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Well? I was recently diagnosed with Diabetic Retinopathy. You can read about it here. https://diabetes.org/health-wellness/eye-health/what-is-reti...)%20in%20your%20vision
The treatment is monthly, with photographic reviews to measure progress. And all sorts of exams and such. But the treatment itself is by means of injecting medicine...yep... you guessed it,
An intravitreal injection is a shot of medicine into the eye. The inside of the eye is filled with a jelly-like fluid (vitreous). During this procedure, your health care provider (usually an ophthalmologist) injects medicine into the vitreous, near the retina at the back of the eye. Yowsa!
I had the first injection this afternoon. After twice monthly injections alternating right to left, treatment is expected to go down to quarterly injections.
If you'll pardon the pun; we shall see.
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Yowsa Indeed
You have a well of experience dealing with adversity,
Good luck with your treatments!!!!!
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
I was diagnosed with adult macular degeneration (wet) last year.
So 4to6 weeks apart I get the eyeball injections. They dialate before to check for glaucoma and to take pictures of what is happening.. Last time was last Thursday and my sight was back to my new normal by Saturday morn. I read my Kindle by nose braille and I no longer drive a vehicle. The fun just keeps on coming.
Ron
Nerves of Steel!
I’d be like, “get away from me with that needle! Yikes!!”
Emma
yah, me too
I'd have to be knocked out, or I would totally freaked out!
If you're concerned about an injection...
Just wait until they want to do cataract surgery. In that procedure (while you're conscious) you lay on your back and they make a small incision in the cornea of your eye just to the outside of your iris, stick a probe in to the pocket the lens is and pulverized it with ultrasound and vacuum out the remains. Then they roll up an artificial lens like a burrito, insert it through the incision and unroll it. The kicker is they don't even close the incision, the just let it heal on its own.
Mind you they've taped your eyelid so you can't blink and they want you to stare at a bright light through the whole procedure.
I've had it in both eyes. You can read about it here. https://www.verywellhealth.com/cataract-surgery-day-of-surge...
Hugs
Patricia
Happiness is being all dressed up and HAVING some place to go.
Semper in femineo gerunt
Been there
Did that around seven years ago.
Love, Andrea Lena
I've got that!
I go in to see the specialist for an eye dialation and scan--then they'll
decide if I have to start doing the injections....or if we wait and "see".
charlie.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/missing-without-a-trace-cha...
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/832524
I See You!
And if those eye doctors have their way you will be able to see me.
Oh Dear
I hope the treatments are as effective and painless as possible.
You deserve a positive break.
Cr-p!
Right now, go and read this:
https://www.pcrm.org/health-topics/diabetes
Then, get Dr Barnard's book: https://www.amazon.com/Neal-Barnards-Program-Reversing-Diabe.... Pay for express shipping. (You can cancel Amazon Prime once you have book in hand.)
please, Please, Please!!! Read and >do<, ASAP.
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Contrary to what 'Everybody Knows', diabetes is primarily a disease of fats and oils 'gumming up' the cells insulin receptors.
Unless one is running too-high sugars >right now,< "carbs" are just about irrelevant.
Even if you are Type-I, knocking down the Type-II component should improve Type-I management.
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Next problem is, fats, oils, and cholesterol clog up our arteries >everywhere<, not 'just' the heart arteries.
Saturated fats,oils, cholesterol will clog up y/our blood supply into the retina.
And brain.
And Kidneys.
And the 'hydraulics' that men need for erections. (OK, some of us here don't care ...)
Patricia Marie
Remind me not to go to your doctor to remedy my cataracts!
Actually, I had mine done four years ago. Here, they knock you out for ninety minutes and when you wake up it's done. You go back the next day for the other eye and then a couple of appointments to make sure everything is OK over the next few days.
Only one problem, it's not cheap and the medical insurance doesn't cover it. About AUD 2500 per eye.