For our second My Macular and Me webinar of the month, we are joined by Professor of Ophthalmology, Noemi Lois, as she talks about the results of a recent trial for patients with diabetic macular oedema (DMO).
The trial set out to test two types of laser for treating patients with DMO, one standard laser, which has been available for many years, and another much newer laser. It was found that the newer laser could clear up mild DMO without producing a burn on the retina, unlike the standard laser.
The news of the trial is positive for those living with diabetes as it has found that this newer macular laser is a good treatment option. Join our webinar to find out more about how this treatment could help you. This My Macular and Me webinar will be taking place on Thursday 25 May at 6:30pm.
Thank-You Macular Society for this eye opening video, pardon the pun.
I have been getting anti-vegf injections for the last 6 or 7 years, and am at the point where I dread going in . Once in a rare while, it is pain free but other times it is excruciating pain for 24 or more hours. Then my vision is blurry for up to a week in my left eye. Right eye was cleared up early on with Avastin but left eye has been persistently difficult to clear up even now with Eylea injections. According to this brilliant professor Naomi Lois who explains with various scans how my DMO could easily be treated with this SML Laser, Subthreshold Micropulse Laser with no side effects and on average 2-3 treatments could completely clear it up. My oedema is not central but more to the side so that would fall into that easily treatable parameter. My retinal specialist has never discussed this option with me, it's always the eye test followed by a scan then the Eylea injection. I have another injection planned for June 2, so I will definitely bring this to his attention and ask where I can get this kind of protocol.
Hi Daniel, so sorry to hear of your extremely painful experiences, and for several years
[ I’ve literally just put my Avastin injections on hold at the hospital for now (after only 3 rounds so far) as the last one actually caused another bleed from my diabetic neovascularisation but also they were painful.]
What I’m thinking is whether you’ve come across Noctura 400 eye mask? In my case I’m using it for Proliferatve Diabetic Retinopathy alone (not Macula Oedema which I don’t have), and hoping against hope it’ll help my eye disease. However, it has produced *the most promising results* for DMO in clinical trials so far. I know of people in USA who have travelled to London, UK just to get set up with this eye mask - legally this is the only way to initiate treatment with it, only the one initial visit has to be in person, thereafter it is sent to you every 12 weeks. Anyway, point is, it’s a non-invasive treatment for DMO (if yours is from diabetic eye disease?) and can be used standalone or in conjunction with injections for DMO.
Apologies if yours is not diabetes related, as this reply won’t apply to you.
Thank-You eyeglass for sharing this information. I have never heard of this new treatment but will definitely do some research. I had another injection yesterday and did have much pain and now have blurry vision in my left eye until the swelling comes down. I have told my retina specialist to not give me any iodine ion the past so that is not the issue but after being poked for so many years, my eye cannot take much more.
I did bring up the Subthreshold Micropulse Laser topic to which he completely discounted as "does not work", I mentioned the favorable clinical trial that was done but he is not a believer in that therapy.
My oedema is definitely caused by my diabetes and high blood pressure which I take medications for. Sight is still good but my nearsightedness has been deteriorating for years but now progressing faster so if I can get this treatment in Canada, I would definitely consider it.
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