Yesterday I requested my medical records from my eye dr's office. She said the dr. had to sign off
on the release and they won't be ready to pick up till Monday at the earlies.
The doctor did my cataract surgery and I'm still having problems 6 months after the surgery. I followed up with him a couple of weeks ago to discuss the problems. He said everything looked fine and said it was from dry eyes.
I decided to get a second opinion and saw a specialist at Emory a couple of days ago. She thinks there is more to it than dry eyes and wants to see me again in 4 weeks and told me to get the records from the doctor that did the surgery.
Is it normal for it to take 3 days to pick up medical records and the doctor to have to sign off on them before they can be released or is it to CYA? I've only been a patient there since March and seen the doctor maybe 8 times.
Sadly, I don't know if there's anything that can be done to correct the eye at this point. I'm beyond depressed.
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Section of Comprehensive Ophthalmology with clinical areas of interest in Cataract and laser surgery;
Ophthalmic manifestations of systemic disease, including dry eye syndrome.
With her area of speciality she should be able to determine if the problem is solely from dry eyes as the first doctor said. She thinks the problem is partly from dry eye but also from astigmatism that was not corrected with the cataract surgery. I told her I thought the lenses put in did correct for the astigmatism since I specifically remember telling the cataract scheduler that 'sells' the lenses, that based on my research, I wanted the Toric IOL lenses.
When I first went back to the doctor after the surgery I told him I still wasn't seeing well, was still seeing starbursts and the halos were worse than I expected he said I needed the YAG capsulotomy which I had done.
I asked the new doctor what the treatment is since I had the YAG and she was very vague, and said something like 'we don't like to do that.'
Anyway, I'm wondering if the doctor that did the surgery is going through my records with a fine tooth comb, deleting anything that would indicate the wrong lenses were used, a misdiagnosis or an error on his part before releasing them.
I don't know what recourse I have at this point. I don't want to go back to the doctor that did the surgery but I may be looking at thousands of dollars for any possible treatment if there even is one.
Emory is a very large outfit so I have no doubt she will send me to another specialist if needed.
I never in a million years thought I would need cataract surgery at 53. The whole reason for having the cataract surgery was because of my night vision and now it's worse.
It depends on the doctor.
I too have had problems following eye surgery.
My eye doctor made the record’s available to me without any wait. However, when I reviewed the record I found that a lot had been ‘left out’ & the MD who provided me with a second opinion pretty much said the same.
Now I face the possibility of a third eye surgery to fix it but, I’m afraid it will only get worse. My problem is dysplopia at certain distances 😩. I have had to really curtail my driving and can never play tennis or ski again.
I’m glad you can be seen at Emory. I know they are tops.
I hope u get some good help
which is so distressing. Emory has a good reputation.
I don't mean to be ugly and pushy, (I've stayed with a couple of doctors too long and regretted it), but if the relationship and results with her and her office aren't up to your satisfaction, I wouldn't feel bad about getting a second opinion.
There are very good and some inferior physicians as we know, I have three fine ones in my family.
Health is everything; maybe things will get better with her. I hope so for your sake. Take care and let us know how you're doing.
When my regular eye doctor told me I had cataracts I thought 'no way' so I wanted a 2nd opinion. He agreed with the cataract diagnosis and was recommended by several people so I let him do the surgery. I know for a fact the first doctor was going to use the Toric lens. I can't stop beating myself up for that. 
Thank You!