WAVEFRONT LASEK
BLUEWATER OPTICAL EXPRESS
SURGEON MR RODNEY BLUMENFIELD
-3.50 in both eyes
Originally I was booked in for lasik wavefront and intralase after being told this was the best treatment for me. As you can imagine I was pretty annoyed when I turned up and was told that I was unsuitable for lasik, having booked a week off work. The surgeon explained because of the career I'm going to start soon(police) and my age(20) lasik was not a good choice. Why didn't the optometrist tell me this? He told me he was happy to do lasek and told me to go and research it. After looking into it I have to say I was pleased I didn't have lasik because of the whole flap issue. Two weeks later I arrived for surgery at 3 and started the waiting game. At 5 the ball finally started rolling and I saw the surgeon for a quick check over. Half an hour later i went in for surgery. The worst part of surgery was the clamp put to hold your eyes open, but even that wasn't too bad. MR Blumenfield was an excellent surgeon who I cannot recommend highly enough. I got out of the operating chair and could see better straight away! I felt fine and thought to myself this is a piece of cake. I had no problems with light walking through Bluewater and no pain. HAHAHAHAHA an hour later my eyes felt like they were on fire. In went the pain killer drops and things got better. Next day I went back for a check up this was horrible because I was in alot of pain, Bluewater shopping center is full of people and the thing you want to be doing is dodging kids! However I was seen to pretty quickly and everything was fine. Day 3 I had lenses out and told I was driving standard already which was nice. But was alot of waiting again and the optometrist didn't know I was waiting even though I'd checked in! A week later and my vision is improving each day, my eyes are dry but also improving each day. I cant speak highly enough of the procedure or my surgeon. It is painful but not unbearable. Make sure you have a radio and some audio books because you get very bored. Also sunglasses are a must. I'm currently trying to get £600 back from optical express because I originally paid for intralase. The manager was definitely going to phone me yesterday to sort it out, but didn't! Also through out the whole process I have had a bit of attitude from the desk staff but most were helpful. I think if they improved there customer service they would get a much better reputation. Saying that I've got my sight back so thank you optical express.