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-Hurt Lasik Patients Warning You To NOT Risk An Irreversible
Procedure-
The below pictures are compliments of:
www.VisionSimulations.com


THINK LASIK IS STILL SAFE IN 2007...THINK AGAIN!!
WHEN ARE LASIK DOCTORS GOING TO COME CLEAN AND START TELLING PATIENTS "THE
ENTIRE STORY IN HOW THE PROBLEMS ARE BURIED UNDER THE SURFACE AND
HOW THE FLAP TRULY NEVER HEALS?"
WHY ARE PATIENTS WHO HAVE JUST HAD LASIK WRITING ME ABOUT THEIR
DISASTERS AND SUICIDAL THOUGHTS?
LASIK DOCTORS, PAY ATTENTION!!
HURT LASIK PATIENTS & THEIR WEBSITES
EXPLAINING THEIR STORIES & IN HOW THE LASIK INDUSTRY HAS HARASSED
AND BETRAYED THEM...WHY THEY WARN YOU ABOUT LASIK & TO BE VERY
CAREFUL OF GLENN HAGELE,
USAEYES, COMPLICATED EYES, CRSQA DOCTORS, AND THE ONGOING HARASSMENT
THAT
THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH OVER THE YEARS AND HOW IT HAS EFFECTED THEM
PERSONALLY & THEY HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT DAILY FOR THE REST OF THEIR
LIVES!!
You will notice below that many are
not signed and left as "ANONYMOUS." The reason of course is
that many of these patients are in fear for their life, that the
lasik industry will try to kill them or sue them or hurt their
families, as they understand what is at stake.
By the way, why
is it that in the last 4 years we have not seen one 20/20 or
Dateline special telling and warning of the horror stories of
damaged lasik victims? Answer: Maybe the doctors and
industry have threatened to sue the networks if anything airs and
maybe the doctors advertising monies takes precedence over telling
the stories of hurt LASIK patients?
www.Lasik-Flap.com
(An online forum where Hurt Lasik Patients share stories, pictures
and information
about how badly their Lying Lasik Doctor has ruined their
lives...See for yourself)
Tell Michael Moore about the Lasik Lies and about the PERMANENT
Daily Visual Hell that you experience daily:
Email:
Mike@MichaelMoore.com
First and foremost, there are THOUSANDS of hurt Lasik Patients
begging for help and guidance on:
July 10th,
2008:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/LasikMalpractice/Attorneys/prweb1087754.htm
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The claims were
brought by James
Dell'Ermo (47 years
old) of Bedminster,
New Jersey and his
wife, Lisa relating
to Dello Russo's
malpractice in
performing Lasik
surgery which has
rendered Mr.
Dell'Ermo legally
blind (vision worse
than 20/400 without
corrective lenses);
with contact lenses
Mr. Dell'Ermo only
has vision of 20/50.
Dr. Dello Russo's
malpractice relates
to his failure to
recognize that Mr.
Dell'Ermo was not a
candidate for Lasik
and that he had
steep corneas. By
performing Lasik on
Mr. Dell'Ermo, Dr.
Dello Russo caused a
condition known as
ectasia to occur in
Mr. Dell'Ermo's
eyes. Ectasia is a
progressive
condition which will
ultimately require
Mr. Dell'Ermo to
require corneal
transplants in both
eyes.
Dr. Dello Russo has
promoted himself and
his sons as "famous"
eye surgeons,
spending millions of
dollars on radio and
print advertising to
promote their Lasik
practice, and has
continually
maintained in the
media that Lasik is
a very simple and
safe procedure, even
performing Lasik
live on Good Morning
America. The
Dell'Ermo case and
its companion
lawsuits are further
evidence as to the
questionable safety
of Lasik procedures
and the physicians
who perform those
procedures. In April
2008, the FDA
conducted hearings
and questioned the
safety and
effectiveness of
Lasik... |
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May 18th,
2008:
The history of Lasik is likely well
known to you and its popularity can
be linked to the mass marketing
which was done. When Medicare
decreased the reimbursement for the
cataract surgery (surgery day only
and not pre and post care) from
$3000.00 per eye to approximately
$600.0 per eye the sale for lasers
for Lasik increased substantially.
The early lasers had such a small
ablation zone that in dimmer
illumination such as night driving
the pupil increases in size
exceeding the ablation zone thus
creating diffraction patterns seen
as glare or flare from lights
including approaching headlights.
When patients complained about this
they were told that this will pass
hoping that this would suppress the
anxiety of the complaining post
lasik individual. Later if
complaints persisted they were
placed on a miotic to decrease pupil
size in an effort to reduce the
night symptoms. The drops used added
a monthly expense and often added an
injected conjunctiva as a side
effect. If Lasik had been done on a
person who had incipient cataract
(nuclear sclerosis) a miotic post
Lasik would diminish vision because
it permitted less light to reach the
retina.....exactly what a cataract
does. In many ways the post Lasik
patient with some of the less
serious complications experiences
flare from lights at night much as
is noticed by patients with
incipient cataracts only now they
paid to achieve this unwanted
phenomenon. When it became common
knowledge that the ablation zone was
too small some providers attempted
to weed out the candidates who had
larger pupils but there was another
problem. Cold or untreated zones due
to lasers without a rotating head
left less than satisfactory results
and the providers soon knew this.
The outlay for both the facility to
house the procedure and the laser
was substantial for those desperate
to recover lost income. Cataract
surgeons became Lasik providers
because now the cataract playing
field required five times the number
of surgeries to make the same income
as was made prior to the slashed
reimbursement for cataract surgery.
I once
received a call from the majority
stock holder of a company who made
the most popular laser used for
Lasik that incorporated some needed
changes to address the problems of
the early models. He asked why I had
not referred patients to him
although he was aware some of my
colleagues were referring. When I
explained the unpredictable outcomes
and the potential for serious
problems he replied, "We don't have
the software for this procedure
refined yet and I perfectly respect
your willingness to wait until it is
refined". Now I would have really
respected this admission but for the
fact that I was aware that at Busch
Stadium in St. Louis on the huge
replay screen marketing for free
Lasik evaluations by his business
were being shown. No mention on the
software problems mentioned here,
however. When a cataract practice is
capable of 40 to 45 cases per day
one needs only to apply the
multiplier of $3000.00 to see how
short term cataract providers had
become multimillionaires in merely
5-6 years. Now we see another
attempt to recover the lost income
by promotion of multi-zone
intraocular implants which have the
potential of creating horrible
results which cannot be reversed
other than by a second surgery
increasing cost and risk to the
patients involved. In single focal
length IOLs the implant can often be
de-centered substantially and yet it
doesn't seem to affect the patients
visual experience much. When these
multi-focals are used, however, the
skill level and exact placement need
is exponentially more critical. This
may represent the next FDA
investigation. The problems with
glare and night driving are
comparatively minor to serious dry
eye problems or worse conditions
created by ectasia or epithelial
in-growth. Enhancements often create
more risks and are therefore limited
to being offered unless complaints
persist from dissatisfied and
desperate patients.
