Stage 3 diabetic retinopathy

[josh1334]

Good evening all,
I have been diabetic 20 years now, sas diagnosed when i was 10 years old and never really took it serious enough.
Ive been having very slight blurry vision when i first wake up, although it passes a min or so later, apart from that my eye sight seems normal.
I had an NHS Eye Screening the other day and have found out i have stage 3 diabetic retinopathy, although my own doing, it is terrifying me and made me focus a hell of a lot more on my blood levels, even if too late for the damage ive done, least i can save it for the future.
Im awaiting an appointment with an eye specialist to talk treatments. Can anyone put my mind at rest about the experience of laser eye and the injections in the eyes. The idea of seeing that all happen, fills me with fear

 

[Mrs Redboots]

I've never had laser treatment, but I have had a membrane removal (which seems to have removed any retinopathy at the same time), which was - not pleasant - but they don't inject you into your eye until they have put masses of local anaesthetic into it, so you can't see out of that eye, and they cover the other eye and the rest of your face with a mask, so you can't see what they are doing - it's not totally opaque so don't worry if you have claustrophobia! The anaesthetic also stops you being able to see out of that eye while it's happening, and you really don't feel the injection! So don't worry - it's not nice, but it's not actually as bad as you think it's going to be!