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08-16-2007, 09:06 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manitoba, Canada
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| |  Retina Pictures
Alright, I finally got my retina photos from the eye clinic. I have black & white and colour. The problem areas show up better in the B&W ones. My understanding is that the light spots (the small ones and at least some of the bigger blurry ones) are problem areas.
If anyone has any comments, feel free. It's been almost 3 months since the appointment in which I looked at them with my optho, so I've forgotten a few things.
I made them pretty big so that you could see the spots better, but the best way to see them is at their original size (i.e. HUGE) so you can zoom in. If anyone REALLY wants to see them at full size, PM me.
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~ Bethany ~
Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
08-16-2007, 09:10 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada
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| | | Wow...Has anyone ever told you that you have Gorgeous eyes. I've never seen red like that before. Stunning.
I guess I can safely say that I've looked deep into your eyes....
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Drusens in both eyes.
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08-16-2007, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Injecto  Wow...Has anyone ever told you that you have Gorgeous eyes. I've never seen red like that before. Stunning.
| Why thank you 
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~ Bethany ~
Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
08-16-2007, 10:38 AM
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| | | Thanks for sharing that with us. Those are great images. I really hope all goes well.
__________________ T1- 25 yrs MM-715 (6/05)
A1C :
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08-16-2007, 07:34 PM
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| | | Mine look very similiar but one has a nasty blob floating around in it. |
08-17-2007, 10:14 PM
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| | | You effin rock Beth. Can I post pics of where i would guess they zapped you? Do you have any post op pics? |
08-18-2007, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by BriOnH You effin rock Beth. Can I post pics of where i would guess they zapped you? Do you have any post op pics? | No post ops yet. I'm not done yet. Just the left eye. I'm going to try to get post op pics when he's done.
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~ Bethany ~
Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
08-18-2007, 08:58 AM
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| | | so how do they do those retina pics? inquiring minds want to know! trish |
08-18-2007, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Injecto Wow...Has anyone ever told you that you have Gorgeous eyes. I've never seen red like that before. Stunning.
I guess I can safely say that I've looked deep into your eyes.... | I burst out laughing when I read this Injecto! When I was looking through the eye pictures, I was thinking about saying the same thing to Beth! Then I read your thread! hahaha - very funny!
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08-18-2007, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by shockme so how do they do those retina pics? inquiring minds want to know! trish | They make you put your face into the same sort of thing you always have to at the optometrist or ophthamologist, and then they make you hold your eyes wide open, and they snap the pictures. Nothing touches your eye or anything. Simple.
Although, for some of them they first inject dye into your arm. It helps them to see the blood vessels better. This is called a fluorescein angiography. The photographs are still taken the same way....you just have a dye IV first. (I hated that, but just because I'm a wuss.)
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~ Bethany ~
Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
08-18-2007, 01:26 PM
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| | | So what is an eye with no damage supposed to look like, I am not medical tech I can't see anything that looks like there is something wrong, I know I am clueless on these things....I can read an ultrasound pic though LOL>...no seriously....I was just wondering honestly where the problem spots are...
Cheryl
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08-18-2007, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by cheryl So what is an eye with no damage supposed to look like, I am not medical tech I can't see anything that looks like there is something wrong, I know I am clueless on these things....I can read an ultrasound pic though LOL>...no seriously....I was just wondering honestly where the problem spots are...
Cheryl | It's harder to see on the colour ones, but on the black & white ones, it's the little white spots, as well as most of the bigger blurry white spots that shouldn't be there. There are lots of good examples of various stages of retinopathy online if you google "diabetic retinopathy" under Google Images.
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~ Bethany ~
Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
08-18-2007, 04:52 PM
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| | | I am really proud of you Beth. Good job on getting all the info and making an informed decision.
Nothing like seeing your urine turn a florecent yellow after having lights strobing the back of your retina. I've never done LSD, but I believe it would have been something like an FA. |
08-19-2007, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by BriOnH I am really proud of you Beth. Good job on getting all the info and making an informed decision.
| The doctor requested the photos....I didn't have to ask for them.
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~ Bethany ~
Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
08-19-2007, 12:46 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Royal Oak, Michigan
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| | | The back of my eyes were described as a "train wreck". I hope all goes well for you. I bawled worse than a baby after all of my laser treatments. It was a horrific experience that I don't anyone else ever to go through (partically my younger sister, also Type 1). I hope you have someone supportive with you as your going to the doc!
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Vitrectomies May 2007 & July 2007
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