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.
Prayers up
But you also have to meet God half-way: control that blood sugar, your weight, and other habits that don’t help your condition!
Best wishes, Laz.
Give me your suggestions, please.
Prayers here, Laz!
You have WAY too much blood sugar for what your body’s insulin can pipe into your fat cells.
You won’t enjoy how your life goes if you continue down this path. You don’t want to be blind and having lost limbs.
DITTO....PRAYERS!! DON’T HIT IT!
If you have not been perfectly obedient to your doctors' instructions, you have a lot of company.
Always shoot between the eyes. ...lol
Dear Laz, please take care.
Go With God.
Prayers offered.
Prayers Up Get better soon.
You fool, take care of your diabetes! We need you!
Prayers up!
That your up close vision is still single is good. That means the angle of distortion is small. Think of it as the bigger the angle between your 2 eyes focusing on the same point and diverging, with a longer focal point the distance between where your eyes focus is bigger.
I’ve had strabismus issues for decades ;(
Manage the blood sugar. Watch the sugars and starches.
Good luck with it. I went through some high blood sugar and is a fight to get it down and keep it down.
Yikes. Thanks for posting, Laz. (prayer). Hang in there buddy. Stay positive and optimistic.
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