Optometrist pressured me to see surgeon instead of fitting me for reading glasses. Told me new prescription wouldn't help because I have cataracts. She also said it would be 3 years before insurance would cover surgery because cataracts were not bad enough. Without asking, she wrote an e-mail to the surgeon and would have sent it if she had my phone number. She finally wrote a prescription but never let me look through the lens prescribed. The only explanation I can think of for her behavior is that she has a financial incentive to send this surgeon patients. I am really uncomfortable with what happened and am considering reporting the incident to the state medical board. I see well except for eye strain when I read. She prescribed prism for the reading glasses to eliminate strain. Optician told me eye strain is not related to cataracts. Prism helps eyes converge. I have a one diopter change in my rt eye since June 2005. I plan to see optholmologist about cataracts.
2007-08-12
14:08:04
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