Surgeon: Rodney Blumenfeld
Location: Shaftsbury Avenue, London

I would like to thank you all for the reviews I have read on this site.

Like all of us, I read up and had thoughts of who is the best company and surgeon... we are talking about our eyes at the end of the day!

Anyway, after reading about Rodney Blumenfeld I decided to have surgery with Optical Express. The staff were great and made me feel at ease about the surgery and answered all my questions.

During my initial consultation they wasn't happy as my eye prescription changed when having the general eye test and that of the wavefront test. They asked me to return in a weeks time, which I did. They said I would have to have LATEK and not LATIK as my corneas measured 4.25 on one occassion and 4.54 on the other.

Today I went for the LATEK Surgery and Rodney Blumenfeld said that I wasn't suitable and wouldn't go ahead as if he did my corneas they would be to thin and the affects could leave me with a worse sight than I have now.

A few years back opticians never measured the cornea and those with thin corneas have had problems since, even to point of having surgery to replace the corneas.

Well, I know I picked the right surgeon and he said some companies may go ahead and that is my decision. He sat me down and answered any questions I had and explaind why he decided not to go ahead. He thought about ME and my sight.

I said to Rodney Blumenfeld that I would like contact lenses and glasses and would they be able to see me now? Rodney went downstairs personally and I was seen to straight away. The Manager for the Glasses department and Shelly looked after me to make sure I was happy with the right glasses even though the shop as busy. The nurse came down to see if I was OK again, the consultant saw me straight away for a contact lense fitting.

I still have to wear glasses/contacts and I am disappointed, but it could have been worse if he went ahead. I could have had the surgery at another company and they could have gone ahead and not told me or measured my corneas. So, was I happy YES ... I am just unfortunate not to have surgery, but was definately right in making the decision with the surgeon. It's my eyesight at the end of the day!

I don't want to put anyone off as read great reviews at the surgery in their customer comments book and how it changed peoples lives.

Thank you to Rodney Blumenfeld and everyone at Shaftsbury Avenue.

P.S. They gave me a discount on my glasses too due to the time I had spent going for consultations, which I see as for my benefit.