RE: Hello, I'm a new member

[Guest guest]

Dave,

I hated the time my eyes were going through the bleeding. It seemed

that things would start to become stable and then more blood would show up.

I did have some of the laser treatments while working at the nursing

facility and the doctor's doing the laser and the surgery's, continually

warned against heavy lifting. I did do what they advised, but there was

still a lot of vessels that opened.

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From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of dave Bond

Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 1:46 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: Hello, I'm a new member

Very similar to my experience. I lost my sight in one eye a year before

losing it in the other. I had a total of 5 surgical procedures on my eyes,

and I forget how many laser treatments. It took a total of 2 years. This was

in the late 80s, when much of this was barely out of the infancy stage I

think.

Dave

" ...In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the

world. " [ 16:33]

Hello, I'm a new member

Hello,

My name is Childs. I have Type 1 diabetes and I am totally blind.

I have been diabetic since October 1979. I had a kidney transplant and a

pancreas transplant, the kidney in 1995 and the pancreas in 1996. My kidney

is still going strong, but the pancreas stopped working in 2000.

I am glad to be a member of this group and look forward to a lot of

great information.

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[Guest guest]

The bleeding was only part of the problem. Actually, the bleeding was a symptom

that ultimately circled around and started a chain of problems. The leaking

blood vessels create the blood in the eyes, and cause vision impairments, but

then can lead to retina detachments. The vessels aren't able to heal, and cause

scars on the retinas as well, which gives the fluid in the eyes something to

grip and tug on.

Dave

" ...In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the

world. " [ 16:33]

Hello, I'm a new member

Hello,

My name is Childs. I have Type 1 diabetes and I am totally blind.

I have been diabetic since October 1979. I had a kidney transplant and a

pancreas transplant, the kidney in 1995 and the pancreas in 1996. My kidney

is still going strong, but the pancreas stopped working in 2000.

I am glad to be a member of this group and look forward to a lot of

great information.

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gusting to 26mph

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