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<snip Obviously, if I needed surgery to prevent some catastrophic loss-of-sight, then I would proceed. However, I would put some serious effort into finding the best eye surgeon in my area before proceeding. FWIW, I realize that this is "off-topic" with respect to the originating post in this thread (where the poster was asking about possible post-surgery impacts on blood glucose control). So … shoot me. <grin Ted Rodrick T2; Insulin & Glucophage
be careful what you "wish" for… In the United States the death penalty is authorized by hanging, electrocution, gas chamber, firing squad (only in Utah), or lethal injection. Most other nations that retain the death penalty use hanging or a firing squad. In some Islamic countries, beheading or stoning are used occasionally. so does Utah really do it by firing squad? zOWIE! watch out fer them Mormons… (?)
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Mike … If they gave you steroids to control inflammation, your BG can go up a lot. -MT
Yeah, and if you’re unlucky, the steroid can trigger an attack of herpes simplex; this happened to my Mother who lost *total* vision in the affected eye. Her last couple of years, as the cataract progressed in the other eye, were spent with vision so impaired that she not only couldn’t read, she had difficulty recognizing people visually (mentally whe was acute, she could recognize people she knew from their voice. Neither her opthamologist nor my mother were willing to "roll the dice" and operate on her remaining eye. Her cataract removal surgery was performed in 1988, so perhaps new techniques have made her problem moot? I was assured by MY opthamologist that such a case is extremely rare; however, that doesn’t mean probability ZERO. It certainly left a lasting impression on me; there’s no way that I would consider optional eye surgery (like the "lasik" technique to correct near- sightedness, for example). Obviously, if I needed surgery to prevent some catastrophic loss-of-sight, then I would proceed. However, I would put some serious effort into finding the best eye surgeon in my area before proceeding. FWIW, I realize that this is "off-topic" with respect to the originating post in this thread (where the poster was asking about possible post-surgery impacts on blood glucose control). So … shoot me. <grin Ted Rodrick T2; Insulin & Glucophage
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If they gave you steroids to control inflammation, your BG can go up a lot. -MT
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Is there any connection between laser eye surgery and high bgs? I had 54 shots in my right eye to stop a leaking blood vessel on Nove 5th. Since then my before breakfast bgs have been high. Now I just test two hours after breakfast and it is the highest I have had in years. 226. I’m a type 2 and haven’t had this problem in years. Any help would be appreciated. Nora
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Is there any connection between laser eye surgery and high bgs? I had 54 shots in my right eye to stop a leaking blood vessel on Nove 5th. Since then my before breakfast bgs have been high. Now I just test two hours after breakfast and it is the highest I have had in years. 226. I’m a type 2 and haven’t had this problem in years. Any help would be appreciated. Nora
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I have had laser surgery on both eyes more than once. My bgs were not affected at all./ I am a type 1. Joe Reardon
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