The entire FDA "investigation" is
bogus and when it was manipulated to
have military service personal have
Lasik it only established
credibility to a procedure that does
not have a clean slate.....not even
close. When they allow pilots to
have Lasik I will be taking the
train! I consider Lasik to be an
economically driven procedure having
absolutely nothing to do with
patient care and "doing no harm"
..... all for an elective procedure
heavily marketed with enticements,
celebrities and low monthly
payments. What has become of Medical
ethics!
I certainly
applaud your efforts at informing
the FDA and I can also share in
your frustration.
,
Anonymous MD
April 10th, 2008:
I sent Karen Warburton at the FDA,
my LASIK experience which spans
nearly 10 years now of constant
problems, i.e. ectasia in both eyes
mostly the right, which of course
has resulted in loss of quality
correctable vision and sizable
expenses. Most likely, I was never a
good candidate for the surgery in
the first place and secondly, the
surgeons thinned my already
keratoconic corneas from nearly 500
microns pre op to marginally 250
post op. I had initial LASIK, and
two enhancements from one of the
most renowned eye surgeons and
clinics in the US.
I currently wear a Boston Scleral in
my right eye and regular corneal RGP
in my left for average visual acuity
of 20/40 and 20/20 respectively.
JE-South Carolina
April 8th, 2008:
I have received your mail dated from
06.April 2008. As I see, you are
collecting new LASIK horror stories.
I am an ophthalmologist and I heard
from a collegue the following LASIK
desaster.
A couple of months ago, a patient
came to my friend and wanted to have
a removal of a corneal iron
foreignbody.
When my friend began to remove the
foreign body by using a fine dental
burr, the corneal flap was separated
in the corneal center. The corneal
flap winded around the dental burr.
My friend was shocked and stopped
instantly the further removal.
Then the patient told him, that he
had a LASIK procedure before. The
time between LASIK and foreinbody
removal is not known for me.
Finally, the patient had to be sent
in an eye-clinic where the flap had
to be sutured with a very bad
result.
Further details I do not know.
I think this incident is very
important to know and is a very
serious problem after LASIK. In
all I believe LASIK
is a desastrous procedure and should
be stopped instantly. The number of
hurt LASIK-patients is getting more
and more and is enough. I hope you
will succed in stopping this
criminal operation.
I by myself perform advanced surface
ablation since twenty years. Me and
my patients are very satisfied. I
hope I could help you.
Sincerely
Prof. Prof. Dr. D. Dausch
Ophthalmologist in Germany
Jermaine Dupri Goes
Blind After Lasik
Surgery
Posted
: March 04, 2008
Filed under
:
Janet Jackson
Meant
to be a cure for his
eyesight problem, a
laser surgery to
correct Jermaine
Dupri's vision has
backfired. Reports
are surfacing that
the producer who is
also known to be
Janet Jackson's
long-term boyfriend,
is losing sight due
to complications
from the surgery.
Dupri had an
elective
eye
surgery
two weeks ago and
according to a
report by
MediaTakeOut,
sources said that
Dupri is "virtually
blind". Other
details regarding
this matter or any
public statement
from his publicist
are not yet
released.
Dupri posted the
video of him getting
the
Lasik
surgery
on his YouTube
account. He had
forgotten his wallet
and asked Janet who
allegedly was in the
middle of a
rehearsal to pay for
the bill. After the
surgery
that is supposed to
be a minor one,
Dupri reportedly did
not attend the
scheduled February
23 gig on Atlanta's
V-103.
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February 22nd,
2008:
Good morning Dean,
Haven't heard from you in a while ,
I hope you're alright ! I got a
relapse of the damn flu and it's
worse than the first one . The
weather in Vegas is bad, very windy
and cold , just nasty. A young woman
where I live had lasik surgery done
in December in one eye and she
became blind . Two weeks ago I was
told she hung herself because she
was unable to cope with her
blindness. It's a damn shame that
the media supports these bastard
doctors and advertise for them .
They are just as guilty as these
criminals. I had sent several
letters to Michael Moore about lasik
and I never got an answer !
,
Anonymous
February 18th,
2008:
Dear Dean:
I too am a Lasik disaster and have
considered a trip to Norway to see
Dr. Stojanovic. I see that you were
retreated last June. How did it
work out? I assume that it did not
go well since you have not posted
any updates. I hope you have found
some relief!
Thanks, Dale
February 7th,
2008
Dean,
I wanted to inform
you that the Synergeyes lenses that
received seem to be successful for me. I
have been wearing them for about three
weeks. I find that using Acuvue moist as
a piggy-back system allows me to
tolerate them for up to 14 hours per
day. Occasionally I get some burring and
I simply put in some eye drops (I prefer
Bausch and Lomb dry eye rejuvenation in
the 32 vial individual size.) I then
move the contact a bit until the clarity
returns. Overall my visual quality is
not at 100 percent; however, I can
confidently say that my vision is at 94
percent during the day, thus I wear them
every day. After one lens fitting I
suspect that I am Plano in my right eye
and about -0.25 diaptors in my left. I
notice the difference more so at a
distance. Also suspect that some of the
remaining visual imperfections are due
to some residual higher order
aberrations.
I must stress that in order to tolerate
these lenses for more than just a few
hours I follow a certain protocol: I
take 1000mg of flax seed oil per day,
and 3-5 liters of water per day. Also
once late evening rolls around, I find
that even with a large amount of water,
I have more problems with dryness. Once
I remove the lenses in the evening, I
feel fine putting them on in the
morning. If I need to stay up late and
only get about 4-5 hours of sleep, I
have a harder time tolerating them. Wind
seems to be a constant issue, so when
going outside I am going to purchase
those sun glasses that look normal from
another person’s perspective, yet have a
border around my eyes (I forget the name
of them.)
Also humidity plays a relatively large
role. This is why I have a humidifier in
my room, and avoid staying to long
outside during the winter, regardless of
the wind. Overall, I AM FUNCATIONAL
AGAIN! The constant migraines, from
having one blurry eye and one farsighted
eye, have subsided. Also even though I
am not perfect (even though I am at 94%
visual acuity during the day, after only
one fitting), I am able o use my eyes
together. As I am sure you remember,
being a dentist, this is rather
important. I intend to go back to have
my eye refitted to attempt to get a
better overall result. In the mean time,
I am searching for a way to minimize the
dry eye issues. I will keep you
informed.
Your friendly
caring dentist,
DISGUSTEDDMD
P.S. I don’t think
I can finish this letter without
acknowledging the “doctor” that put me
through this seemingly endless
nightmare: JOSEPH P. KIERNAN of PREMIER
EYE CARE AND SURGERY. I certainly hope
that people realize what kind of
individual he is in terms of medical
ethics, moral beliefs, as well as,
humanist tendencies (or lack thereof.)
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November 19th,
2007
Dean,
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My life after LASIK
preformed by Dr.
