Posted on 03/08/2020 3:08:15 PM PDT by Lazamataz
As you may or may not know, I only really started taking care of the diabetes in 2017, though I was diagnosed in 2010. Even then, my control has been kinda bad. I sometimes see a blood sugar near 300, but I am getting better.
Some of my neglect has caught up with me.
Friday morning, I noticed I was seeing double when driving. I went to the doctor for a previous appointment, unrelated to this. I didn’t bother to mention this issue because it came and went, and I figured it was just eye strain or something.
Well, it got worse Saturday. My optometrist is open on Saturday, at 11AM, but I ended up calling the on-call doctor (they say to call if it is an ocular emergency. I figured this was close enough to an emergency.
So I got in touch with him, and he told me to come in right at 11AM, and that he would bump his previous person’s appointment, because this is serious. I came in, he looked me over (retinas, eye movement, prescription change). When he got done he told me what has likely happened is that one or two of the 6 major nerves, or a blood vessel feeding one of the eye muscles had either a stenosis (narrowing) or aneurysm (swelling). He would be concerned if is is an aneurysm, so we’d want me to get to my normal doctor)first thing on Monday in an emergency basis, and at his recommendation, to order a scan (CT or MRI) using angiogram / radioactive fluids so they can see what’s going on it there. So I will need to do these things to maybe get my eyes back to normal function.
There is a bit of good news – the optomologist said the prognosis for a recovery in weeks or months is pretty good, because my pupil function was perfectly okay. He told me the body will come up with new blood vessels to feed the nerve and the muscle that is in a state of palsy, and that if there is nerve damage, even that can be repaired. If it does not work out, that there are surgeries possible to repair things. Not sure that is a great option, I don’t see how they could correct that.
The level of double vision is extreme when I am driving, but near-in … looking at a computer screen … seems to be okay. If that deteriorates, I should be able to keep going by wearing an eye patch and using one eye.
Needless to say, I am terrified. The one thing I do not want to lose is my sight.
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Prayers, Laz.
Pleading the Blood of Jesus for you my fine feathered FRiend.
On the bright side of double vision...if you are looking at a hot chick...you see two!!
Oh man, many prayers your way. Take good care of yourself.
I pray that your eyesight returns to normal, and soon!
Laz, I was in the same boat last fall and became a Keto fanatic, it really helped.
8.7 A1c went down to 6.8 tested this week and lost 30 LBS.
You have to stop the beers for a bit.
I still have a shot of Grey Goose sometimes.
Red wine too.
Remember that Diabetes effects other body functions too.
It causes impotence!
This is very impotent!
Do what it takes to get the sugar down.
I actually quit all my diabetic meds while I started Keto so that I would get a baseline on my real condition.
I still have to take them but, only half what I was prescribed.
You are a time bomb ready to blow, I hope you know it, because if you are like me you will not change behavior just because some docs says so.
So, I really don’t expect you will listen to a fellow FReeper.
So....and....yeah...don’t die.
Praying
Prayers brother!
The creator of the hellglock® is to honored above other wholly ordinances!
No sacrilegious statements here.
Praying brother!
Man, brother, sorry about that. My wife is pre-diabetic and treating it. Do what you need to do please.
Prayers for you Laz.
My prayers are with you, dear Laz. Breathe, stay close to God and your FReeper pals.
Hugs..
I am humbled so many people came to wish me well and pray on me, on this thread. Thank you one and all.
Prayers for you, Laz !
Prayers up, my friend.
L
God bless you buddy - praying for you.
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