Keep all your eye appointments. I don’t treat diabetes but I see the serious effects it has on the eyes. Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in the US. Diabetic retinopathy is the second most common referral I make with cataract surgery being #1.
Most common treatment is laser to the retina and in some cases, medicine is injected into your eyeball. Yeah. A shot. Into. Your. Eye.
Diabetes ain’t no joke. Google some images of a normal retina and then look at a retina with diabetic retinopathy. If you need any more motivation to get it under control, that should do it.
Good luck man. You got this!