Dean Dornic, MD in
Cary
This is my life
after LASIK, I am in
month 3 and I am
trying so hard to
stay alive after
LASIK, life before
LASIK was heaven and
now it is hell:
-severed corneal
nerves in my eyes
can no longer send
messages to the
brain to secrete the
oils and tears
needed to lubricate
my eyes, so now my
eyes are incredibly
painfully dry and
irritated
-incredible pain
behind my eyes
-lack of sleep
because of pain
-diagnosed with
major depression &
PSTD following LASIK
-tried to commit
suicide by wrapping
my neck and
suffocating myself,
husband came home
early from work and
found me in a pile
of vomit
-puffy eyelids
-When I get home
from work I wear
goggles to cook,
clean and watch TV
in, my husband
thinks I look like a
dominatrix with my
black goggles on
-family no longer
talks to me because
they don't
understand why I am
in pain, my eyes
only look red, they
cannot see the lack
of oils that my eyes
need and cannot have
because of cut
corneal nerves.
-difficulty working,
I have missed over
15 days at my job
since August
-two weekly therapy
appointments because
of massive
depression after
Lasik
-2 psychiatrists
were unable to
prescribe the right
meds to control my
pain and depression
-3rd psychiatrist
prescribed REMERON (mirtazapine)
for depression,
Neurontin (Gabapentin)
for my eye pain and
Ativan (Larazepam)
to control my crying
spells.
-the depression,
suicidal thoughts,
pain and anxiety
after LASIK has been
unbearable
-cannot fall asleep
at night without an
eye mask to keep
eyelids shut at
night
-I now take many
supplements to help
my eyes and
hopefully to
lubricate my eyes
-I used to love to
drive my
convertible, but now
I am afraid the wind
will dry my eyes and
cause pain
-I am an organ donor
and now my eyes
cannot be used
because of LASIK
-no friends call
anymore because they
are afraid of what
to say to me
-coworkers run in
opposite direction
because they know
something is
dreadfully wrong
with me because my
eyes are all puffy
and red
-cannot go shopping
because the air in
stores irritate my
eyes
-went to Art Museum
yesterday to take
students and the air
inside the Museum
burned and irritated
my eyes
-cannot take care of
my chickens anymore
because the dust in
the coop irritates
and inflames my
eyes.
-Piles of bills lay
waiting to be paid,
expenses because of
bad LASIK
-I used to attend
exercise classes
after work but the
pain from LASIK is
to intense and I
have to close my
eyes around 6:00pm
because of eye pain
induced from bad
LASIK by Dr. Dean
Dornic, MD
-odd floaters in my
eyes, annoying to
look at computer
screen
-this list is just a
start, update to
follow....
questions? e-mail
bendornicked@yahoo.com |
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Oct. 6th, 2007
NEWSPAPERS ARE WARNING THE MASSES:
"LASIK IS STILL NOT SAFE IN 2007 BECAUSE
A FLAP IS A FLAP AND NEVER HEALS."
Finally some newspapers are talking
about how many Americans have had their
lives ruined from Lasik Surgery:
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October 26th,
2007:
It's amazing how us informed
(unfortunately after the procedure)
Lasik patients basically have the
same gripes about being lied to,
especially in the form of not being
told of the permanent physical
changes to the eyes. What is really
disheartening are the Lasik patients
who have disturbing visual problems
and recommend the procedure to
others. I worked with someone who
recommended I should get Lasik
because our health plan covers most
of the cost. I found out about 1 1/2
years later that this very same
individual had been complaining
bitterly about night visual
disturbances due to his large pupil
size, something you would notice
very shortly after the procedure.
It's hard to fight the tidal wave of
Lasik when hurt patients even
recommend the procedure to others;
maybe it's because 'Misery loves
company', I don't know. I know in my
heart I could never and will never
say anything good about Lasik (or
any elective refractive eye surgery)
to anyone. It simply is cruel and
immoral to do so. Because any person
with below average intelligence can
easily understand the damage and
problems these surgeries bring when
spoken to in everyday language, it
is obvious there is a cover-up that
really undermines the credibility of
our healthcare system.
, Another "John Doe."
October 10th, 2007
Cheeseburger from LASIK hell
I read Dr. Dornic's editorial
comparing LASIK risks with fast
food.
I had LASIK August 7, 2007 at
Dr. Dean Dornic's Cary office. I
am a school teacher, and was
assured I would recover before
returning to work. However, by
August 16 th my eyes
were excruciatingly dry and
painful. I have since learned
that LASIK severs and burns
corneal nerves controlling tear
production. I still suffer from
dryness and intense eye pain
daily.
I had informed Dr. Dornic that I
had trouble wearing
contacts. Instead of disclosing
that contact lens intolerance is
a red flag for severe dry eye
after LASIK, Dr. Dornic approved
my surgery.
The day of surgery I was
uncomfortable signing a contract
stating I could possibly go
blind from LASIK complications.
Dr. Dornic's staff claimed
that's "very rare" and
"everything will be fine".
After surgery, things were not
fine – it's difficult to
constantly use eye drops (that
weren't helping anyway) in a
classroom of 20 teenagers. Dr.
Dornic called me "too
self-conscious." He also
suggested I wear GOGGLES while
teaching!
Even the FDA now warns that
LASIK dry eye can be permanent!
Dr. Dornic served me the
cheeseburger from LASIK hell.
September 18th,
2007
My vision is bad day or night And when I
go to sleep I keep getting very bright
starbursts even when my eyes are closed
. Sometimes it even feels like diamonds
falling out of my eye and sliding on my
face and neck . It takes me forever to
fall asleep because of this . I was
looking for the letter from these two
doctors suggesting I get more surgery ,
which I refused . I'm sending both to
you for your opinion which I greatly
appreciate .
Thank you Dean for all your help !
Monica

I too have a horror story to
share . It all started in December 1996
in Las Vegas where I live . I went to
see Dr. Kent Wellish to get my eyes
checked because I needed glasses to
drive and be able to see street signs .
I had gone to see a eye doctor prior to
him and was told my eyes were ok but
needed glasses for distance .
Unfortunately I had lost the
prescription and decided to go see
Wellish for another one . That's when my
nightmare started ! At the consultation
he had two young medical students to
assist him . When he got done checking
my eyes he told me I had the same
disease as Kirby Puckett and will go
blind suddenly if I don't get the laser
surgery within a few days . I knew I was
in excellent physical shape and told him
so but he did not pay attention and kept
telling me about my blindness . He
sounded so sure of his diagnosis and his
two students agreed with him completely
which made me agree to have it done .
The laser surgery was a real botched job
. I wasn't able to see clearly and my
eye was hurting so much . He gave me
some drops to put in my left eye several
times a day but these eye drops were
giving me such severe headache and
nausea . When I went back for a follow
up he said my eye developed cataract and
he insisted on an artificial lenses
implant to give me 20/ 20 vision AGAIN,
I agreed and trusted him .... Big
mistake ! He's a real smooth talker and
could convince anyone of anything with
his cocky attitude . After the lenses
implant he asked me if I can see him
clearly ! I told him I can barely see
anything because it felt as if a cloud
was covering my eye and I could not
distinguish any objects in the room .
