It is so important for a diabetic to maintain your eyes. Making sure you visit your eye doctor at least once a year. Your eye doctor can see things you might not know and that is so important. Early dectection of problems is so much better than suffering something worse down the road.

Diabetic Retinopathy is a condition that can happen. It can be a very serious. My son developed this condition two years ago. That was the worst nightmare for me and my son. Things happened so progressively for him though. We went for many trips to his eye specialist. He had 4 surgeries between both eyes and laser treatments. In the end he ended up losing the vision in his left eye.

There is always a reason why your diabetic health care professionals stress the importance of taking care of your diabetes. Your eyes are one of them.