Diabetes
On Saturday morning, just as we were leaving home for the journey to London our postman gave me an official-looking letter. I ripped it open to discover that it was invitation to arrange a diabetic eye screening test. What the...? Though nobody at my health centre had told me or even discussed the possibility, it seems that my HbA1c score has tipped over the line from pre-diabetes into the Type 2 category. Ironically, a likely cause of this nudge up is the blood pressure medication I am on. If it isn't one thing it is another these days. Anyway, home from London I arranged one of these special eye tests at our local hospital - The Royal Hallamshire and went there this very afternoon. I attended the eye clinic where I was dealt with by two nice young ladies - one from Kerala in India and the other from Iraq. The first young lady put special drops in both of my eyes to enlarge my pupils. The second young lady photographed my eyes for signs of diabetic retinopa...