He then suggested I get yager surgery to
take care of the clouds and then I will
have 20/ 20 vision ! I also agreed to
the yager surgery .
More eye drops to make me sick . When I
went back to his office I went through
the same routine .
" Can you see me now ? he asked " I see
four of you but it's very blurry and
everything seems like it's zoomed in and
I cannot see far away . What are you
going to do now to get my vision back
the way it was ? Nothing he said ,the
surgery was a success . I'm sorry things
didn't work out for you but you have to
realize I'm not GOD ! " you mean this is
it , I asked him , I'm gonna remain with
this atrocious vision for good ? There's
nothing more I can do Miss Short . He
had implanted the wrong lenses in my eye
but did not show any concern . He was
only concerned to get me out of his
office before I became hysterical and
did not want the other patients to hear
me complain about his fiasco One of his
students had to accompany to my car
because I was in such bad shape and the
student kept saying how sorry she was
about the whole thing as if she was the
one who did it ! In 1996 Dr, Wellish was
trying to recruit volunteers to learn
more on eye surgeries but could not find
any . As a shrewd business man he found
another way to lure patients to get
surgery by using dishonest tactics and
lies like he did me ! I was one of his
guinea pigs along with so many others .
The operator room had so many patients
and all were scared . Dr. Wellish
believes in working in volume and rake
in the dollars fast. He now has two
offices in Las Vegas and getting very
wealthy thanks to all the guinea pigs
he ruined their lives to his benefit . I
have gone to so many doctors since then
, hoping my vision could be restored ,
but no such luck , they all told me my
left eye was permanently damaged and
nothing could be done . At least I know
now he lied to me when he said I was
gonna be completely blind . I still have
my right eye and all I need is distance
glasses . I would never recommend that
charlatan to anyone , on the contrary ,
I tell people every chance I get to
avoid that con artist . My horror story
is being posted in several site to warn
all new comers to Las Vegas and old time
residents about the slick eye surgeons ,
mainly the infamous Kent Wellish ! PS :
I love your site , it's the best on the
web . Keep up the great work ..... YOU
CARE about people having their lives
destroyed by these greedy doctors .
That's the way it is in the great USA
..... it's all about money ! Have a good
day ..... I'll try do the same .
Monica Short . Las Vegas, NV.
August 28th, 2007
Famous Host/Actor Regis
Philbin Joins The List of Hurt Lasik
Casualties:
Quote:
> >
"Regis
from
Live
with
Regis
and
Kelly
announced
this
morning
on
live
television
that
he
just
developed
a
large
vitreous
detachment
that
is
clouding
his
right
eye.
He
went
to
see
his
LASIK
SURGEON
(had
the
surgery
last
year)
who
told
him
it
would
settle
back
down.
I
highly
> >
doubt
he
told
him
about
the
pressure
change
induced
by
the
suction
> >
ring
or
the
connection
to
even
greater
damage
to
the
retina
that
can
> >
be
caused
by
LASIK."
>
>
Posterior
vitrous
detachment
is
quite
common
after
LASIK
due
to
damage
> >
by
the
suction
ring
during
surgery.
At
the
bottom
of
this
post
is a
> >
reference
to a
medical
study
about
PVD.
?A
13%
rate
of
posterior
> >
vitrous
detachment
is
reported,
with
a
24%
incidence
for
patients
with
> >
high
myopia.
Not
great
odds
for
prospective
patients,
and
has
ANYONE
> >
heard
of
this
condition
going
away
on
its
own?
To
the
best
of
my
> >
knowledge,
LASIK-induced
floaters
are
with
you
for
life.
If
Regis
has
> >
indeed
developed
a
large
post-LASIK
floater,
he
may
consider
seeing
a
> >
retinal
specialist
for
a
complete
retinal
exam
and
an
exam
of
his
> >
optical
nerve
head
to
rule
out
even
more
serious
post-LASIK
retinal
> >
and
optic
nerve
complications.
>
>
Patients
Regis's
age
likely
would
benefit
more
from
a
refractive
lens
> >
exchange
surgery,
but
that
safer
(and
more
appropriate
surgery
for
> >
presbyopes)
would
have
left
far
less
cash
in a
doctor's
wallet.
So
> >
perhaps
this
option
wasn't
even
mentioned.
>
> In
addition
to
the
article
below,
Regis
Philbin
may
want
to
read
The
> >
LASIK
Report
at
htttp://www.thelasikreport.com.
Regis
may
also
want
> >
to
consider
that
LASIK
eye
surgery
may
be
the
largest
medical/industry
> >
coverup
since
tobacco.
>
>
Effect
of
microkeratome
suction
during
LASIK
on
ocular
structures
> >
Ophthalmology.
2005
Apr;112(4):645-9.
> >
Mirshahi
A,
Kohnen
T.
> >
Department
of
Ophthalmology,
Johann
Wolfgang
Goethe-University,
> >
Frankfurt
am
> >
Main,
Germany.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
> >
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15808256&query_hl=4
> >
Excerpt:
> >
Luna
et
al.
reported
the
development
of
PVD
after
LASIK
with
an
> >
incidence
of
2%
in a
group
of
50
patients
with
low
myopia
(1.25
to
3.5
> >
D)
and
24%
in a
group
of
50
patients
with
high
myopia
(6
to
10
D).
> >
Considering
the
data
from
the
100
eyes,
this
corresponds
to
13%;
thus,
> >
there
is
not
a
great
deal
of
difference
between
our
results
and
the
> >
data
in
the
literature.-
Hide
quoted
text
-
Regis
was
telling
about
his
lasik
gone bad
on David
Letterman
a month
or two
ago.
Unfortunately,
I missed
it but a
concerned
friend
of mine
told me
about
it. I
don't
know the
details
but I
was told
he
was not
happy.
Please
share
anything
you
might
find
out.
This is
becoming
all too
common.
Almost
anybody
I tell
my story
to,
seems to
have one
to tell
me, the
postman,
whoever.
It's a
shame so
many
must
suffer
for
others
greed.
|
|
August 28th,
2007
Here is a list of famous celeb's that
have had their eyesight ruined from
lasik:
Tiger Woods Ex-Girlfriend:
Kashmira Karanjia
Tiger Woods eyesight is regressing, goes
in for surgery again: May 2007
(are Tiger's eyes in the beginning
stages of ECTASIA??)
Kathy Griffin:
www.KathyGriffin.net has been
in a lawsuit with her lasik doctor,
Maloney which many call Boloney, who has
even attempted to sue his own patient.
Is this guy a "nut case?"
Regis Philbin: Immediately
complaining of eye problems after Lasik.
