A Brief History

I am a type I diabetic and have been for 32 years. I was 11 years old when I was diagnosed and started developing eye complications when I was 26. I first developed diabetic retinopathy then and was referred to a retinal specialist. After performing several laser surgeries on both eyes, he decided that the best route to take would be to perform a vitrectomy in both eyes, one at a time. Since those surgeries, I have had sensitivity to light and loss of most of my peripheral vision, but the only real consequence has been night driving restrictions. Otherwise, my vision has been pretty good since then.
After the birth of my son in 1998, I developed cataracts on both of my eyes. I had cataract surgery on both eyes, one at a time, and have only had to use glasses while reading. I had a secondary cataract develop on my left eye in 2006, but it was taken care of with a simple laser procedure, and again, my vision has been fairly good since then.
Well, things seemed to be going along fine until about a year ago, I noticed that my eyes seemed to be red all the time and I had a lot of burning and discomfort. My mother has trouble with eye redness, so I really didn't think much of it, and simply treated it with over=the-counter eye drops for redness and tried to rest them a lot.
Then in January, I noticed my vision was becoming more and more blurry, especially in my right eye, so I went back to my eye doctor, thinking I must have a secondary cataract on my right eye and that it would be a simple matter of another simple laser procedure to take care of it.
When I went in for the exam, I found out that I do indeed have a secondary cataract, but there were other complications. My corneas were both very cloudy and he couldn't see past the cornea to get to the cataract to take care of it. He referred me to a cornea specialist for further evaluation and treatment.
I saw the cornea specialist for the first time in Match.
Sorry - my vision is getting really blurry - probably straining too much trying to read on the computer. I'm gonna sign off for now and make a new entry tomorrow. I'll continue the story then.