Life My eyes are getting better... optometrist suggested possibility of diabetes

**pr_capone** · 07-02-2012, 07:06 PM

So I go to get some new glasses and at the end of the "which is better 1 or 2" routine, the optometrist tells me that my eyesight has improved dramatically. My script, from the same doc and same place, 2 years ago was 1.75 on both eyes. As of today it is .5 on one eye and .25 on the other.

The guy quite literally scratched his head in befuddlement and asked me if anything had changed recently. He then suggests that Diabetes can cause a drastic change in a persons eyesight and tells me I should get checked out.
He goes on to do the light test and tells me that he does not see the spots or dark veins typically associated with diabetes.

I immediately go over to walgreens and pick up one of their blood glucose checker thingies and have checked at random points during the day and at my highest I have had a 93mg/dL level and that was about 2 hours after I ate. It was 79mg/DL after not eating for about 6 hours.

Has anyone else had their eyes get better over time? Seemed strange to him and I both.

/tl;dr - eyes are getting better, optometrist thought it might be diabetes, it isn't.

07-02-2012, 07:06 PM	Topic Starter
pr_capone THREEPEAT!!! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NWMO Casino cash: $9948214	My eyes are getting better... optometrist suggested possibility of diabetes So I go to get some new glasses and at the end of the "which is better 1 or 2" routine, the optometrist tells me that my eyesight has improved dramatically. My script, from the same doc and same place, 2 years ago was 1.75 on both eyes. As of today it is .5 on one eye and .25 on the other. The guy quite literally scratched his head in befuddlement and asked me if anything had changed recently. He then suggests that Diabetes can cause a drastic change in a persons eyesight and tells me I should get checked out. He goes on to do the light test and tells me that he does not see the spots or dark veins typically associated with diabetes. I immediately go over to walgreens and pick up one of their blood glucose checker thingies and have checked at random points during the day and at my highest I have had a 93mg/dL level and that was about 2 hours after I ate. It was 79mg/DL after not eating for about 6 hours. Has anyone else had their eyes get better over time? Seemed strange to him and I both. /tl;dr - eyes are getting better, optometrist thought it might be diabetes, it isn't.
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