Questions
Ξ November 4th, 2007 | → | by carol | General |
When I visited my lasik surgeon, I took along a list of questions to ask that I found Reader’s Digest (September 2003). They did not help me choose a good surgeon! I have since found a much better list called Fifty Tough Questions at the USAEyes.org website.
Two questions on the USAEyes.org list that I did not ask are:
- Will you perform a complete refractive examination including evaluating the medical health of my eyes both before and after surgery?Will you perform corneal topography before and after the surgery?
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The only test my doctor performed after lasik surgery is have me look at an eye chart on the wall. He never performed a corneal topography, a refractive error exam, or even asked me how I was doing, or looked at notes in my file to ask me about what concern I might have had last visit. He only seemed interested in shoving me out the door and onto the next paying customer.
Be sure you don’t get a doctor like this by asking the Fifty Tough Questions! If your doctor doesn’t want to take the time to answer your questions, than find one who will.
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on December 4th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
I had “top of the line” wavefront bladeless lasik 6 days ago, and I believe it was the worst decision I’ve ever made. I was told to expect “some blurriness” - my eyes are so blurry I cannot recognize coworkers in the hallway at work, I really should not be driving but I have to get to work, and I have to leave work early to get home before dark because I have no night vision whatsoever due to the severity of the blurriness. It is like there is a permanent fog over my eyeballs and then someone smeared them with vaseline! I have a call into the doctor now, because the blurriness has markedly increased over the last 2 days.
I was feeling pretty hopeless until I stumbled across this website. Thanks for posting all of the information and for allowing others to tell their stories. Although it doesn’t help me see any better, it made me feel a lot better!
Thanks,
V
Carol’s Response: Thanks for visiting my website and writing to me. I’m sorry to hear you are having problems after lasik. I remember how devastated I was in that first week after my surgery. How are your eyes now …have you had any followup visits this week? Try to hang in there!
on January 7th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Is there anyway to get an update on some of the people who have posted on your site? For example, on December 4, 2007 “V” posted that he/she was very unhappy with the results of their recent wavefront surgery. Is there anyway to see how “V” is doing now? Did you receive a response to your reply to “V”? Thanks.
on February 2nd, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Hi,
I am VERY interested in lasik eye surgery,but VERY scared at same time. I have three places in my city, and I was wondering what would be the best way to research the surgeons?
Carol’s Response: Thanks for visiting my website and writing to me. There are several things you can do to check out your doctor:
1) get recommendations from friends and collegues.
2) Look up the surgeon in your state’s board of medicine by googling “Virginia Board of Medicine” (substitute your own state). They will show their certification and if any lawsuits were filed against that doctor.
3) Google the doctor’s name.
4) ask the doctor lots of questions when you go in for the consultation.
5) get at least two or three consultations with lasik doctors. That way, if you are a borderline case due to thin corneas or dry eyes, hopefully one of them will tell you about it.