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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
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- Insulin
I found out two weeks ago I have this.
I was away camping and receive an email saying an urgent appointment had been made for laser treatment from the retinopathy screening I had been to.
I went to the urgent appointment, terrified I should add... the Dr spoke very poor English but from what I understood he hadn't received the referral so couldn't see the damage. So he did a flurescin angiogram (injecting dye in a vein then taking pictures behind the eye).
Apart from making me extremely ill and vomiting non stop for the next 36hrs, the angiogram showed I have l3, proliferative retinopathy.
He said I need treatment but it is due to bad circulation? Not due to something else so laser might not be appropriate?? What does that mean?
He told me I need to be free the next couple of weeks for the treatments. But I received a n appointment in the post and it isn't for over 2 months.
This worries me when the treatment is needed urgently?
Any body been through similar? What is the prognosis and treatment? I am very worried and not impressed with the Dr who didn't even know my name.
I was away camping and receive an email saying an urgent appointment had been made for laser treatment from the retinopathy screening I had been to.
I went to the urgent appointment, terrified I should add... the Dr spoke very poor English but from what I understood he hadn't received the referral so couldn't see the damage. So he did a flurescin angiogram (injecting dye in a vein then taking pictures behind the eye).
Apart from making me extremely ill and vomiting non stop for the next 36hrs, the angiogram showed I have l3, proliferative retinopathy.
He said I need treatment but it is due to bad circulation? Not due to something else so laser might not be appropriate?? What does that mean?
He told me I need to be free the next couple of weeks for the treatments. But I received a n appointment in the post and it isn't for over 2 months.
This worries me when the treatment is needed urgently?
Any body been through similar? What is the prognosis and treatment? I am very worried and not impressed with the Dr who didn't even know my name.