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<blockquote data-quote="Optom" data-source="post: 415676" data-attributes="member: 79353"><p>sw11 bloke:</p><p>Could I ask you a few questions? I have been a T1 for 12 years now and have background retinopathy in both eyes and then recently was diagnosed with M1 maculopathy in my right eye. Does the maculapathy deteriorate your eye sight very quick? Do you have any advice for me? I am desperately trying to get my blood levels under control. Would this condition stabilise and not deteriorate more if I do?</p><p></p><p>My last scan saying I had M1 maculopathy was just a letter sent to me without any details or further follow up treatment. I then contacted my diabetes team only to be told that my GP would need to deal with this. I then contacted my GP only to be told that she is on maternity. Nobody has since even bothered contacting me. a letter was sent to the surgery from the eye clinic but that too seems to have been ignored.</p><p></p><p>Any advice and information would be appreciated.</p><p></p><p></p><p>My advice would be to contact the administrator who has sent you the letter. Under screening guidelines, patients with M1 maculopathy should be reviewed by an ophthalmologist within (I think) 14 weeks. It is important that you are reviewed but not an emergency. The fact that your GP is unavailable should not make any difference to this onward referral - it should be done by the Diabetic Screening Service. Hopefully if you phone them, they should be able to give you some more info.</p><p></p><p>Best of luck. And keep it up with the BS control - the best way to avoid long term probs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Optom, post: 415676, member: 79353"] sw11 bloke: Could I ask you a few questions? I have been a T1 for 12 years now and have background retinopathy in both eyes and then recently was diagnosed with M1 maculopathy in my right eye. Does the maculapathy deteriorate your eye sight very quick? Do you have any advice for me? I am desperately trying to get my blood levels under control. Would this condition stabilise and not deteriorate more if I do? My last scan saying I had M1 maculopathy was just a letter sent to me without any details or further follow up treatment. I then contacted my diabetes team only to be told that my GP would need to deal with this. I then contacted my GP only to be told that she is on maternity. Nobody has since even bothered contacting me. a letter was sent to the surgery from the eye clinic but that too seems to have been ignored. Any advice and information would be appreciated. My advice would be to contact the administrator who has sent you the letter. Under screening guidelines, patients with M1 maculopathy should be reviewed by an ophthalmologist within (I think) 14 weeks. It is important that you are reviewed but not an emergency. The fact that your GP is unavailable should not make any difference to this onward referral - it should be done by the Diabetic Screening Service. Hopefully if you phone them, they should be able to give you some more info. Best of luck. And keep it up with the BS control - the best way to avoid long term probs. [/QUOTE]
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