Susikav
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 1,916
- Location
- England
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
- Dislikes
- Diabetes and ulcerative colitis.... :) Rude people... Violence.... and the amount of time I spend away from my beautiful family in the UK...
There is retinal screening and there is retinal screening. My opticians did not detect any problems at my last test (they photograph and examine the retina at every eye test). But my diabetes was discovered by accident after I was referred by the same optician to the local hospital ophthalmology department for investigation after failing the glaucoma 'puff in your eye' pressure test. At the hospital they decided I did not have glaucoma but instead a normal thicker than usual cornea but their retinal scanning was much more detailed and in 3D. They not only noticed evidence of a couple of microvascular bleeds (extremely small and thankfully not affecting my sight) but advised me that the retinal thickness of my eyes could be better. 6 months later the scan was much improved. Thanks to the NHS not communicating internally properly I was told to go for a second retinopathy screening at a different hospital - I did say it was repetition but was advised to go. This time the screening only involved a system similar to the opticians and although the operator said he could see abnormality, although not severe, he did not have the 3D facility of the other hospital. I have requested future screenings be done at the better-equipped original hospital but once again I have been booked for future screenings at both hospitals - wonderful
How interesting that you should have thicker than usual corneas.... About 7 years ago, following a test similar to yours, my husband was given a huge dose of a dreadful drug when he was told by a private consultant that he had glaucome... the man never tested his cornea depth, and two years later it was a very nice lady in Saudi Arabia who told him to stop putting the drug into his eyes immediately - by this time he had a persistent cough, his already black, thick lashes were really thick and his green eyes had almost become brown... five years later his eyes are green again, and his cough is gone, but it was terrible stuff.... you have to wonder...
Some of the guys on here seem to have a sympathetic nurse who listens, but most not... My doctor is a lovely young man who is highly impressed with me and my 'normal - good' numbers.... He is very interested in what I am doing to achieve it too.... sadly he seems to be a rarity...
