Eyegame Optometrists

04/11/2025

👁️ Diabetes doesn’t just affect blood sugar — it can silently impact your vision too. Here’s what you need to know.
Living with diabetes means keeping an eye on more than just your glucose levels — it also means protecting your actual eyes. High blood sugar can damage delicate blood vessels in the eyes, leading to a range of serious complications. Here’s a quick breakdown of how diabetes can affect your vision:
🔹 Blurry Vision
Fluctuating blood sugar levels can cause the lens in your eye to swell, leading to temporary blurry vision. This often improves with better glucose control, but persistent blurriness should never be ignored.
🔹 Diabetic Retinopathy
This is the most common diabetes-related eye disease. It occurs when high blood sugar damages the blood vessels in the retina, potentially leading to bleeding, scarring, and even blindness if untreated.
🔹 Diabetic Macular Edema (DME)
A complication of retinopathy, DME involves swelling in the macula — the part of the retina responsible for sharp central vision. It can severely impair your ability to read, drive, or recognize faces.
🔹 Cataracts
People with diabetes are more likely to develop cataracts at a younger age. Cataracts cloud the eye’s natural lens, making vision hazy or dim. Surgery is often needed to restore clarity.
🔹 Glaucoma
Diabetes doubles the risk of glaucoma, a condition where pressure builds up in the eye and damages the optic nerve. It often progresses without symptoms until vision loss occurs.
👓 The good news?
Most diabetes-related eye problems can be managed or even prevented with regular eye exams, good blood sugar control, and early treatment. If you or someone you love has diabetes, don’t wait for symptoms — schedule a comprehensive eye check-up today.
📅 Your eyes are worth it. Early action can save your sight.

04/11/2025

15/10/2025

🔬 Strength Meets Science:

South African powerhouse Rayno Nel has made history — becoming the first South African, first African, and first Southern Hemisphere athlete to win the 2025 World’s Strongest Man competition in his debut appearance. 🇿🇦💪

Behind this groundbreaking achievement lies a team of experts bringing neuroscience, physiology, and performance science together. Neuro-Link is proud to be part of this multidisciplinary collaboration. Alongside the University of Pretoria’s Department of Physiology and SEMLI, Limitless Longevity, and Precision Performance, conducting advanced assessments of Rayno’s neuro agility, cognitive performance, and brain-body optimization.

Peak physical performance begins in the brain. By optimizing Neuro Agility, the ease, speed, and flexibility with which the brain processes information — we help elite athletes like Rayno sustain focus, enhance coordination, and improve recovery under pressure.

This collaboration represents the future of high-performance sport, where neuroscience fuels strength, endurance, and resilience.

🏆 Rayno’s victory is only the beginning!

07/10/2025

Specsfin Now Available @ Eyegame Optometrists

Specsfin aims to make good quality optometry accessible to all people.

Life has become expensive.

Things that used to be within reach have suddenly become unattainable.

Optometry is no exception.

Between the medical aids that have simultaneously become prohibitively expensive for many people while at the same time reducing their real benefits and the growing cost of eyecare products and services, a disconnect has emerged between optometrists and many of their patients.

Our goal is to bridge this divide by empowering patients to pay for their own eyecare needs.

We do this through our innovative credit products and through fostering a healthy partnership between ourselves, our associated optometrists and their patients.

017 634 2041

07/10/2025

🌟 Thank You, Sasol Cricket Club! 🌟

What an incredible weekend of cricket at the Super Slam Tournament! 🏏👏
A huge thank you to Sasol Cricket Club for hosting such a well-organized, exciting, and enjoyable event — everything from the matches to the atmosphere was top-class.

At Eyegame Optometrist, we are truly grateful for the opportunity to be a sponsor and proud to be associated with a club that shows such passion and professionalism both on and off the field. 💙👁️

Here’s to many more weekends filled with great cricket, community spirit, and strong partnerships! 🙌

30/09/2025

Access Good Quality Optometry

Do you need glasses but find that they have become increasingly expensive?
Specsfin is here to help. We aim to make good quality ethical eyecare affordable to all.

How does it work?

Visit a Specsfin Associated Optometrist

Go and visit one of our associate optometrists. They will examine your eyes and advise you whether you need glasses and what your options are.

Apply for a Specsfin Loan

If you decide that you would like to buy a pair of glasses and that you would like to finance them using Specsfin, the optometrist will help you apply online inside the practice.

Approval of Specsfin Loan

Once we receive your application, we’ll complete our standard assessment. If everything aligns with our criteria, we’ll issue a provisional approval and guide you through the next steps.

Collect your New Glasses

When we receive payment of your first month’s instalment, we will give final approval for
your loan and authorise the optometrist to make up your glasses and dispense them
to you.

017 634 2041