Eye problem
For about a week now my right eye has been
blurry. Its like my eye has a big greasy spot right in
the middle of it. Its kind of like when you first get
up in the morning and have sleep in your eyes, only
I can’t rub it away. I’m scared to ask what this
may mean and I bet I need to make an appointment with
my opthomologist, huh????<br
July 22nd, 2004 at 8:47 am
You definately have to see an opthamoligist. I
had a similar incident about 8 years ago. It turned
out I had retinopathy in both eyes and macular
degeneration in one eye. The macular degeneration is what
caused the blurriness. My eyese are OK now but I see an
opthamologist once a year. Its scarry but the alternative is
worse.<br
insurance company needs a referral see your primary care
with an emergency. I had to go this route but I saw
three doctors, had an angiogram of my eyes and laser
treatment all in one day. <br
an acceptable answer. <br
still work and enjoy all the things I did before I had
the problems.<br
July 24th, 2004 at 11:58 am
Have your blood sugars been under control? When
mine were high for a long time, my eyes were blurry a
lot and my vision worsened. Once I was diagnosed and
had the blood sugar under control, they got totally
better.
July 31st, 2004 at 11:07 pm
Hi Figgypie,<br
eyes checked out by an Ophthomologist, don’t wait.
Maybe it’s nothing, but just in case it is something,
it will be better to have it taken cared of sooner
than later.<br
August 12th, 2004 at 4:37 pm
Hi Taty and everyone else who responded about my
eye problem. <br
today and thank God there is no retina damage. A
cataract is the culprit. He had told me two years ago that
I had the beginning of cataracts (and that diabetic
cataracts are different and faster growing than old age
cataracts). When I went last September there had been no
change. That was good news! But since September and now,
I had lost 4 lines on the eye chart. Just in the
past two weeks I have had significant blurring that
seemed to grow worse by the day. It is interfering
enough that I am going to have surgery to have it
removed. I’m only 51 but I’m not ready to start living in
a blur. <br
have already gone through this. Thank you in
advance!<br
August 19th, 2004 at 2:25 am
Hi Figgypie,<br
for your eye problem. I have a question for all of
you. When I was first diagnosed with Type 2 almost
five months ago I had blurring of my vision which
improved with time as I got my bs under control. A week
ago the doctor lowered my glucophage dose from 2000
mgs. a day to 1500 mgs. a day and now I have the
blurred vision again. I have heard that this blurring
comes from a change in the medication and that it, too,
will go away after a month or so. Has anyone else had
this problem? Would like to hear
comments/suggestions.<br
August 24th, 2004 at 10:08 am
Hi Figgypie<br
experience of this, but my mum who is also diabetic had
cataracts, on both eyes. She had both cataracts removed in
separate operations a few months apart.<br
first operation she was so happy with the result she
couldn’t wait to get her other eye done. Both eyes were
very bad and it’s given her a new lease on
life.<br
situation.<br
well for you as it did for my mother.<br
August 25th, 2004 at 11:44 am
Carol,<br
it. <br
August 26th, 2004 at 1:19 pm
Yes, I have had the problem. On a couple of
occasions and when I was first diagnosed my meds were
changed. As my sugars got under better control, my vision
blurred. It gradually cleared up over a couple of weeks.
It is as if my eyes had adjusted to the high sugars
and the lowering caused by the meds caused them to
blur until they could adjust. -Dona
August 28th, 2004 at 4:45 pm
Thanks, Dona, for your reply. My eyes are taking much longer to adjust (it’s
been almost five months now since my diagnosis and treatment) but I guess it
just takes time.<br
August 29th, 2004 at 6:06 pm
Five months does seem like a long time. Mine generally took under a month. You
might want to get it checked out since it is taking so long- Dona
August 30th, 2004 at 7:56 pm
Thanks, Dona. I think you are right. I will get my eyes checked out. Thanks
for your concern.<br
September 3rd, 2004 at 12:28 am
i wear contacts and i work using a computer, i
was having problems with not being able to see the
screen or numbers on the papers laying in front on me.
everything was blurry most of the time to me,and one eye
seemed worse than the other.<br
my eyes checked. part of it was that my eyes had
changed and needed new lenses. the other part was my
sugar changing on me. even after i was using the trial
pair of lenses i was still haveing problems. i
discussed it with my doctor and we decided that my sugar
must of been high the day he checked my eyes.he
adjusted the prescription a little and now i see
fine.<br
September 4th, 2004 at 2:18 am
Thanks, Debbie, for sharing your “eye” problems
with me. I think that I need new lenses, too, as my
eyes were examined while my sugar was high. It’s just
nice to know that others have the same problems–that
we aren’t alone. This helps tremendously.<br
good day,<br
September 5th, 2004 at 3:39 am
Debbie makes a good point and something I am
happy my optometrist has been doing with me for several
years now. When I am being examined for lenses, I will
come back again several days later at a different time
of day. If I saw him on a Tuesday morning I might go
back on a Friday afternoon. This gets two checks done
more likely to account for differing BG’s, stress
levels etc.<br
Diabetes and is willing to work with you. Mine doesn’t
charge for the second visit since it is usually much
quicker than the original.<br
September 9th, 2004 at 10:01 am
I remember my eye doctor asking me when he found
out I was diabetic whether my surgars were under
control, he said simply uncontrolled surgars can cause him
to have a problem with the prescription until they
are, Deb C