Dr Porter, after cataract sirgery

After the cataract surgery I had " post op " visits with Dr Porter, I kept telling him that I couldn't see very well, what was going on, he kept assuring me that maybe I had a little swelling etc, not to worry, On the last visit to his office, he finally did admit that I would never get my near vision back ( I hadn't been told that cataract surgery robs you of any vision, only that it was supposed to improve your vision ) , he never did really admit that my distant vision was far worse than it had been, but had the gall to just start talking about wanting to do another procedure on the first eye and set up a date to do the second eye!!!! I asked him was the swelling down, was there any medical reason to have to come back? He said yes, I was fine, and no, no real reason to have to come back other than scheduling the next eye. I told him since he said I was " fine " I would not be coming back, I could not see, and that I sure wasn't letting him touch my other eye. ( unfornuately, he had messed up the eye with the best vision )

I went home and cried, it has been 18 months since I have been to the Downing and McPeak office, and I still can't talk about this or even write it without tearing up, you do not realize how much you value your sight until some doctor takes it, I told you in an earlier post that I loved to read, cook and shop? Not so much anymore, I need a magnifyer to do the simplest things, I can't see the price tags on anything when I am shopping without magnifying it, I can't see a recipe to cook, and what I had loved to do since I was young was to read , mostly fiction, now it takes forever to read a simple book with magnifying glasses and can't read for very long at that because I get headaches and my eyes tire.

How I lost my eye sight

You just decide one day that you are over due to have your eye pressure checked . Simple right? You call the most well known eye care place in town, for me it was Downing and McPeak vision center.
I even asked about which doc would be best since I have a previous eye condition, even though all I wanted was a pressure check up.

Well, it all went down hill from there, the receptionist said she would make me an appointment with a Dr Porter since he also had a medical license.
I kept telling Dr Porter and then his assistant that my near vision is very dear to me as with the RP, I can't drive, so the up close things are the important things to me, I like to read, I like to cook and I to shop.
Of course they waited until after I had my eyes dilated to bring out the forms, forms that I could not now see, take it from me, NEVER sign forms that you cannot see, somehow insurance forms mysteriously turned into forms saying I had seen a video ( I had never seen anyone in the place watching a video during any of my visits )

After being told that I had to have surgery, I asked the " right " questions, did he have experience, patients, with RP, was there any problems with surgery because I had RP, told yes, experience, yes had rp patients, no never a problem,,, course now I found out I was high risk for surgery, should have had extra days pre-op, should have made sure cataract was causing problems and not the rp, should have been told the risks, and on and on,,, but I didn't know then.
Believe me, records can be changed, notes " added" and no records of course ,when they tell you about having experience with a certain problem.
You want the straight truth when you go to see your eye doctor? Take a recorder, betcha they tell it different if they know it is being recorded!!!
Sadly , that is your best protection .