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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aoife" data-source="post: 79362" data-attributes="member: 20194">Hi everyoneI am so scared I think I am literally losing all my marbles. I am new to the forum, browsing around today in search of diabetes material and found here <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />  Im 24 and Ive been diabetic for thirteen years.I was told today that I have advanced non prolific retinopathy and I just dont know how to move forward. I dont even know exactly what it means. The doctor said a variety of phrases that have just confused the hell out of me, from "its not too bad" to "there is however quite a bit of damage" to "well theres nothing I need to treat" (im assuming treatment refers to laser therapy) I *think* (but am not sure) that its a good thing that she said theres been no change since she started monitoring my eyes last september- Ive been seen roughly every three months. So the damage occured before then- but why am I not being offered treatment if its "advanced"??? what the hell?? advanced non prolific sounds appalling :cry: I do see another eye doctor who has been doing the diabetes eye exam on me for maybe 8 years once a year, and hes said i dont need treatment (at the minute) but when he saw me in january he said he wanted me back in nine months instead of a year which freaked me out big time as well....ohhh i am just so scared and feel so helpless. My diabetes team are nice but i think they think im a bit of an idiot, i had issues with disordered eating and depression a few years ago (managed to mostly kick them) and for the last two years have been working to manage my diabetes right.I am extremely angry too that no one saw fit to tell me- until a few months ago- that when you have very poor control one of the worst things you can do is make a sudden change- I dropped my hbA1c from approx 11 (yes I know- dreadful beyond belief) to about 8 in a couple of months about two years ago. Which my problems probably all stem from. Oh i just dont know <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> sorry for the essay, had to vent</blockquote>

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