About 5 years ago I had a trip to my local opticians, he noticed an issue in my eyes. I got an appointment with GP and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and sent to eye clinic ASAP. The woman who did the eye screening spent 30 mins taking photos of my eye and sounded some what happy how bad the bleeding was lol. Any way this was 5 years ago and apart from a month or so I've had treatment monthly so around 55 visits. This is mostly laser, around 30 appointments. 13 or 14 injections in my eyes, one vitrectomy and the rest consultant etc. Eyes ok ish now, been a few months without a bleed and waiting for next appointment to see if they are going to do a vitrectomy in the other eye, or if they are happy how it's going. I have two cataracts forming due to the treatment but nothing needed yet. Its been a long haul and not the end, but the cost of loosing my eyesight in one or both my eyes is far greater than a bit of pain now and then.
Just when you think it's all plain sailing
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I had the vitrectomy as well, the last of 4 operations in my only eye.
I got given the gas bubble too, in the vitrectomy op. How long did your bubble last? Mine stayed for 10 days. Got smaller every day then I woke up on day 11 and it wasn't there any more.
It only lasted about four days. I didn't see it at first, only after I left the infirmary did it appear, so I ended up walking back in and asking wheat it was.
Was at Doc for something then out of the blue Doc said take your trousers down and lay on bed facing the wall with your knees up.
Because it come out of the blue i just did it and next thing I saw was a cumberland sausage covered in vaseline heading for my rear end- It hurt some - enough to be uncomfortable and thankfully everything was OK - So if anyone has a South African white female 6ft Doctor built like a brick karzie with hands like a paddies shovel and fingers like cumberland sausages that was the gal.
Which would I take if given choice - Eye injection any day.
I'm not sure if you did but I had my op done under local so I could "see" what was going on. It was like some black and white 70s music video especially when they laser the whole of my retina.