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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NicoleC1971" data-source="post: 2341035" data-attributes="member: 365308">Yes makes sense I think. I feel it would be wrong to say where you are but the aim of the game is clearly is to stop progression by getting monitored regularly then treated if anything does develop.  If you have no active bleeds and haven't been sent for treatment it sounds as if it might be background bleed/swelling.  Are you being seen in 3 months?Treatment - I had background retinopathy with no changes to may vision and then it accelerated over Summer 2003 (5-8 months after the birth of my daughter).I had a many cycles of laser treatment which was uncomfortable and stopped me from driving just after it had been done.  I had the same dilation drops put in that you will have had during your check ups.  Then a technician tried to seal off the bleeding vessels for about 30 minutes per eye.That does usually work but for me it didn't for the afore mentioned reasons (wobbly blood sugars and stress I think) so  in about September 2003 I had a major bleed in 1 eye but could still drive.   Got signed in for a vitrectomy.I took myself off the road and haven't driven anything more than a bike since.Later on that year, I lost sight in the other eye.It was a bit scary but my surgeries (double vitrectomy) got brought forward to January and March of that year.Both successful and my vision is reduced (about the 2nd or 3rd line of that sight chart) but I have a bus pass and cycle a lot.  It has got me into fitness and I now have 3 children and work full time so it hasn't hindered me.  My eyes are totally stable  now though it will probably speed up a need for cataracts op at some point.There are no guarantees around all of this but I think I was lucky to have a great surgeon and to have this happen in 2003 where in prior years my condition might have led to total blindness.Still I hope you remain at base camp with your condition which will make all the finger pricking worthwhile though swiping will be much easier so hope you jump through those fsl hoops too.</blockquote>

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