posted by admin on Nov 20
Perhaps it depends on what your definition of success is.
“People say, ‘Well, you don’t wear glasses anymore,’ ” said Barbara Berney, 53, of Rockford, Ill., who had the surgery in 2001 and now reports dry eye, night blindness, dimmed vision, halos and starbursts. “Unless you see what I see, you have no frame of reference.”
Unhappy Lasik patients, some with worse experiences than mine (one man I spoke to needed a corneal transplant), have created about a dozen Web sites. The 12 patients I talked with all reported feeling as I did, gas lighted. They said they kept telling their doctors that they couldn’t see, and that their doctors kept telling them that they could.
A few doctors have told me that they think they can help my dry eye, but I worry they will suggest more surgery, and I haven’t gone to see them. A few optometrists said they could fit me with special lenses to moisten my eyes, and I may have to go that route. Meanwhile, I walk by eyeglass shops and wish I needed to go inside.
You’ll find that New York City is one of the leading cities for LASIK surgery, not just in the U.S., but in the whole world. I guess this isn’t surprising considering that New York is also tops in so many other areas of medicine. LASIK New York doctors are equipped with the best equipment and technology available as well as having the best training for LASIK there is. With all of these things, finding a good LASIK surgeon in NYC isn’t hard at all.