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<blockquote data-quote="Celsus" data-source="post: 1723930" data-attributes="member: 185674"><p>Can add to the good feedback from Soapybubs above:</p><p>Approx. 30 years ago I suddenly had bleedings appearing on my right retina and my world came tumbling down fast. Actually within hours literally. At that time laser was not really possible, as the eye was full of the blood that had leaked out. And I was more or less 100% blind on that eye for the next 3-4 months until suddenly it cleared up by itself. And then I got the first laser treatments on that eye, with some 3 weeks between each session. When examined at the hospital, they also observed that the other eyed need the same to avoid bleedings commencing there. So both eyes got treated over the next two years, with longer periods of 2-4 months where each of them were close to 'blind' in the effect I could see anything with them, or in the clearing up periods I could really see much or read or anything. I got in total between 12-14,000 shots on each eye. But slowly but surely they cleared up. 10 months after the last treatment I was back to normal 20/20 vision on both eyes! But as noted by other posters above, the laser shots did of course burn away some of your optical cells on your retina, mainly around and outside the macula, as the eye doctors will avoid as much as possible to hit that area, as that provides for your central vision/focus area. So when observing carefully, you may notice after your laser procedures that you now have some 'black spots' in your peripheral vision. E.g. a small spot where you potentially will not notice a small object (e.g. a ping pong ball at 3meter distance) placed outside your central vision area. However, if it moves just slightly, you will still be able to observe that movement. And as other posters also wrote above, when using both eyes, the reduced peripheral vision is hardly noticeable, as the two eyes covers well for each other. At that time home glucose monitoring had just become possible, so I switched to that as well as to the intensive insulin therapy with multiple daily injections. My bg levels have been down to 'normal' ever since then and I have had no further problems with my eyes since then. But it was surely a tough period in my life to go through, as all my studies and life in general came to a full stop for like 12-18 months back then. It certainly made me think very differently about life and what miracle it truly is to see and huge respect for the many individuals that are less fortunate in this world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celsus, post: 1723930, member: 185674"] Can add to the good feedback from Soapybubs above: Approx. 30 years ago I suddenly had bleedings appearing on my right retina and my world came tumbling down fast. Actually within hours literally. At that time laser was not really possible, as the eye was full of the blood that had leaked out. And I was more or less 100% blind on that eye for the next 3-4 months until suddenly it cleared up by itself. And then I got the first laser treatments on that eye, with some 3 weeks between each session. When examined at the hospital, they also observed that the other eyed need the same to avoid bleedings commencing there. So both eyes got treated over the next two years, with longer periods of 2-4 months where each of them were close to 'blind' in the effect I could see anything with them, or in the clearing up periods I could really see much or read or anything. I got in total between 12-14,000 shots on each eye. But slowly but surely they cleared up. 10 months after the last treatment I was back to normal 20/20 vision on both eyes! But as noted by other posters above, the laser shots did of course burn away some of your optical cells on your retina, mainly around and outside the macula, as the eye doctors will avoid as much as possible to hit that area, as that provides for your central vision/focus area. So when observing carefully, you may notice after your laser procedures that you now have some 'black spots' in your peripheral vision. E.g. a small spot where you potentially will not notice a small object (e.g. a ping pong ball at 3meter distance) placed outside your central vision area. However, if it moves just slightly, you will still be able to observe that movement. And as other posters also wrote above, when using both eyes, the reduced peripheral vision is hardly noticeable, as the two eyes covers well for each other. At that time home glucose monitoring had just become possible, so I switched to that as well as to the intensive insulin therapy with multiple daily injections. My bg levels have been down to 'normal' ever since then and I have had no further problems with my eyes since then. But it was surely a tough period in my life to go through, as all my studies and life in general came to a full stop for like 12-18 months back then. It certainly made me think very differently about life and what miracle it truly is to see and huge respect for the many individuals that are less fortunate in this world. [/QUOTE]
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