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<blockquote data-quote="gemma_T1" data-source="post: 2006044" data-attributes="member: 473650"><p>Hi </p><p>Sorry to hear about your eye problems. I had 2 Avastin eye injections 12 years ago in one eye as well as lots of laser in both eyes. The first injection seemed to work well and dried up the edema but within 6 months it was back. And the second injection didn’t work. </p><p>However, I must stress that my control wasn’t good. I was always hypo. The reason I had problems was that I too had got my hba1c down massively in a very short space of time suffering constant hypos. </p><p>I think if you are already with good control now then the injections will have a very good chance of clearing up the edema. Also I had my edema for a while as it took me almost a year to pluck up the courage to do it. And many attempts to have the injection done which didn’t work out ... </p><p>Unfortunately I drove the doctors mad with my fear of needles. I am and always have been needle phobic... so you can imagine I was never happy with a type one diagnosis [emoji23]</p><p>Anyway I also hate anything to do with eyes, the drops, and all that sort of thing... </p><p>I’ve come a long way from the days when I’d run from the hospital from the blood testing nurses or eye doctors trying unsuccessfully to put drops into my eyes. I try to zen out now...</p><p>So if I managed to do it twice then I’m sure you’ll be fine. I really was a nightmare of a patient. The senior citizens were in and out like they were buying sweets, taking it all in their stride and I was in tears as if it was the end of the world... but it wasn’t, it is over in a second. The prep was longer than the actual injection. </p><p>Hope this helps<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="☘️" title="Shamrock :shamrock:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/2618.png" data-shortname=":shamrock:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gemma_T1, post: 2006044, member: 473650"] Hi Sorry to hear about your eye problems. I had 2 Avastin eye injections 12 years ago in one eye as well as lots of laser in both eyes. The first injection seemed to work well and dried up the edema but within 6 months it was back. And the second injection didn’t work. However, I must stress that my control wasn’t good. I was always hypo. The reason I had problems was that I too had got my hba1c down massively in a very short space of time suffering constant hypos. I think if you are already with good control now then the injections will have a very good chance of clearing up the edema. Also I had my edema for a while as it took me almost a year to pluck up the courage to do it. And many attempts to have the injection done which didn’t work out ... Unfortunately I drove the doctors mad with my fear of needles. I am and always have been needle phobic... so you can imagine I was never happy with a type one diagnosis [emoji23] Anyway I also hate anything to do with eyes, the drops, and all that sort of thing... I’ve come a long way from the days when I’d run from the hospital from the blood testing nurses or eye doctors trying unsuccessfully to put drops into my eyes. I try to zen out now... So if I managed to do it twice then I’m sure you’ll be fine. I really was a nightmare of a patient. The senior citizens were in and out like they were buying sweets, taking it all in their stride and I was in tears as if it was the end of the world... but it wasn’t, it is over in a second. The prep was longer than the actual injection. Hope this helps☘️ [/QUOTE]
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