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| Well I finally saw one of Denver's top corneal ophthalmologist. She
did a thorough evaluation of both my eyes and said that even in 1996 I
was not a good candidate for Lasik surgery because of the dry eye
issue. She went on to say that letting an optometrist do the
keratectomy procedure that he wanted to do would have been a mistake
and should only be used as a last resort. And that if we ever end up
doing something like that I should let a surgeon do it not a guy who
examines eyes. I'm sure that will piss some folks off but I tend to
agree with her. The bottom line is she put me back on Muro 128 (I
think that's the name of it) ointment and stressed that if I use this
regularly over a period of about 6 months all this could go away. She
also asked that the next time I get an abrasion to come immediately to
her office so she can look at it and map it out.
The bottom line is that I was quite impressed with her. Much more so
than any other ophthalmologist or optometrist I've been to. I was also
impressed that she never once asked the names of the guy who did my
Lasik or the guy who wanted to do the keratectomy on the first visit
ever.
For those of you who say my sticky eye issue has nothing to do with
Lasik she would disagree. She says the Lasik took a dry eye problem
and made it worse which led to the recurring corneal abrasion. She
also says she has seen this a lot and that a Denver TV station did an
entire story on it last year.
Don't think I wake up every morning screaming in pain. I don't. I
still have 20/20 vision at the ripe old age of 51 which says that part
of the Lasik worked quite well. The abrasion stuff happens about once
or twice a year. But the pain associated with that is horrific as many
of you may know. It's like a paper cut on your cornea. Ouch!
I hope this post doesn't create too much Monday morning quarter
backing. I just wanted to follow up and let you know what I found out.
Thanks for all the advice.
Don
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