August 27th, 2007
Dean,
Thanks for taking the time to
describe what happened in your case
post-PRK. There are very few people like
you who take the trouble to do this, so
others are well informed. I wish I knew
what I know now 10 years ago. I thought
in an advanced country like U.S., they
would be more careful and do more
testing before qualifying for Lasik. As
I mentioned ealier, mine was in India,
that too 10 years ago. I went for both
eyes. They didn't do any tests before
and took me straight to the operating
room. It took 30 seconds to ruin my
life. There is not even a single day,
when I don't think of that and cry.
It is disappointing after reading
your mail that you still have to wear
contact lens. I can't tolerate any type
of contact lens post-PRK. Pre-PRK, all I
had to do was wear my contacts and
bingo, my vision was crystal clear. It
seems like a dream now. I am still
hoping the technology would improve some
day, but I may be too old by then. I
need a brand new cornea.
Thanks Dean for keeping us informed
and letting us know about the positive
and negative of re-treatment.
I wish you all the luck, as much as
we all need.
- Nina
August 21st, 2007:
Dear Dean:
Avoid Eye
Surgery
I've read so
many comments about proper research
and the right doctor. It is all
meaningless, as all 'elective'
refractive eye surgeries cause
permanent damage all the time. The
cornea does not heal or respond to
cuts and the laser as skin tissue
does. The various governmental
agencies that exist have grossly
failed to protect the public.
Informed consents only protect the
doctors/clinics and makers of laser
equipment. It's all about the money.
Laser eye surgery has ruined many
lives and continues to do so. If
patient care was #1, Lasik and the
other surgeries would not exist
today. The NHI of England refuses to
provide or endorse (actually they
warn against) laser eye surgery.
This is because big money does not
hold as big a grip on its healthcare
industry as it does in the U.S.A.
Sincerely,
"Anonymous in
fear of being sued by my own doctor and
the industry defaming me!"
July 16th, 2007
Dear Dean:
Thank You and congratulations on
your successful procedure may God
continue to give you favor, as you
move thru this road in your life.
Thank you again. My doubts are laid
to rest and my eyes will never be
put thru such ordeal because you
were selfless enough to share your
experience with the rest of us. God
Bless U for doing this!! HE
who is the originator of our life,
our faith and who knows our heart
will greatly bless you for this act
of kindness, to the rest of us. Have
a beautiful day!!
Dean I happened to get your
e-mail because I'm in #######'s
list of friend that prayed for
her and tried to help in what
little support we could give
her. But I want to thank you
because for
a long while I had been
considering getting Lasik. My
vision is good but I need
glasses for
night driving and it was a pain
to have to pull my glasses to
see my cell phone and on again
to drive. I never knew that a
lot of cases go wrong and that
it's not just one in 5000 or
whatever the Dr. give you the
number of gone wrong cases. Long
story short this has made me
rethink my possible decision to
get Lasik. Thank you God for
keeping me save and thank you
Dean!!!
Kind Regards,
Anonymous
July 9th,2007
That is probably at the center of this
so-called elective procedure and what is
never told to any prospective patient by
the Lasik doctos/clinincs/flunkies -
THAT THE LASIK PROCEDURE IS A VERY
RECKLESS GAMBLE that is about as exact
and predictable as a car accident.
There can be no
more devious enemy of citizens in this
country (among many others) that I can
think of than purveyors of Lasik and
other refractive surgeries. They assure
patients everything will go well (as
mine did and lied about specific facts)
to close the sale. They steal decades of
productivity, enjoyment, and overall
quality of life, and sometimes very
abruptly as in Colin's life. I wonder
what the negative economic impact is of
this ongoing damage done on innocent
people in the U.S.A.
I still cannot
believe I was so naive to think the FTC,
FDA, CDC, etc., would adequately protect
us and not allow refractive eye surgery
centers/doctors/hospitals to perform any
reckless crude surgeries. I thought the
procedures must be relatively safe if
they are openly advertised.
I have no
hesitation or embarrassment when telling
people to stay away from the surgical
arena when it comes to refractive
procedures for the eyes. But, I want to
make a bigger impact. Keep fighting and
please keep us informed.
,
Anonymous
July 4th, 2007
ANOTHER LASIK PATIENT COMMITS SUICIDE!!
Dear Dean:I
was provided your names by ###############.
I am contacting you because I am hoping you
may have communicated with my son,
###############. He had lasik in 2001 with
poor results. The surgery was performed in
Windsor, Ontario by Dr. Richard Leger. He
saw many doctors (Marchat, Soloway, Salz,
Garbus, Thompson...) but all told him that
he would have to wait until the technology
was available to correct his problems. I
know that he was active on at least one
discussion board 2001 - 2003 but may not
have been active since then.
Last week he left a
suicide note and bought a gun. we have not
heard from him since. The note stated that
he could not live with the results of his
surgery. If anyone has been in contact
with my son over the past few months can you
please let me know. My son was a law
student at the University of Michigan when
he had his surgery later he worked as a
patent attorney in Los Angeles. In 2005 he
returned to Philadelphia.
,
Anonymous
July 3rd, 2007
Dean:
I just came across another one of your
patients on the internet who reports being
suicidal (within the last 3 mo) as a result
of their LASIK. This patient is not one of
the original six that I know. I hope that
you are able to identify this patient and
address what may be some obvious needs for
psychological help. Unlike your other six
patients, this patients suicidal rumination
may still be active.
" I don't
even what to think how much I've spent since
my lasik tragedy in 2001. I was very
interested in your story since we both seem
to have gone very similar tracks. My name is
#######################, and I had lasik at
the age of 22 (worst mistake I have ever
done!!). The Dr that operated on me closed
his business 3 months after my surgery and
disappeared with all medical records, etc.
Soon after, I was diagnosed with Corneal
ectasia on one eye by Dr Trattler in Miami (
I have lost most of my vision on my left
eye), and ever since my life has never been
the same. I now live with horrible double
vision, glare, halos, and severe dry eye.
The eye that has not developed ectasia (at
least yet) suffers from severe dryness and
even though I sometimes can see 20/20 on
that eye, I have vision fluctuation,
ghosting, glare, etc. (I have tried plugs,
restasis, all kind of drops, and nothing
seems to help much)
I have been treated by Dr Boshnick as well,
who has been the most caring doctor I have
ever met. After trying many contact lenses,
such as the scleral lens, he gave me the
opportunity to be one of the first to try
the newest Synergeyes lens. This is a
combination of a hard lens with a soft lens
edge. This lens feels incredibly
comfortable, and has helped regain about 60%
of my vision back on my bad eye (if you
haven't tried it yet, it may be worth the
shot).
Honestly, this situation has impacted my
life in such a way that I'm beginning to
think that living like this is not worth it.
At only 28, I feel that I will never enjoy
my life the way any human being should hope
for, and every day when I wake up, I have to
force myself out of bed trying to find a
reason to make it through that day. The love
and support of my family has got to be the
only fuel I have left, and because I love
them very much, I pretend to be strong in
the outside, however, inside I feel like my
life has already ended in many ways.
