Description of Event or Problem · 1
I HAD LASIK SURGERY AT (B)(6), THAT THE SURGEON SAID WAS SUCCESSFUL. WHEN I RETURNED THE NEXT DAY FOR FOLLOW-UP, I WAS TOLD EVERYTHING WENT WELL. A WEEK LATER AT A SUBSEQUENT FOLLOW-UP, I COMPLAINED THAT I COULD NOT SEE OUT OF MY LEFT EYE. THE NURSE, (B)(6), SAID TO ME THAT THE VISION WAS PROBABLY OVERCORRECTED, AND I WOULD NEED SURGERY AGAIN. WHEN THE DOCTOR CAME IN, SHE SAID THERE WAS NO OVERCORRECTION; I JUST NEEDED TIME TO HEAL. A MONTH LATER, I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM, AND WAS TOLD AGAIN THAT I JUST NEEDED TO HEAL. I WAS CHARGED (B)(6) FOR TEMPORARY GLASSES TO USE UNTIL MY EYE HEALED. TWO MONTHS LATER, AT THE NEXT FOLLOW-UP, I SAID AGAIN THAT VISION WAS BLURRY OUT OF MY LEFT EYE, BUT AGAIN I WAS TOLD THAT THE SURGERY WAS SUCCESSFUL AND THAT I JUST TOOK LONGER TO HEAL THAN NORMAL. I WAS SCHEDULED FOR ANOTHER FOLLOW-UP 6 MONTHS LATER. I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE STARBURST, HALOS, DOUBLE-VISION, BLURRED VISION, AND SEVERE HEADACHES. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST ON (B)(6) 2013, WHO ADVISED THAT BECAUSE THE CORRECTED VISION WAS SO DIFFERENT IN EACH EYE -1 IN THE RIGHT, -4.75 IN THE LEFT, I WOULD NEED GLASSES AGAIN TO ALLEVIATE THE SYMPTOMS AND TO SEE CLEARLY.