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- Type of diabetes
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- Getting old and diabetese
How can a so called "expert" give such misleading information? I had my first retinopathy check this July following type 2 diagnosis.I was told I already had early signs of diabetic damage to my right eye and I must have been undiagnosed diabetic for some time. I have been worried sick as I have already lost the sight of my left eye because of a retinal bleed and today I had to go for a hospital check up with my (left eye) consultant. I mentioned my diabetes and my worry about damage to my right eye as confirmed at my retinal screening and was shocked to hear him say "you do NOT have any damage to that eye" Apparently, what the 'retinopathy test' had shown was a scar that he said had probably been there for many years if not from birth. I thought the people who do these retinopathy tests were specialists? How could somebody make such a mistake, cause so much worry and call themselves a specialist in eye screening. I'm so relieved I don't have a problem but also am so angry that I have had so much worry for for all this time. I am losing trust in the so called "professionals" Anyone else had a similar problem or is it just my bad luck 'again'