I am wondering if anyone else has had floaters and eye problems due to diabetes?

I am sorry to read this – my Dad had macular degeneration and diabetes. Can you find someone to give you a lift to activities such as the church singing so you are not isolated? How about audio books from your library for the reading?

I’ll give you some anecdotal good news:

Every year I visit with some friends for Thanksgiving. We don’t see each other for the rest of the year and, being guys, we hardly talk at all during that time. It’s a bit like Brigadoon.
My friend (low 60s) has had adult onset diabetes for at least a decade or two. He is about 5’ 6” and I estimate he weighed about 250 when I saw him last year. At that time he mentioned he was having some “serious eyesight issues” and needed stronger and stronger glasses. He was also in the process of selling his business and figured that all the money in the world was no good if he was dead or couldn’t drive and play with his grandchildren. So… During the past year he fixed it.
When I saw him a few weeks ago he looked great. According to him he now weighs 186 pounds after losing 60 pounds. And now only needs weak, cheater glasses to read the paper!
“What did you do?!?!?” I asked. (paraphrasing) “I just started doing stuff. I started using the wood burning stove. I cut wood with my sons. I worked on my tractors. I fixed the rock wall. I bought patio paving blocks and covered my driveway. Stuff! Now I only watch a little TV and hardly use my computer. I cancelled Netflix. I only use FB to look at pix of the grandkids. Also I now eat only one piece of pie! I never go back for seconds on anything. I put food on my plate and that is it. I brush my teeth after I eat and do not snack.”
Along the way he bought clothes at Goodwill since his old ones were all too big. He looked forward hto watching his waist size go down.
That’s it! Eating less and exercising more.

At my old office I’ve seen others do this but usually is was when they were working on a divorce and were planning “to be out there” in the dating pool. He has been divorced for more than 15 years so all his inspiration and muse was good health and improved eyesight.
And you wouldn’t believe the rock wall !!!

@yankeetooter: Is your diabetes not under control now due to diet or needing your medication tweaked? That, it seems, would be step 1 to getting it under control, and hopefully the rest will fall into place. If you don’t have it under control, the eye issue may keep recurring. People that I know that are diabetic keep it under control with watching their diets and minding their A1C, and going to the doctor often to get their prescription(s) readjusted.

Asked my Ophthalmic Tech wife…
Got buried with medical terms outside my field…

As near as I can make out, that bleeding in the eye will cause vision problems until it’s stopped, and for a fair amount of time afterwards as the proteins from the blood in your eye(s) are reabsorbed.

While there are times where the proteins won’t go away, if a vitrectomy was called for then your doctor would’ve at least informed you. There is a chance that you may need one anyways, but it’s often better to see if it clears up on it’s own like it normally does than to do surgery that may not be needed, with all of the risks and complications that entails.