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<blockquote data-quote="Emck" data-source="post: 2128326" data-attributes="member: 498565"><p>Hi All, I just wanted to give an update of how my referral appointment went. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I suffer from a lot of anxiety around these kinds of things (so I wanted to outline the process in case it might help anyone going through the same situation):</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I was brought in an met by a nurse who firstly carried out a vision test (reading letters off the chart), she checked my blood sugar (using my own libre), my blood pressure and my eye pressure (using a little hand held device that puffed some air into the eye.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The nurse asked me a lot of questions (do I smoke, do I drink, do I have a family history of eye problems, do i have a family history of heart problems etc.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The nurse popped in some eye drops to dilate my pupils ( a bit stingy but nothing too bad). I'm sure most people with diabetes have experienced these before, but they make your eyesight a bit blurry for a few hours (I found reading hard and lights very bright).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I was then brought in for an OCT eye scan.This is the same format of procedure as the standard retinal photograph (chin on chin rest and look into the lense) it takes about 1 minute and is not invasive.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Then I was brought out to meet the consultant, who chatted through the OCT scan results.</li> </ul><p>In my case, I was lucky that the spot of leakage that was seen was not in my macula, it was just outside of it. I will be recalled to see the doctor again in 3-4 months to check whether it has stabilised/progressed.</p><p></p><p>The doctor was fairly confident that stable sugars should keep this in check and that if I can keep my control tight this should resolve on its own. She did mention that leakage like this can take up to 2 years to go away.</p><p></p><p>I'm really hoping that I can keep my control steady and recognise that I am not out of the woods just yet!</p><p></p><p>Thanks for all of the input on this thread. This community is so helpful and understanding!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emck, post: 2128326, member: 498565"] Hi All, I just wanted to give an update of how my referral appointment went. Personally, I suffer from a lot of anxiety around these kinds of things (so I wanted to outline the process in case it might help anyone going through the same situation): [LIST] [*]I was brought in an met by a nurse who firstly carried out a vision test (reading letters off the chart), she checked my blood sugar (using my own libre), my blood pressure and my eye pressure (using a little hand held device that puffed some air into the eye.) [*]The nurse asked me a lot of questions (do I smoke, do I drink, do I have a family history of eye problems, do i have a family history of heart problems etc.) [*]The nurse popped in some eye drops to dilate my pupils ( a bit stingy but nothing too bad). I'm sure most people with diabetes have experienced these before, but they make your eyesight a bit blurry for a few hours (I found reading hard and lights very bright). [*]I was then brought in for an OCT eye scan.This is the same format of procedure as the standard retinal photograph (chin on chin rest and look into the lense) it takes about 1 minute and is not invasive. [*]Then I was brought out to meet the consultant, who chatted through the OCT scan results. [/LIST] In my case, I was lucky that the spot of leakage that was seen was not in my macula, it was just outside of it. I will be recalled to see the doctor again in 3-4 months to check whether it has stabilised/progressed. The doctor was fairly confident that stable sugars should keep this in check and that if I can keep my control tight this should resolve on its own. She did mention that leakage like this can take up to 2 years to go away. I'm really hoping that I can keep my control steady and recognise that I am not out of the woods just yet! Thanks for all of the input on this thread. This community is so helpful and understanding! [/QUOTE]
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