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03-27-2006, 07:40 PM
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| | | floaters
uhm...i notice floaters all the time in my vision...maybe just 2...but when mysugars are a bit high i get more which i believe is normal....but is it normal to have a floater or two??should i worry about this? |
03-27-2006, 08:02 PM
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| | | Last eye exam I had (two years ago...I'm bad) I mentioned it to my doc and he said it was normal. As long as they aren't there all the time or really impare your vision AND you do get your yearly exam, I think, you should be fine. It's weird how diabetes makes us more aware of our bodies and how illness & other symptoms effect us..things other people take for granted.....I'm trying to say, diabetics might be "healthier" than your average bear.
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03-27-2006, 08:55 PM
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03-27-2006, 10:26 PM
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| | | I have huge numbers of floaters but it's because I have retinoschisis, a disease totally unrelated to diabetes. It cause the retina to become detached.
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03-28-2006, 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by psilocybin uhm...i notice floaters all the time in my vision...maybe just 2...but when mysugars are a bit high i get more which i believe is normal....but is it normal to have a floater or two??should i worry about this? | I got two very bad floaters in one eye years before I had diabetes problems. Eye specialist at the eye hospital said after an examination I don't care to remember, that it was part of the natural ageing process (one which I could well do without).
He said not to worry BUT if I ever saw flashes of light to get to him as fast as possible as this is symptomatic of the retina detatching.
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03-28-2006, 05:24 AM
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| | | I have floaters from time to time. Mine usually come around when I'm really stressed or extremely tired. Opthamologist said it was not diabetes related.
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03-28-2006, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Finn Last eye exam I had (two years ago...I'm bad) | Gosh. Do you have a scary eye doctor? Please switch doctors if you aren't comfortable going every year. |
03-28-2006, 07:52 AM
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| | | see flashes of light???? what exactly does this look like does yourr vision just flash? |
03-28-2006, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by psilocybin see flashes of light???? what exactly does this look like does yourr vision just flash? |
I get flashes fairly often. One thing that causes them is the retina detaching. The first few times it happened it scared me but I'm kind of used to it now. They vary but generally things will go white for a moment. The ones I hate are the ones where everything goes white, then black, then my vision returns. I'm guessing one of these days the vision won't return unless I get the retina reattached.
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03-28-2006, 06:10 PM
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| | | Psi....
Have u gone to the Opthamologist?
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03-28-2006, 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Cinnabon Psi....
Have u gone to the Opthamologist? | That is a good question. An annual exam is really important and as you have been recently diagnosed, Psi, you should know what you are up against. |
03-29-2006, 06:34 AM
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| | | I had my eyes checked about 3 months ago - where I complained of flashes and a floater in my left eye (I have a cataract in the right....)
Opthalmologist said it was nothing to worry about and that the eye test came back absolutely fine.
I've had the catarct for a good 10 years now and it hasn't got any worse in that time so nothing to worry about there either.
I still **** it when I see flashes tho - even though I know its nothing - SCARY!!
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03-29-2006, 07:41 AM
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| | | ya i did he looked at my eyes with a bright light........but i didnt have the money at the time to get some crazy photograph thing he wanted to get done that takes a picture of the back of my eye |
03-29-2006, 02:46 PM
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| | | The photos allow them to compare the back of your eye from one year to the next. If there were no problems at the time of the exam you don't really need to worry about that. Have you considered that the foloaters may be due to non-diabetic eye problems eg needing a new prescription on your glasses. |
03-29-2006, 03:09 PM
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| | | I'm under the impression that the cause of floaters isn't really known. Some think it may be particles of protein that are in the eye and have been there since the eye formed. If that's the case, I'd like to know why I rarely had floaters before the retinoschisis and now I have the in huge amounts.
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Say you'll share with
me one
love, one lifetime . . .
Lead me, save me
from my solitude . . .
Say you want me
with you ,
here beside you . . .
Anywhere you go
let me go to . . .
Christine,
that's all I ask of . . .
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