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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Horse" data-source="post: 1729773" data-attributes="member: 52527"><p>This site has some useful information:-</p><p></p><p>Proliferative retinopathy</p><p><a href="http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/proliferative.html" target="_blank">http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/proliferative.html</a></p><p></p><p>Laser treatment </p><p><a href="http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/laserdiabetic_retinopathy.html" target="_blank">http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/laserdiabetic_retinopathy.html</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>Laser treatment ...for professionals</p><p><a href="http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/laserdiabeticretinopathyprof.html" target="_blank">http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/laserdiabeticretinopathyprof.html</a></p><p></p><p>Anti-VEGF</p><p><a href="http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/lucentispatientsdr.htm" target="_blank">http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/lucentispatientsdr.htm</a></p><p></p><p>Vitrectomy</p><p><a href="http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/vitreous_hemorrhage.html" target="_blank">http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/vitreous_hemorrhage.html</a></p><p></p><p>The NHS requires 'informed consent' for treatments. If you don't feel you understand why a treatment is being offered, ask for further explanation. If you feel your team are not giving you the correct treatment, you could try asking for a second opinion although you have to balance that against delays to treatment:- <a href="https://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/910.aspx?CategoryID=68" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/910.aspx?CategoryID=68</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Horse, post: 1729773, member: 52527"] This site has some useful information:- Proliferative retinopathy [URL]http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/proliferative.html[/URL] Laser treatment [URL]http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/laserdiabetic_retinopathy.html[/URL] [INDENT][/INDENT] Laser treatment ...for professionals [URL]http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/laserdiabeticretinopathyprof.html[/URL] Anti-VEGF [URL]http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/lucentispatientsdr.htm[/URL] Vitrectomy [URL]http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/vitreous_hemorrhage.html[/URL] The NHS requires 'informed consent' for treatments. If you don't feel you understand why a treatment is being offered, ask for further explanation. If you feel your team are not giving you the correct treatment, you could try asking for a second opinion although you have to balance that against delays to treatment:- [URL]https://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/910.aspx?CategoryID=68[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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