How many eye shots have you had for Retinopathy treatment?

[old_cold]

Originally Posted by jambo101

Weekly sounds a bit extreme, the shots consist of a drug called Avastin that is injected into the eye to curb the bleeding of the eyes macular lining, not sure i'd call myself lucky to have to undergo this treatment for the rest of my life.

That's why I said comparatively lucky. One is only treating one eye, the other lady has both done and I obviously can't speculate on why it's weekly

[no kudzu]

if the alternative is going blind then, yes, I do consider myself VERY lucky.