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chard

chard

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Hi,
I have had 2 episodes of retinopathy in my left eye over the last 2 years that left me blinded on both occasions for some months after. Happily for me it has slowly cleared and I only have a blurry swirl when i move me eye.
Over the last month i have been getting a random black line in my vision on a daily basis but after a few hours it fades away.
I was wondering if this is a new small bleed or just old blood that is slowly dispersing.
Because it disperses im hoping its the later. Anyone had anything similar
Had type 1 for 40 years this very month thats gotta be worth a gold watch or a telegram from the queen?
 
If you are not sure and not spoken with your consultant on this then there should be a hot line number for your clinic fir you to ring in and check. Some small bleeds will continue post laser as the blood vessels die back but anything new is best dealt with whilst they can still see it with the laser.
 
chard said:
Hi,
I have had 2 episodes of retinopathy in my left eye over the last 2 years that left me blinded on both occasions for some months after. Happily for me it has slowly cleared and I only have a blurry swirl when i move me eye.
Over the last month i have been getting a random black line in my vision on a daily basis but after a few hours it fades away.
I was wondering if this is a new small bleed or just old blood that is slowly dispersing.
Because it disperses im hoping its the later. Anyone had anything similar
Had type 1 for 40 years this very month thats gotta be worth a gold watch or a telegram from the queen?
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That really does not sound good Chard, you need to ring the eye hospital as a matter of urgency far better to be safe than sorry..

Only forty years! Diabetes UK will send you a medal for reaching the 50 years and not a day sooner :) Congratulations on the forty though just the same.
 
@chard, if you've not been seen since these recent changes then you must contact the Ophthalmology Clinic and mention this to them.

A bleed starts as a streak then looks like a spiders web, it then disperses into tiny little dots that sink to the bottom of the eye where it is absorbed by the body, when it doesn't disperse and it blocks vision then that is when a vitrectomy is required.

Have a look at the following for a better explanation, but do contact your clinic in the morning just for reassurance if nothing else:

http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/vitreous_hemorrhage.html
 
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