I hope and pray every single day that soon a
miracle procedure will be able to help
people like us, I can't believe that with
all the advance in medical technology,
doctors still do not have clear answers or
effective procedures to help us regain our
vision.
HURT LASIK PATIENT"
June 25th,2007
I am a mother of a 26 year old who WAS
so determined to have this surgery;
there was nothing, nothing I could do.
She grew allergic to her contact lenses
and had the money and was going to have
this done…….until she researched the
surgery. She just sent me an e*mail
with your link saying that she was NOT
going to have the surgery. The 1st
time in years I’ve heard the words “mom,
you are so right about Lasik!!”
I’ve never known a single person that
had this surgery that hasn’t had to have
it “tweaked”. My boss had it many years
ago due to tennis and is now almost
blind in his eye. He had only 1 done to
make sure it worked before having the
other done….need I say, he hasn’t had
the 2nd done. A friend of
ours had 3 surgeries, multiple vision
issues and is now disabled due to the
surgery.
I just want to thank you for posting
your site. I can only hope people
research this – listen to their long
time doctors…..I’ve been going to my
same eye-doctor since 1980 and when I
inquired about having this done because;
as the commercials were saying….”I want
to get up in the morning and not have to
put contacts in”; he told me that it was
a “terrible idea”, “he would not think
about suggesting that I have this done”
– “he doesn’t do it and never will” –
“there is still nothing out there on the
long term effects” and thankfully talked
me out of having this done. Words I
have been preaching to my daughter and
she would never listen to me. When she
became allergic – she was determined to
have this surgery. Again, if it weren’t
for your website, she would have had it
done. Now she is grateful that all she
does have is an allergy, only has to put
a drop in her eye..
Ever so grateful,
Anonymous
Saint Petersburg, FL
May 15th,
2007
Congratulations Dean on creating a great
website about the scourge of lasik surgery.
I am going
through a lot of the same things you
mention. I have irregular astigmatism,
edema, in growth, dry eye, a drifting
prescription. (one eye now almost -5 D after
drifting over 2 years) I had cataracts 1.5
years after the surgery. I can no longer
read comfortably. Every day is like a
recurring nightmare.
Unfortunately, I
believe I had an underlying issue with my
left ear that never caused me trouble until
lasik. The lasik triggered intense bouts of
vertigo and dizziness which has never left
me. I have migraines and nausea daily and
have been disabled the entire time,it looks
like this will be permanent. You are
so young to have so much trouble with your
eyes. At least I am 51. I can't imagine
having done this at an earlier age. My
best to you my friend and again, great
website. I'll be back to explore it more
later.
Sure Dean,
go right ahead. Tnx for replying. Use
anonymous please. I'm trying to keep the
pro lasik attack dogs off my tail. I
don't wanna give them my name and
address, got enough trouble from Lasik.
best of
luck,
take care,
Another "Anonymous" lasik victim
May 8th, 2007
Hi Dean,
My names Erin and I just wanted to let you know
that I liked your
www.LifeAfterLasik.com site. I had lasik and prk
back in 1999, so I could relate to a lot of what you
wrote on your site. I also like how you listed other
sites that other lasik patients have done. That was
very helpful.
I hope things have improved somewhat for you. I
have made some improvements, but as you probably
know, the effects of this are lifelong. I think one
of the hardest parts is losing the ability to relate
to the people who were your friends prior to the
surgery, and having difficulty with all
relationships. It seems the only people that can
really understand this are others who've had the
surgeries. I am single, and I feel like it would be
almost impossible for me to have a romantic
relationship with someone who has not had this type
of surgery, because it's so hard to understand what
it does to you unless you have been through it.
Well I would hope to hear back from you and hear
how you are doing these days. Thank you again for
your informative web site.
Sincerely,
Anonymous
May 7th, 2007
I had LASIK in August 2001. It was never perfect and
my eyes were dry, but by 2 months after surgery, I
did see 20/12.5 in my left eye and 20/16 in my right
eye. My eyes got less dry, and for about 6 months I
was feeling that things were headed in the right
direction. At that point, I noticed I was having
headaches, and I went in to get a prescription...I
remember being relieved that it did improve my
vision. It turned out that I was a bit farsighted in
one eye, and I had a bit of astigmatism. Around that
time, I got a case of blepharitis which made my eyes
quite uncomfortable, and as those who have had it
know, it's never really fully gone away.
Over the next several years, I settled into a
routine where I was able to do several things
without glasses, but I did use them all the time at
work. I noticed that my eyes would get dry if I did
too much reading without them. I did notice that
things weren't quite as crisp even with my glasses,
but it wasn't too bad. I would occaisionally get
flare-ups of significant dry eye--these were very
frustrating and disheartening, but would usually
settle down after some hot compresses.
I ended up getting 4 or 5 new prescriptions between
2001 and 2005. At some point I noticed there was
some double vision/ghosting without my glasses, that
I could see on the eyechart and in certain
situations. I was sure I had some higher-order
aberrations, but I was basically relieved that it
wasn't as bad as some of the starburts/halo cases
that I read about. All in all, I regretted it
somewhat, but felt I dodged a bullet. I didn't
really notice the trend that's apparent now--that
each new prescription was a bit less satisfying
than the previous one.
By 2005 and 2006, there were more situations which I
was gunshy to do without my glasses. I got a
topography/wavefront in 2005 showing I had HOAs, but
I didn't know that my number (~.8um RMS in each eye)
was quite significant. That topography showed some
signs of apparent ectasia in my right eye, but this
wasn't picked up at the time.
Through 2006, I guess I was relying on my left eye.
I went through substantial periods where the dry eye
seemed under control, so this offset my
disappointment in my declining vision. I was having
increasing difficulty with fast reading and some
detail-oriented things I did at work.
At the end of 2006, I had a bad dry eye day and
noticed that my prescription wasn't cutting it. I
went in for an exam and was struck that the
correction was quite unsatisfying. I had never left
so disappointed before. The dry eye and the poor
vision continued for the next several months, and I
had moved to the "alarmed" category. By March, I
went in to a top ophthalmologist, and the topography
showed the telltale signs of apparent ectasia in my
left eye. My "good" eye was slipping. This trend has
continued in the last 2 months. While I had noticed
a hint of double vision/ghosting over the years, now
I was seeing double and triple quite clearly at
night, and even a bit of double vision in bright
daylight. My contrast sensitivity has declined, and
I feel uncomfortable at night and don't enjoy
reading--a favorite pasttime.
My story is evolving, as there are treatments for
ectasia to consider now. But the lessons are clear.
Refractive surgery is a horribly big risk--I'm quite
devastated by the effects this is having on me
personally and professionally. 6 months ago, I was
planning to take a new job with a better salary,
etc. I was unable to take it because I was so
hampered by dry eye and my declining vision.
Personally, it is hard to enjoy many activities and
social events, when things seem visually "off"
during the day, or just plain bad at night. LASIK
surgery, in particular, seems an incredibly
unfortunate choice, as it weakens the cornea
irrevocably just by cutting the flap (that never
heals) and leaves one unnecessarily vulnerable to
ectasia, and causes much more long-term dry eye.
