Description of Event or Problem · 1
CALLER CALLED REPORT HAVING PRK LASIK SURGERY AND SOON AFTER SHE HAD VISION LOSS FOR TWO TO THREE DAYS. "I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING BLIND; I HAD BLURRY VISION AND I WAS TERRIFIED". UPON F/U WITH MY DR, HE TOLD ME IT WAS NORMAL PLACED A CONTACT PATCH OVER ONE EYE. THE CONTACT FELT LIKE SAND PAPER, WHEN I QUESTIONED HIM, HE TOLD ME IT WAS NORMAL. THE CONTACT WAS REMOVED FIVE DAYS LATER. MY VISION WAS NORMAL FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND THEN I STARTED TO HAVE INCREASED SENSITIVITY AND HALOS IN MY EYES. IN (B)(6) 2009 I WAS IN A HEAD ON AUTOMOBILE COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED. THE CHEMICALS FROM THE AIR BAGS WERE IN MY EYES. I HAD TO WEAR AN EYE PATCH FOR SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS RECOVERY. IN 2011, I STARTED TO HAVE BLURRY VISION AT NIGHT. MY VISION PROGRESSED WORSE AND HAD TO WEAR GLASSES. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO WEAR CONTACTS WITH GLASSES. NO ONE WOULD TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY EYES. I REQUESTED MY MEDICAL RECORD. WHEN VISITING THE EYE DR I WAS TOLD THAT I HAVE KERATOCONUS. MY DR NEVER TOLD ME THAT SO, WHEN I ASKED HIM HE SAID THAT I REALLY DON'T HAVE THAT AND THAT HE USES THAT DIAGNOSIS FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES AND MY DIAGNOSIS WAS FOR HIGHER-ORDER ABERRATIONS. I HAVE SERVER CORNEAL SCARRING AND WOULD NEED A CORNEA TRANSPLANT. I POSTED ON INSTAGRAM WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME AND SOMEONE MADE COMMENT THAT I COULD HAVE ECTASIA OF THE EYE. I ASKED MY DR ABOUT IT AND HE SAID THAT I COULD HAVE IT AND THE POSSIBILITY WAS IN MY CHART. I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE IT AND ONE WOULD TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG WITH ME.