Description of Event or Problem · 1
IN 1997, I HAD LASIK SURGERY PERFORMED ON BOTH EYES. I HAD AN ENHANCEMENT IN 2005, 1998 ON MY RIGHT EYE. I NOW SUFFER FROM DEBILITATING STARBURSTS, HALOS, POOR CONTRAST AND DEPTH PERCEPTION, AND SEVERELY LIMITED LOW LIGHT VISION. WHERE I ONCE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE FREELY AT NIGHT, I CAN NO LONGER GET AROUND EVEN ON FOOT. EVEN IN DAYLIGHT I OFTEN MIX UP MY OWN CHILDREN WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN FROM DISTANCES AS SHORT AS 6 FEET AWAY. I ALSO SUFFER SEVERE HEADACHES FROM INTENSE EYE STRAIN AND THE USE OF PILOCARPINE DROPS -.5%-. PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS WERE: CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS, MYOPIA, ASTIGMATISM, NIGHT BLINDNESS - ABLE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. MY PRE-OPERATIVE READINGS WERE: MEASUREMENT OD OS OU VCC 20/20020/40020/200 BSCVA 20/40 - 20/50, 20/10020/40 - 20/50. REFRACTION. -10.00, -5.75 X 010, 20/80, -10.50, -6.00 X 155. 20/200, 20/75. MY CURRENT VISUAL ACUITY IS AROUND 20/60 - 20/70 OU. ALTHOUGH I VISITED DR'S OFFICE NUMEROUS TIMES TO SEEK HELP WITH THE SYMPTOMS MENTIONED ABOVE, I WAS ALWAYS TOLD THAT EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT AND THAT THESE "SIDE EFFECTS" WERE TEMPORARY AND WOULD GO AWAY, WHICH THEY NEVER DID. IN 2001, I FINALLY GAVE UP ON DR AND SAW ANOTHER LASIK PRACTITIONER WHO INFORMED ME THAT I HAD DECENTERED ABLATIONS, DUE TO MY NYSTAGMUS AND THAT I WAS CONTRAINDICATED FOR LASIK AT THAT TIME. I LATER LEARNED THAT I ALSO HAD SIGNIFICANT HIGHER ORDER ABERRATIONS AND WAS ALSO CONTRAINDICATED, DUE TO THE DEGREE OF MY MYOPIA AND MY PUPIL SIZE. DATES OF USE: 1997 AND 1998. DIAGNOSIS OF REASON FOR USE: IMPROVE VISION TO 20/40 OU, ELIMINATE NEED FOR GLASSES OR CONTACT LENSES. EVENT ABATED AFTER USE STOPPED OR REDUCED: NO.