Above all, I regret the loss of confidence in my
health, which in every other regard is terrific. I'm
quite simply not the person I was meant to be
anymore.
One day I may follow Dean's lead in trying a new
ablation with a better PRK technique. But what I
wouldn't give to have never seen the sign
advertising LASIK surgery to employees at the
medical institution at which I worked, so many years
ago.
,Anonymous
April 20th, 2007
Dean,
Thank you so much for putting up so much information
on your website as well as linking to others about
the Lasik complications that doctors are trying so
hard to silence. I feel it has saved me from
possibly making the biggest mistake of my life. I
am a 22 year old senior in college who is getting
ready to graduate. I will be starting my first year
of pharmacy school in the fall and kept thinking
about how nice it would be to not have to be
"impaired" by glasses or contact in my classes as
well as for the sports I play. During my annual
exam at my opthalmologist's office (one of the most
trustworthy people I have ever met in my life) I
brought up the prospect of refractive eye surgery.
He told me about the complications with Lasik with
the flap and explained to me how epi-Lasik seemed to
be the "safer" way to go for anyone considering
refractive surgery, but all the same he would never
recommend anyone get refractive eye surgery and told
me how he would never even consider performing
refractive surgery on patients himself, because of
unknown long term effects, unpredictable results,
and the high rate of long term or even PERMANENT
complications. Having been a patient of his since I
was a 7 year old girl, and being a physician who
genuinely cares about his patients he very
RELUCTANTLY gave me the card of a refractive eye
surgeon while telling me if he was going to have
refractive surgery this is the guy he would see, not
that he would ever have such an operation.
I don't know why I didn't take his advice to heart
as much as I should have saying pretty much anything
my opthalmologist says about the medical field I
take as being the gospel. Anyways I started doing
some more research into refractive eye surgery and
found it quite alarming that the only things that
come up are the "testimonials" about Lasik being
"Amazing!" and the "best thing ever!" As a student
from a science and health care background I found it
alarming that it was so difficult to find any
negative information on refractive surgery, but
then I finally found your website among others.
I also used my University email account to access
certain databases to read medical journals that
normally require subscriptions and started reading
studies on refractive surgery. A lot of the studies
compared certain procedures and indicated that
epi-Lasik was the most promising. Then I started
reading European Medical Journal articles as well
and a study that came out this month found that even
in epi-Lasik in all of the patients in the study 23%
of them still had post operative haze at 16 months
after the procedure!!!! In any other field of
medicine, something that has such unpredictability
with limited back up plans would be considered an
experimental last result treatment after everything
else had failed!
I even decided to attend a seminar being put on by
the guy whose card my opthalmologist gave me. It
could have been a seminar to sell refrigerators by
the way the guy was playing the role of a
businessman more than a doctor. And just the way he
made it sound so easy like Lasik was going to be a
walk in the park making it sound like it is not a
big life changing decision to make and that
"millions of people are doing this a year," blah
blah blah...
When I asked about epi-Lasik he totally blew me off
and was like "oh but epi-Lasik is unbearably painful
and takes twice as long to heal as Lasik, Lasik is
the way to go!' He talked about the 5% of his
patients who needed to be touched up after their
first surgery, but did not go into details of the
time, cost, or what these "touching ups" consisted
of (hmmm corneal transplants and numerous
specialists possibly?) He also claimed they had
never had a patient who had experienced permanent
blurring, which made me ask if the term "blurring"
also comprised starbursting, glare, and ghosting?
He tiptoed around my question and then after the
seminar two young women asked me what starbursting,
glare, and ghosting was (because of course he didn't
go into details of these possible after effects) and
I gave them a website where they could see the
simulated pictures of such phenomena. And then the
doctor totally contradicted himself about the
corneal flaps. He said that they heal
completely but then later when he was talking about
touch ups he said that they wouldn't need to be
re-cut with intralase and that they could just be
lifted out, and I was so happy when some guy in the
audience called him on this contradiction. The
seminar made me realize that the goal of refractive
surgeons is to move as many patients through their
Lasik factories as possible to take care of their
high fixed operating costs. I am just afraid of the
decision I might have made had I not found some of
the true life horrors that refractive surgery has
caused.
Thank you so much,
Anonymous MD
March 20th, 2007:
Dean,
Below is my tortured laser
surgery story. Unlike you, I had a surface procedure done
on my eye. It was still a disaster. I currently have an
appointment schedule to see Dr. Wang in two weeks. I was
wondering if you could give me as much information as
possible on the Ivis Technology system. Your web site
claims it is coming to the US in June 2007. How did you
obtain that information? I also see that you have gone to
and are planning to see again, Dr.
Aleksandar Stojanovic. I have attempted to contact him a
couple times but he has yet to return my e-mail. I am sure
he will get to it. Does Dr. Stojanovic offer you hope for a
solution?
My story:
I was born a -7.00 myope. I
cannot remember a time in my life when I did not wear
glasses. Glasses were as much a part of me as my hair color.
At forty-six years of age (March 05), I walked into my eye
surgeon’s office (Dr. Herman Sloane) with the dream of not
having to wear glasses ever again. After all, my sister and
brother both had Lasik with great results. I elected to have
an epi-lasik procedure confident with the knowledge it was
the conservative "safe" route to take.
I
knew something was wrong within days after the surgery. At
first my fear focused on being overcorrected. After a
lifetime as a myope, I hated being farsighted. I was
terrified. I didn’t sleep for weeks. I didn’t eat. I lost 20
pounds. I did not feel comfortable in my own skin. Things
only got worse. My left eye stabilized at +1.00 while my
right eye went into a tailspin. When the dust settled three
months post op, my right eye was +1.75.
As
it turns out, the hyperopia was not the worst symptom.
Since, I had my surgery in the spring, the long periods of
sunlight masked the glare, halos and starbursts that would
be the focus of my most intense fears. I soon discovered
that stop lights at night were an unrecognizable mess of
glare, LED lights created huge streaks of light, etc. My
fear now became panic.
I
saw several "specialists" during this period. I was
desperately seeking answers/solutions. To a person, they
told me that my situation was not that dire and that
additional surgery would most likely fix all of my symptoms.
In September 05, my surgeon had an idea: perform an
epithelium debridement on my right eye. He believed that
irregular epithelium healing was the cause of much of my
hyperopia. He told me it was a safe procedure and healing
would only be a few weeks. No such luck. Shortly after the
surgery, I developed severe haze in the right eye that did
not diminish with time. My apprehension was now a total
obsession.
I
saw another specialist, a world class surgeon in L.A. (Dr.
Yaron S. Rabinowitz) (at the suggestion of my original
surgeon). Again, I was told not to worry. He suggested that
I have the haze scrapped, allow the eye to heal, then have
another laser surgery performed. I had the haze scrapped
from my eye in January 06. This further flattened my right
eye and left me at +3.00. The real problem was that the
+3.00 did not tell the whole story. Contacts and/or glasses
no longer corrected my right eye. Night vision was an even
bigger mess. While my right eye healed from the haze
scraping, I had a second surgery (PRK) performed on my left
eye in March 06. I so wanted the hell to be over. After a
couple months, the left eye healed okay; however, the glare,
starbursts and halos were still extremely prominent.
