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23/04/03 INITIAL CONSULTATION WITH DR MADHU. MY APPT WAS AT 16.35 I WAS SEEN AT 17.45 APPROX. HAVING HAD TESTS DONE BY THE ASSISTANT. OBVIOUSLY THE END OF A LONG DAY FOR DR MADHU BUT HE SEEMED TO GIVE FAIRLY UNDERSTANDABLE EXPLANATIONS (COMMUNICATED NO WORSE THAN ANY OTHER CONSULTANT, BUT THEN I'M USED TO DOCTORS) HE ALSO CAME UP WITH THE SAME RESULT AS ULTRALASE I HAD TO HAVE LASEK.
29.04.03 OPERATION DAY
MY APPT WAS FOR 14.00 BUT I HAD A PHONECALL FROM OPTIMAX COULD I COME IN FOR 0900? I LIVE 56 MILES AWAY SO I SAID I'D BE THERE ASAP. GOT THERE AT 10.15 WENT INTO SURGERY AT JUST GONE 12.00! (THESE GUYS LIKE TO KEEP A GAL WAITING) SURGERY ITSELF WAS FINE I WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED BEING TALKED THROUGH IT BUT DUE TO EXTENSIVE READING I PRETTY MUCH KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING.TO BE HONEST I'VE HAD MUCH WORSE TIMES A THE DENTIST. DR MADHU SEEMED MUCH HAPPIER IN SURGERY THAN AT MY FIRST VISIT. AFTER SURGERY I HAD THE BANDAGE LENSES PUT IN DROPS GIVEN AND I WAS AWAY. MY HUSBAND WAS AMAZED I COULD READ THE CLOCK IN THE STREET (NORMALLY I WOULD HAVE SAID... WHAT CLOCK!) AFTER I GOT BACK TO THE CAR THE PAIN STARTED SO I TOK THE PAINKILLERS THEY GAVE PUT MY SUNGLASSESS ON I STARTED THE LONG 11/2 HR JOURNEY BACK HOME. IT WAS SUNNY THE SUNGLASSESS WEREN'T ENOUGH SO I SPENT THE ENTIRE JOURNEY UNDER MY COAT. AT HOME I FOUND A VERY DARK ROOM AND STAYED THERE. NEXT DAY I STAYED MOSTLY IN MY DARK ROOM AGAIN, I COULD SEE BUT MY EYES DIDN'T LIKE TO BE OPEN FOR LONG. DAY 3 STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WOKE UP WITH A PAIN IN ONE SPOT OF MY LEFT EYE FELT LIKE THE LENS WAS RUCKLED I TOOK PAINKILLERS AND USED LOADS OF REFRESH DROPS AND WENT BACK TO SLEEP. WHEN I WOKE THE PAIN HAD GONE BUT MY VISION IN THE LEFT EYE WAS CLOUDY AND MY EYELID WAS SWOLLEN AND RED. RANG LIVERPOOL CLINIC AND WAS TOLD BY THE RECEPTIONIST THE DRS WEREN'T THERE AND THE LASER ASSISTANT HAD GONE TOO.SHE SUGGESTED I CONTINUE WITH THE REFRESH DROPS. AN HOUR OR SO LATER I WAS WORRIED SO I RANG THE GENERAL OPTIMAX NUMBER AND EXPLAINED MY PROBLEM SHE GAVE ME THE NUMBER FOR MANCHESTER OPTIMAX. I SPOKE TO THER ASSISTANT WHO ASKED THEIR LASER ASSISTANT AND CAME BACK WITH THE SAME ADVICE. GRADUALLY OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO THE INFLAMMATION WENT.
3.5.03 WENT TO HAVE BANDAGE LENSES REMOVED BY LADY DR AT LIVERPOOL (DON'T KNOW HER NAME) VERY RELIEVED TO GET LENSES OUT AS UNCOMFORTABLE MY LEFT EYE HAD AN UNHEALED PATCH WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR THE CLOUDY VISION. MORE DROPS AND SEE NEXT WEEK. DR WAS KIND SLIGHTLY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. APPT WAS AT 0900 GOT THERE 10 MINS EARLY CLINIC STILL SHUT! OPENED 09.10 RCEPTIONIST RUNNING LATE.SEEN BY DR AT 10.00 WRITTEN COMPLAINT ABOUT ALL THE WAITING AT VARIOUS APPT HANDED IN.
1O.O5.03 BACK AGAIN SAME DR CORNEA NOW FULLY HEALED VISION STILL BLURRED WHEN LOOKING AT EYE CHART THE LETTERS LOOK LIKE JAPANESE WRITING DUE TO BLURRING AND DOUBLE VISION IN MY LEFT EYE.MY RIGHT EYE WAS PERFECT 6/6 VISION THANKFULLYSO I COULD DRIVE GO TO WORK AND GENRALLY MANAGE OK I CAN'T READ FOR LONG OR WATCH TV OR COMPUTOR MONITORS FOR TOO LONG THIS STATE OF AFFAIRS IS STILL ONGOING I WENT TO SEE THEM AGAIN YESTERDAY 31.05.03 SAW LADY DR EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE BUT I CAN'T READ THE EYE CHART TOO WELL WITH MY LEFT EYE SHE GOT DR MADHU TO LOOK WHO DIDN'T SEEM TO BELIEVE WHAT I COULD AND COULDN'T SEE LIKE I'D MAKE IT UP! SO I CONTNUE WITH THE STEROID DROPS I'VE BEENTAKING FOR THE LAST 3 WKS AND PLAY THE WAITING GAME APPARENTLY ITS ALL TO DO WITH THE HEALING OF THE CORNEA AND THE CORRECTION WAS FINE WHICH WOULD EXPLAIN WHY I COULD SEE WELL INITIALLY. DR MADHU TALKED OF MORE SURGERY BUT SAYS IT'S EARLY DAYS YET. MY BIGGEST SINGLE PEICE OF ADVICE IS DO NOT HAVE BOTH EYES DONE TOGETHER IF THIS HAD HAPPEND TO BOTH MY EYES IT WOULD HAVE SEVERELY RESTRICTED MY LIFE NO DRIVING, WORKING READING, WATCHING TV YOU ALWAYS THINK I WON'T HAPPEN TO YOU DR MADHU HIMSELF SAID TO ME YESTERDAY HE HAD ONLY SEEN ONE OTHER CASE LIKE MINE - IT DIDN'T HELP. I AM SO VERY LUCKY TO HAVE 6/6 VISION IN MY RIGHT EYE IT WAS MORE THAN I EXPECTED WITH MY DEGREE OF MYOPIA I WOULD LIKE BETTER VISION IN MY LEFT BUT IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN I THINK I WILL MANAGE OK. FELL FREE TO EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT TO ASK ANYMORE I'M VERY SORRY THIS ACCOUNT IS SO LONG BUT I WANTED TO TELL MY STORY AS IT IS GOOD AND BAD.