Lasik | Lasek Problems

Eve wrote: Optical Express have said they will perform cataract surgery (RLE/refractive lens exchange) free of charge, but I am hesitant to accept this as I think I would get better treatment on the NHS.

You are right to hesitate over this decision. Please don't trust your precious eyesight to these butchers again.

If you have flashers and floaters in your eye(s) and you are shortsighted, you need to have your eyes assessed by an ophthalmic surgeon, not an OE optometrist as these are warning signs for a retinal detachment and need to be treated seriously.

I speak from experience (hindsight is a wonderful thing!). I had RLE at OE nearly two years ago and had a retinal detachment in my left eye as a consequence of the surgery. Despite numerous trips back to OE the detachment was never identified and I was told I had 20/20 vision (where have we heard that before I wonder?) and that my eyes would settle down. They didn't, and I ended up having a retinal detachment when driving alone on the motorway. I was lucky to make it home.

The good old NHS and their brilliant surgeons sorted me out the next day and saved my sight, so I am eternally grateful to them.

However, as a result of the subsequent complications I have a number of morbidity issues with my eyes, including fierce one sided headaches and distorted vision that will never improve. These complications would not have happened if the developing tear in my eye had been noticed before it became a detachment.

I have not been back to OE since that time and they have not contacted me to find out how I am doing, despite their promises to look after my eyes for as long as needed to get my vision right.

Please don't trust them and don't let them touch your precious eyes and make them worse.

Hi, I had surgery, in Jan 2010, now aged 27 , I need glasses daily, I see dots in my left eye and have astigmatism in both eyes.

My prescription is complex because my eyes are so butchered, and I'm left miserable.

I've been told I shouldn't have been operated on because I was too young (only 22 when I had the fatal surgery) and my eyes and prescription were unstable.

Since the surgery - which was rushed and careless at best - I've suffered ever since.

Optical Express were just worried about money, without any care for my wellbeing.

I will tell my story to anyone wanting to hear details.

Eve wrote:
My pre-op assessment on 19 May 2014 showed signs of cataracts in both eyes. The OE optometrist said this was rare, but not caused by the laser wavefront surgery. I have researched this on the internet and now believe both the floaters and cataracts were caused by my surgery...
Has anyone else had floaters and cataracts after lasik eye surgery?

"Most eye surgeries, including LASIK, carry risk of cataracts. Anecdotal reports of cataracts shortly after LASIK, even in relatively young patients, suggest a cause and effect relationship. Moreover, steriod drops routinely prescribed after LASIK may hasten the onset of cataracts.

Patients with signs of cataracts before LASIK should not have LASIK because vision may be corrected with the intraocular lens used for cataract surgery. Ironically, after LASIK the altered corneal surface causes inaccurate measurement of the intraocular lens power for cataract surgery. This means that patients who have LASIK surgery and later develop cataracts may be right back in glasses after cataract surgery -- or worse, subjected to the inherent risks of multiple surgeries."
www.lasikcomplications.com/inducedcataract.htm

Saul Chacon wrote: My wife has a number of health problems and was refused surgery by Optical Express, BUT, they told her if she got a letter from her GP then they would do it.
How desperate are OPTICAL EXPRESS for money?

Yesterday I emailed David Moulsdale to ask for a copy of the GP's letter my wife gave to Optical Express. Today Stephen Hannan sent an email asking to speak to me.

I called Hannan a few hours ago and spoke to David Mungall.
He told me I have to pay £50 - for my wife's own letter :sick:

I have been short sighted since I was 10 years old and have always hated wearing glasses, mostly because, in all of those years, I have never found a pair I liked which were comfortable. So, at age 56 (last year) I decided to investigate laser eye surgery. My partner had his done in 2007 with great success, also, several colleagues had successful treatment. What could go wrong?

I had also undergone tests at another eye clinic and both establishments noted my eyes as very short sighted (-7) but very healthy.

I had iLasik on 7th June 2013 at Optical Express, Within months after surgery, I had flashing in my left eye followed by the presence of loads of floaters. This was investigated by Optical Express and I was told this was due to my being very myopic. My vision was not 20:20 and I was told I would need a top up.

My pre-op assessment on 19 May 2014 showed signs of cataracts in both eyes. The OE optometrist said this was rare, but not caused by the laser wavefront surgery. I have researched this on the internet and now believe both the floaters and cataracts were caused by my surgery - neither of which were mentioned as a risk to me pre surgery.

Optical Express have said they will perform cataract surgery (RLE/refractive lens exchange) free of charge, but I am hesitant to accept this as I think I would get better treatment on the NHS.

Has anyone else had floaters and cataracts after lasik eye surgery?

I am the signatory on the HITACHI CAPITAL finance agreement for my wife's LASIK surgery which went wrong becauze the surgeon MR LUCA ANTICO cut the flap too deep. Sasha Rodoy is helping me to try to get the agreement cancelled and my payments refunded.

My wife has a number of health problems and was refused surgery by Optical Express, BUT, they told her if she got a letter from her GP then they would do it.



My family are being torn apart because of this problem which should never have happened! I am waiting for Optical Express to give me a copy of the letter my wife's doctor wrote saying she could have surgery and will be giving this to the solicitor. But I think OE should have refused the surgery and NOT asked for a doctor's letter. They could see for themselves that she has problems.