In
July 06, I flew to Vancouver to see another world class eye
surgeon (Dr. David Lin - at the suggestion of my original
surgeon) regarding my right eye. Due to the FDA approval
process, Canadian eye surgeons have several tools available
that American surgeons do not. After a short consultation, I
consented to have a topographic guided PRK procedure
preformed on my right eye.
Sixteen months of hell for me and my family; untold
thousands of dollars on surgery, optometrists, glasses, and
contact lenses and I still had terrible vision. My left eye
was near plano but my right eye was now -2.50. I wanted to
celebrate my left eye but the glare, starbursts, and halos
were ruining my life. I avoided the night like the plague.
I
hit rock bottom after trying RGP lenses with a local
optometrist. The local optometrist I saw did not have much
experience fitting post refractive patients. The lenses did
not mitigate the glare and were incredibly uncomfortable.
I
then saw of optometrist who specializes in fitting post
refractive patients with contact lens in Dallas Texas. The
first lens iteration, using a Macrolens, fixed my eye chart
vision but did not mitigate the glare. Not to worry, a
larger optical zone might be necessary. The next day, the
second iteration lenses, again the Macrolens (14mm diameter
lens with a 10mm optic zone), arrived. I could see 20/15 and
the glare was significantly reduced. In addition, the lenses
were comfortable. In fact, the lenses were no less
comfortable than the soft silicon hydrogel lenses I was
previously wearing. I immediately wore the lenses for a full
day. Another iteration was necessary to find the "perfect"
fit, but I now had hope that I could live a normal life.
I
wish this story had a perfect ending; however, it does not.
I still see excessive amounts of glare. It can be mentally
debilitating. Streaks of light shoot out from bright sources
(i.e. overhead track lights, street lights, etc.) like
dancing spikes of light every time I blink or move my eyes.
No one seems to understand why. It is not a function of the
contact lenses. Sometimes I can mentally erase these streaks
and sometimes I cannot. I also still see large starbursts
(with the contact lenses). Green stop lights at night are
the worst. I hold out hope that my remaining symptoms will
mitigate over time or there is some kind of alternative. I
continue searching for the perfect solution.
Dale
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March
14th, 2007
Hi Dean,
Thanks for
your e-mail, I don't even what to think how much I've
spent since my lasik tragedy in 2001. I was very
interested in your story since we both seem to have gone
very similar tracks. My name is #######################, and I
had lasik at the age of 22 (worst mistake I have ever
done!!). The Dr that operated on me closed his business
3 months after my surgery and disappeared with all
medical records, etc. Soon after, I was diagnosed with
Corneal ectasia on one eye by Dr Trattler in Miami ( I
have lost most of my vision on my left eye), and ever
since my life has never been the same. I now live with
horrible double vision, glare, halos, and severe dry
eye. The eye that has not developed ectasia (at least
yet) suffers from severe dryness and even though I
sometimes can see 20/20 on that eye, I have vision
fluctuation, ghosting, glare, etc. (I ahve tried plugs,
restasis, all kind of drops, and nothing seems to help
much)
I have been
treated by Dr Boshnick as well, who has been the most
caring doctor I have ever met. After trying many contact
lenses, such as the scleral lens, he gave me the
opportunity to be one of the first to try the newest
Synergeyes lens. This is a combination of a hard lens
with a soft lens edge. This lens feels incredibly
comfortable, and has helped regain about 60% of my
vision back on my bad eye (if you haven't tried it yet,
it may be worth the shot).
Honestly,
this situation has impacted my life in such a way that
I'm begining to think that living like this is not worth
it. At only 28, I feel that I will never enjoy my life
the way any human being should hope for, and every day
when I wake up, I have to force myself out of bed trying
to find a reason to make it through that day. The love
and support of my family has got to be the only fuel I
have left, and because I love them very much, I pretend
to be strong in the outside, however, inside I feel like
my life has already ended in many ways.
I hope and
pray every single day that soon a miracle procedure will
be able to help people like us, I can't believe that
with all the advance in medical technology, doctors
still do not have clear answers or effective procedures
to help us regain our vision. I guess I still have a
little hope in me that I may just be able to regain my
life back one day...
Is very
difficult to meet people with this rare condition, for
this reason, I would appreciate it if you drop me a line
letting me know the details of your condition, and how
you are treating it. I'm sure we can learn some things
from each other.
Good luck.
Best Regards,
Hurt Lasik Patient
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March 9th, 2007:
Dean:
Here's what I have:
Both eyes decentered ablation
Both eyes Corneal Haze/scarring
Both eyes Loss of Contrast
Striae in left eye
Both eyes Astigmatism post-op (uncorrectable)
Stromal bed loss
Both eyes had DLK
Both eyes some epithelial ingrowth
Both eyes High amounts of Higher order aberrations
(spherical aberrations-these suck)
Both eyes high amounts of coma
Both eyes Irregular flaps
Dry eye, both eyes of course.. -Had to give up
having my nails done, cuz the drops get so
expensive, I have to use so many in a day, and gel
tube at night.
Both eyes Central Corneal Thinning - possibly going
esctasia direction..
Both eyes Irregular posterior float
STromal bed left (meaning cornea left below flap):
left eye: 212 right eye: 262
so, cannot have more surgery on central part of
cornea for any issues, but hey my surgeon wanted to
do surgery again for overcorrection,, he told me
that two weeks into recovery..(he charges for so
called, "enhancements".
Both eyes Overcorrected (still overcorrected, but
some regression since beginning)
of Course, Halos, starbursts, and also disturbing
dashes of color spectrum around light, day and
nightime..
Objects are warped,,,,
Circles aren't round, rectangles arent' completely
rectangle.. bulge to one side in a circle (top of
cup- jelly jar, etc.) I see blur around all people
day and night and every picture, poster, billboard,
cereal box, toothpaste tube, tv, movie, magazine,
look dead and one dimensional...Oh, and the floor is
crooked, I walk on a
My nose turns different
direction when look out of each eye separately.
But, hey I'm 20/20,,, isn't
that AWESOME!!! Oh, and the lawyer (s), I've talked
to wont sue, either. I've been to about 9 docs now
and only 3 of them would even talk to me like I'm a
human being.....
Pretty much, life sucks
like this and I was one of those who truly
contemplated suicide. Everything that made me love
life, is gone.
Thanks for
listening..........
,
Another Hurt Lasik Patient
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February 5th,
2007:
Subject: Jami Sorren post Lasik story
Summary of my eye experience.........
I
was in glasses full time for nearsightedness at the age
of 5. By the age of 11, I was in contact lenses full
time. About age 26, I was have severe problems related
to the contact lens use and was having trouble being
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