Hi Ian
I had a long series of bleeds I remember the very first one, I actually had an audible pop and then the bleed,
I had so much laser they simply could not fit any more on my retinas, the analogy of fish swimming is a clever one, tried many times to explain to friends and family about what I was seeing, mine was sort of like ribbons gymnasts twirl around
I had a lot of time given for the blood to be absorbed, then went on to have vitrectomies, sadly I had so much damage it did not improve my vision much if at all, after than I developed surgically induced cataracts and had both eyes done, it was like someone had switched the lights back on. Of course with my pre existent bad vision it made no difference. My close vision is shot, tho long distance is marginally better, because of the diabetes they say I am not ready for a new glasses prescription, due to inflammation. I have night blindness, and severe intolerance to glare. The eye specialists say I have had more bad luck that most, so don't go thinking that's how it is for everyone. I almost had my cornea rupture in one eye, nothing diabetic related, and I have a 3rd cranial nerve palsy which has given me double vision which is related, so all in all I jus have cruddy eyes I think