Description of Event or Problem · 1
I HAVE DEBILITATING COMPLICATIONS FROM LASIK SURGERY. SEVERE AND CONSTANT EYE PAIN, SEVERE DRY EYE, MY EYES NOW HAVE SEVERE REACTIONS TO WIND, AIR, HEAT OR AIR CONDITIONING, AND I CAN NOT WEAR MAKEUP AS THE DUST/FUMES CREATE PAIN AND TEARING. I AM UNABLE TO SPEND PROLONGED TIME AT A COMPUTER SCREEN OR READ WITHOUT SUFFERING EYE PAIN. I AM UNABLE TO WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES. MY LIFE HAS BEEN CHANGED FOR THE WORSE DUE TO THE SURGERY. I SUFFER FROM FIBROMYALGIA-AND DID AT THE TIME OF THE SURGERY-AND MOST LIKE UNDIAGNOSED DRY EYE. THE POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS OF THE SURGERY WERE NOT MADE CLEAR, AND THERE WAS SURELY NOT SUFFICIENT SCREENING CONSIDERING MY PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. THE WHOLE PROCESS IN THE DOCTOR OFFICE WAS UNLIKE A MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION LINE ATMOSPHERE. FROM THE INTERVIEW TO THE ACTUAL PROCESS, IT WAS UNLIKE ANY OTHER SURGERY. VERY PRODUCTION/THROUGH PUT ORIENTED AT ALL LEVELS.