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Type 1 Diabetic Eye Problems
16 years ago
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I just wanted to let everyone know that I am going to the eye doc over the weekend (this Sunday) to have my eyes looked at for Diabetic Retinopathy (I have been a type 1 Diabetic since I was 4 years old ) and to see if they can do anything to fix them. So I my not be able to send you guys a reply until Monday night or Tuesday morning.
http://www.deviantart.com/users/out.....ic_retinopathy
So you may be asking "What is Retinopathy anyway?" Well, Retinopathy is when the blood veins in the back of your eye begin to bleed into your eye and cloud your vision, and if its not stopped, it can lead to blindness. The only 3 ways to fix it is to have them take a needle inject something in the back of the eye to stop the bleeding, have them drain the blood out of the eye and then the injection, or have Laser Eye Surgery. But first they have to take a picture of the back of my eyes to see just how bad it is before they can do anything. But from what the eye docs tell me, they caught it in it's early stages, so they can fix it (hopefully).
Wish me luck.
Update: 6-2-09
Well, I just got back from the eye doc and I have good news and bad news. The good news is that while I do have Retinopathy in both eyes, they caught it in it's early stages and they did fix it with a Laser Eye operation and I only needed it done in my left eye, my right eye is still O.K. (for now anyway). The bad news is that my right eye does have some small blisters & swelling in the blood veins in my back of my right eye, so if I do not take care of my Blood Sugars, Blood Pressure, & Cholesterol, they will bleed and I would have to get a Laser Eye operation to fix it to. I also have a new blood vein growing in the back of my right eye, what makes that bad is that new eye veins can bleed worst then the old ones, can cause scaring, and can grow under the retina and detach it from the eye. So now I have to goto the eye doc every 3 months to get them checked to make sure that they are O.K. In fact, I do have to see the eye doc again in August just to make sure both of my eyes are O.K., but for now, they think everything is O.K. with my eyes.
http://www.deviantart.com/users/out.....ic_retinopathy
So you may be asking "What is Retinopathy anyway?" Well, Retinopathy is when the blood veins in the back of your eye begin to bleed into your eye and cloud your vision, and if its not stopped, it can lead to blindness. The only 3 ways to fix it is to have them take a needle inject something in the back of the eye to stop the bleeding, have them drain the blood out of the eye and then the injection, or have Laser Eye Surgery. But first they have to take a picture of the back of my eyes to see just how bad it is before they can do anything. But from what the eye docs tell me, they caught it in it's early stages, so they can fix it (hopefully).
Wish me luck.
Update: 6-2-09
Well, I just got back from the eye doc and I have good news and bad news. The good news is that while I do have Retinopathy in both eyes, they caught it in it's early stages and they did fix it with a Laser Eye operation and I only needed it done in my left eye, my right eye is still O.K. (for now anyway). The bad news is that my right eye does have some small blisters & swelling in the blood veins in my back of my right eye, so if I do not take care of my Blood Sugars, Blood Pressure, & Cholesterol, they will bleed and I would have to get a Laser Eye operation to fix it to. I also have a new blood vein growing in the back of my right eye, what makes that bad is that new eye veins can bleed worst then the old ones, can cause scaring, and can grow under the retina and detach it from the eye. So now I have to goto the eye doc every 3 months to get them checked to make sure that they are O.K. In fact, I do have to see the eye doc again in August just to make sure both of my eyes are O.K., but for now, they think everything is O.K. with my eyes.
shostyle
~shostyle
good luck man *shivers* I'm grabbing my eyes just reading that!
Benjamin3000
~benjamin3000
OP
Thanks.
