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I'd look for a specialist who deals not with retina v. eye, etc., but one who specializes in ocular complications of diabetes (regardless of what part of the eye is involved).

Take someone with you - it doesn't have to be anyone paid, or trained - but it should be someone you trust who will recognize when the doctor is over your head, or not taking time, who will speak up an insist the doctor explain more clearly, more slowly, and in layman's terms. They should also be decent at taking notes, because when you're anxious it is hard to recognize when you need to stop and ask questions, to remember questions about something the doctor said a minute or two earlier, etc.

Finally - some eye complications from diabetes can be slowed or reversed if your blood glucose is lower and more consistent. I don't know that yours From an earlier post, I know you don't use a pump - and have had at least one wild swing. Do you at least use a CGM, so you can catch and treat swings earlier? My spouse has an A1C that is 7.1, not horrendous, but she swings daily from 60 - 400 and it's impacting her vision (no diabetes diagnosis other than cataracts yet - but she's close to her second cataract surgery because her wild swings seem to have dramatically sped up how long she benefitted from the first). She's finally on a CGM (and insulin), and is getting more stable.