Cystoid Macular Edema, The Help I Didn't Get

To recap , my situation was that Dr Porter told me I had to have cataract surgery, I in turn asked him if he had experience with RP and if there were any problems with having the surgery with RP, he told me he had RP patients ( now I know that is doubtful ) and told me there were never any complications ( now I know that RP patients are high risk ) So I thought I had no choice and I had the surgery, the vision in my " good " eye went from 20/40 to 20/100 plus. The head of Downing Mcpeak Vision Center , Dr Downing then asked that I come in and let him see if he could " fix " my vision, ( he fixed it alright, he talked me into another procedure that caused even more of the CME )

After Downing telling me he would help me and didn't, I have now found out that he could have, there were several things that he could have done, evidently they were more interested in covering their , you know whats . I posted once about how he could have done an implant called Retisert, ( Guess he would rather have left me blind than to have put out the money for that since it would have been about 50,000) I have also now found out that for people who do not respond to the steroid and nsaid drops , system steroids are helpful, of course I wasn't offered that either which should not be that expensive, guess my eyesight to them also isn't worth a few bucks. Several things that could have been done, including repositioning or replacing the IOL, which needed to be done anyway since the wrong powered lens was implanted into my eye by Dr Porter.
On top of being upset that I am still losing vision because of the dastardly deeds, I am also disappointed in the inhumanity of people who are supposed to be in the profession of helping people and yet only seem to be helping themselves!!
That is why we, as a society, must all work together to stop these greedy, uncaring and reckless doctors! We can start by reporting bad doctors to state medical boards, we can write our representatives and demand better health care, and we can make sure they are not cheating the insurance and medicare systems like so many of them seem to be, report them when you know they are billing for services not done, or upcoding , or performing unwarranted procedures etc, you can do this directly, or you can do it by filing a Qui Tam suit with a lawyer, if you file a Qui Tam suit , you will be entitled to a percentage of those fraudulently acquired funds, often large amounts, and be a patriotic hero!!

I am a Downing McPeak vision center disaster

Don't let this happen to you!!!!!

Routine eye exam ruined my vision!

Before you ever let a doctor perform any laser , operation or almost anything, get a second opinion, and if you have any, any , special circumstances at all, see a specialist in that field!!! Double check every word , every procedure, look up the procedure, look up the doctors record.

I went in to see a Dr. Porter for a routine exam, after being talked into an operation that I shouldn't have had, I have ended up with my right eye vision going from a 20/40 -20/50 to worse than a 20/100 !!!!!!!! And left with a condition that very well make continue to make my vision worse!!!!

Always question your doctor about everything, although I thought I had asked the right questions, and to this day , I believe that he misled me, I should have questioned even more, never take it for granted that your doctor is putting your best interest above his wallet.
I have been told that it cannot be reversed, tried to clear up the complications from the surgery, couldn't.
A tech that performs tests on the machine that is supposed to tell what strength lens to implant, told me that they most likely did not set the machine for my condition, leaving me with the wrong strength lens, which is like having a permanent pair of glasses on that you can't take off, but is the wrong prescription, and cannot be replaced with the correct prescription.


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