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03-03-2005, 01:56 PM
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| | | My eyes are still dialated...
Hwos my tipyng???
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03-03-2005, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by duck Hwos my tipyng??? | lol a lil bit of typos |
03-04-2005, 06:38 AM
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| | Duck, so how was your eye check up? I have to giggle everytime I leave the eye doc's office, there is a road sign that says "caution, limited vision area". It's for real and has nothing to do with the fact that I can't see where I am going. 
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Type I 22 years, pump for 5 1/2 years,
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03-04-2005, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by KrisinNM Duck, so how was your eye check up? I have to giggle everytime I leave the eye doc's office, there is a road sign that says "caution, limited vision area". It's for real and has nothing to do with the fact that I can't see where I am going. | The doctor said that if I hadn't admitted to having had Lasik and admitting I was diabetic, he would not be able to tell by looking at my eyes...In other words, I am still good.
I was actually a bit worried...I developed a floater a couple weeks ago, and as far as I know that is a bad sign. So I mentioned that to him, and he said that I am getting older--This happens to everyone, diabetic or not. Also, I think I may have created the floater while working out--Need to breathe better while squatting, LOL.
I think next time I have my eyes dialated, I will ban myself from internet use for three hours afterwards...I misread allllll sorts of stuff while squinting, getting close to the monitor, etc. 
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03-04-2005, 08:04 PM
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| | | My eye doctor has reverse drops that undialate your eyes...I love it....
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03-04-2005, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Belinda My eye doctor has reverse drops that undialate your eyes...I love it.... | Seriously? And I was impressed that this place I went to did not blow a puff of air into my eyes to test for glaucoma...Maybe I need to drive out to TN for my next eye exam! LOL
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03-05-2005, 07:23 AM
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My eye doctor has reverse drops that undialate your eyes.
| Mine does too but you have to request them, I always ask for a double dose but it still takes awhile to work.
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03-05-2005, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by KrisinNM Mine does too but you have to request them, I always ask for a double dose but it still takes awhile to work. |
Wow double dose! It take alot to dialate my eyes but one drop of the reverse stuff seems to work immediately...usually by the time I get home I am just fine (doc office only 3 -4 miles away). I am glad it doesn't take longer..hated when they were dialated and couldn't see for hours..
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03-05-2005, 07:08 PM
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| | I think I'm going to past out now.
Drops don't seem to settle well with me so I went with the Optomap Retinal Exam. No drops, no puff of air, no dialating. Duck you will be very impress with this.
So floaters is bad? I have them every now and then.
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03-05-2005, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Tony I think I'm going to past out now.
Drops don't seem to settle well with me so I went with the Optomap Retinal Exam. No drops, no puff of air, no dialating. Duck you will be very impress with this.
So floaters is bad? I have them every now and then. | I had read in various places that floaters can be a bad sign, especially if you have them suddenly and in volume; I have one in my left eye, but I have to note it happened after working out (squatting, very intense) and I may have just strained too much...
The eye doc reminded me I am 32 now and whether or not I was diabetic, "floaters" and worsening vision in general will become a part of my life. But, like I said, he said as far as the retina and blood vessels in my eye, it all looks good so far...
I need to look into Optomap...
Oh, and I spelled "dilated" wrong, apparently. |
03-06-2005, 07:34 AM
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I have experienced floaters also. My opthamologist said it's not anything to really worry myself about. He also said that if he didn't know me personally, he wouldn't know I have had diabetes for 20+ years by looking at my eyes. So, I must be doing something right, somewhere. 
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03-15-2005, 03:51 AM
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| | By floaters, are you refering to those 50 or so silver spots that "float" around like flying lady bugs?
Is this a diabetic thing? I think my friends think I'm crazy when I try to explain them!
.... btw, I love freaking people out when my eyes are dialated.  It will stay like that all day for me and I'll get the funniest looks. Luckily, I live a block from my eye doctor's place so there's no need to drive!
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03-15-2005, 05:02 AM
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| | | Yes, those are the floaters. it seems that when our sugars go up and down those a little pieces of blood or skin that actually "float" in the liquid solution of hte eye. so, no, you're not crazy, yes they are a diabetic thing, and my eye doctor told me the same thing, that they are just part of being diabetic.
They still drive you nuts though, don't they. lol
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03-15-2005, 06:29 AM
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| | My concern is that I have a "blue" floater now in my left eye. It's not huge, but when reading something on a white background (like DIABETESFORUMS.com, LOL), I notice it.
I know non-diabetics have these, but as a diabetic I have always been advised to inform the doctor if I had vision changes, so. But, he said all was well, so I'll relax and take comfort in the fact that I am aging. 
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03-15-2005, 06:48 AM
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| | Yeah, duck. It sucks, we aren't exactly old yet, but we sure aren't young anymore... 
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