2014. The pain was something extraordinary. Meds helped it a little but only laser sorted it out. Now running pressure around 12, 13 which I'm told is fine. No problems for the last 3 years in that regard but I'll likely be on the eye drops for the foreseeable (pardon the pun) For the retinopathy I've had laser and some deep laser in theatre and a vitrectomy in both eyes. A vitrectomy is no walk in the park so hopefully it won't come to that for you. In short, approx 2 hours under general in theatre. A whole host of drops to keep the inflammation and infections at bay. Two weeks with your face down (5-10 min break every hour) to give your retina the best chance to heal and take the pressure off it. After having both eyes done, I've seen an awful lot of blurry carpet. They may insert synthetic oil in your eye to stop it collapsing or a gas bubble. The oil stays put, the gas bubble gets absorbed slowly. Ohh... retinopathy doesn't always mean vitrectomy. That's just my story in short :) [/QUOTE]
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