How desperate are OPTICAL EXPRESS for money?!

i had idesign Lasik in Nottingham last week (24th June) after having done a decent level of research - mainly comparing the different companies and processes.

My prescription was -4.5 in my right eye, -3.75 in the left.

At my 24hr checkup my vision was great - able to read the 4/4 line. Over the next 5 days though my near vision got worse - still see well into the distance.

At my 7 day checkup i was told I had been 'over corrected' and both eyes were about +1 (described by the optometrist as a minor over correction). I was (and still am) a little shell shocked by this so didn't really ask any questions other than 'can it be put right' which i was told it can be by having a corrective (second) procedure in 3-6 months when the eyes have healed and settled down.

I was not offered (nor did I ask for) an explanation of how this could have happened - though I expect 'healing' to be the answer.

I don't, at the moment, have any other problems (touch wood I never will).

If I had known this would be the outcome (and yes I did read all the disclaimer and understood it could happen) I wouldn't have had it done. The implication through all the marketing is that errors and post op problems are rare, though now I have done deeper investigation clearly it is not that rare.

Over the last 48 hours I have discovered this website and facebook page and have scared myself to death with the stories on there - i feel for the people involved.

My question is - how should i proceed from here ? Should I request a meeting to explain to me what has happened, or my medical notes from OE in Nottingham ? Should I have the second process or live with being long sighted (which is far worse then being short sighted I must say). Are the risks associated with a second procedure greater than or the same as the first ? If my eyes did 'over heal' how come its exactly the same in both eyes ?

The general thread seems to be people mistrust OE - as do I now, but is there anyone with experience of a second procedure within 6 months ?

Hi, I found this site via the 'OERML' Facebook and wanted to share my experience.

I started treatment nearly three years ago and have had 6 surgeries, 3 on both eyes. I have been left with one highly long sighted right eye and one short sighted left eye. I feel sick without the glasses I now have to wear, cannot play county cricket as my 3D vision has been impaired and was treated dreadfully by staff who simply said I'd 'have to see if my eyes sorted themselves out...'

I've paid £4500 for 6 surgeries, never able to wear contacts again, stuck in glasses, suffer daily headaches and feel depressed as I hate glasses, the reason I started the process in the first place - I wanted to be able to get away from glasses forever! I have been cheated and lied to...

I am in the prime of my life, newly married and I should be happy and feeling confident, but instead I have no confidence due to the glasses - which I was bullied over when I was younger. Not to mention, if I wanted a decent pair of glasses OE told me I would have to pay for them myself. I could only select from the cheap CRAPPY selection which they offer damaged patients.

Not once have they bothered to check whether I am okay, or how my eye sight is. In fact at the last appointment the optometrist just said I'd have to see how I went with the difference between my eyes, even though I told her I was feeling sick and getting headaches, she offered no explanation as to why this might be happening so I got a second opinion from Specsavers who saw me for 40mins and checked everything (OE appt time 14mins - no checking of the eye, or thorough eye test carried out).. Specsavers gave me a prescription for my glasses and managed to spot the astigmatism in both eyes which OE hadn't even mentioned for my prescription.

I have considered taking anti-depressants but this would interfere with my work (i'm a teacher) but I am so unhappy with my vision and having to wear glasses all the time to stop myself from feeling sick. The glasses do help with the headaches but in order to aid with this the glasses have to be large lenses so that I cannot see around them as this makes me feel like I have motion sickness... The whole thing makes me feel like crying.

At every appointment I was told 'it will be fine' and 'this is normal' until the day after my last surgery where they measured my right eye as going from -0.5 to a staggering +2.5.. I have spoken to another surgeon at the local hospital who said this is impossible unless the surgeon miscalculated the laser time! So there are surely grounds for a case just from the last treatment.

Nobody ever told me that I may end up wearing glasses forever, or that my eyes may no longer be able to take contact lenses if the treatment didn't work. They also told me that my eyes were suitable for the procedure, all 6 times! Whereas a friend who is an optician said that the strength of my prescription would put me in the high risk for failure (original prescription -7.5 and -7.0)

I am seeking legal advice.

I would love to speak with someone who is also suffering from severe dry eyes. I find the burning and blurred vision (not to mention the floaters) so difficult to deal with every day. I have tried every drop on the market, and am now taking 100mg of doxycycline and FML steroid drops every day along with heating (using a blephasteam) and massaging the eyelids, and putting lacrilube in at night. Nothing really seems to help! If anyone can offer any support then please do get in touch, Sasha has my details. I struggle every day to deal with the fact that surgeons, who know that such debilitating complications can occur are still willing to put their patient's eyes at risk by offering these procedures! I struggled to wear my contact lenses for more than a couple of hours yet was still given the go ahead to proceed - my eyes were too dry to begin with, this was never going to be a successful outcome! I look forward to speaking to you. Many thanks Debs

After my eyes have regressed to where they were before surgery, but with added side effects and problems, I've been offered free 'enhancement' surgery'!

But I have been told that my current symptoms would be worse than they are plus a lengthy recovery period.

I ma not risking damaging my eyes any further and won't be having their free 'enhancement'! I have sought legal advice and been told I have a good case while OE decide what they are going to do to help me.

I would not recommend this surgery to anyone, safer to stick with your glasses or contact lenses!