Wow.
I actually agree with Rebel/spammer on this one, but not necessarily
for all the same reasons. If there is any malpractice involved here,
and it ends up in litigation, it is often argued in court that a
patient lowers his chances of a successful trial outcome when he
returns to the same physician. I never understood this "logic", but
is a common legal premise that you are "endorsing" the performance of
your first offending physician when you voluntarily return to his
care. The argument is that you cannot believe that someone is guilty
of malpractice if you trust them enough to return. I balances the
scales of "justice" more on the side of accidental outcome and less on
the side of incompetence.



On Oct 25, 5:23 pm, spammer <sereb...[at]yahoo.com> wrote:
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On Oct 25, 5:11 am, b_brazil...[at]hotmail.com wrote:
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If the OP has lost faith in LasikPlus, why go to them for second
opinion? When all is said and done, the OP can go after them for out
of pocket.

Astigmatism is when the cornea is not spherical like the top of a
ball, but is elliptical like the back of a spoon. The "tip" of the
spoon will cause some light to focus off center. This can cause some
of the symptoms you describe.

It is possible that pre-existing astigmatism was not corrected during
surgery, or that astigmatism was induced by surgery. It is also
possible that corneal edema (swelling) is contributing to the poor
vision quality.

The Snellen 20/whatever test is a legitimate test of vision acuity,
but black well-known letters on a white background in a controlled
environment is not real life. Additional tests are in order, including
a manifest refraction (which is better, one or two?) to determine your
current prescription, a cyclopegic refraction to determine your
refractive error without accommodation, a contrast sensitivity test to
affirm your vision symptoms, an Orbscan to evaluate the topography of
the front and back of the eye, plus a wavefront diagnostic to help
identify what higher order aberrations (HOA) may be elevated.

We have a Lasik surgeon certified by our organization in Kansas City
who I highly recommend for a second opinion. Visit:

http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/doctor/...ansas-city.htm

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This is a very important clue to your problem. It is possible that
Lasik induced temporary dry eye is causing or exacerbating
astigmatism. The dry eye alone can cause many of the symptoms you
describe. We have two articles about Lasik Dry Eye and Dry Eye
Treatment that you may find helpful:

http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/lasik-dry-eyes.htm

http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/dry-eye-treatment.htm

Dry eye can affect one eye more than the other. Also, the Lasik
induced dry eye can effectively restart after a flap lift. You are
much earlier in the healing process than you may think.

Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
USAEyes (TM)
Patient Advocacy Surgeon Certification

"Consider and Choose With Confidence" (TM)

Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org

http://www.USAEyes.org

Lasik Bulletin Board
http://www.USAEyes.org/Ask-Lasik-Expert/

I am not a doctor.

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All Rights Reserved

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On Oct 25, 10:22 am, spammer <sereb...[at]yahoo.com> wrote:
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I don't necessarily agree with this advice. LasikPlus should be held
accountable. When the second opinion is sought, LasikPlus should have
to pay for any follow up work that is needed if they are responsible
for the problem.

Linda

I would definitely see someone who is not affiliated with lasik plus
for your second opinion. Maybe Glenn can chime in to advise who to see
in your area. Don't let the loon fringe here convince you that this is
permanent and there is no fix, they would be totally wrong.

I had lasik correction in early August at a LasikPlus office in
Minneapolis. After the surgery, my left eye was fine but my right eye
had some distortion. Let me clarify: Letters look slightly off,
surfaces (or patterns) aren't as sharp, and dark lines look lighter.
It's distorted as if there is a piece of plastic in front of my eye.
At my three-week post-op check, they said I had 20/20 vision yet I
often cannot read traffic signs while driving if I test my right eye.
It basically is blurred at objects over five feet away in a way that
distorts them. At night I cannot see any signs with my right eye but
even during the day there is this distortion.

The one thing that the doctor noticed was that I had a slight flap
wrinkle on my cornea but I was told that it was off to the side and
out of the range of vision. After several more weeks of distortion, I
went back to my original doctor and had a lift and smooth of the flap
wrinkle. It was fairly obvious shortly after surgery that the life and
smooth did absolutely nothing for the this problem and I suspect that
I have astigmatism.

I have been on the road and went to a different office from my second
post-op exam and was basically told to come back in a couple months.

LasikPlus has been a true nightmare. I've been trying to deal with
this blurry/distorted vision in my right eye for the past few months
and they only have told me two things:

1) "Your vision is fine" (which makes no sense if my right eye can't
even see road signs while in a car during daylight)

or

2) "Come back in a couple months and maybe it will be better."

I have done some research on the internet and suspect that it is
astigmatism. It's not as bad during the first hour of the day but for
most of the day it is quite distorted in my right eye. Again, letters
seem distorted and I suspect the surgery has given me some
astigmatism. If anyone has any advice on this, please let me know. One
gets the impression with LasikPlus that once they get your money and
the surgery is over, you are on your own.

I'm going to see an optician to check if I have astigmatism in my
right eye and some glasses can correct it but any advice would be
appreciated.

Also, does anyone have any suggestions for a lasik doctor in the
Kansas City area to help me out? It's clear that LasikPlus isn't going
to help me.

Thanks.