| Hi Yvonne,
I am not a doctor but have had a fair amount of dealings with retinopathy. It does have the tendancy to come back as it is usually created by the fact that blood glucose is not under control (which does happen to a few diabetics no?). The good news is that your vision seems ok. Laser treatments can stop or slow down the progression of retinopathy but do not repair lost vision. With regards to your cataracts, they do seem to happen a little more often to diabetics. But it usually is an easy surgery for an ophthalmologist, so I would not be too concerned. The good news is that you are taken care of.
Let us know how it went!
good luck | 
