There was an interesting program on NPR this week about problems with Lasik surgery – the highly-advertised cure for vision problems. The ads on the radio and TV will have you believe there is absolutely no risk and there are no failures.
About ten years ago I met a young woman in Atlanta who had had Lasik on both eyes. She had not only one failure, but failure in both eyes. At age 28 she was nearly blind, had given up her teaching career and was in pain every day. Real pain. Her parents and she told me that they believed the failure rate at that time was about 15%, but you never would have known it from the advertising.
Problems can be reported on the FDA website. Go to http://www.fda.gov/ You can read about Lasik Eye Surgery and get the pros and the cons.
Do you have a problem yourself (or know someone with a problem)? Look on the right side for “Report a Problem.” You’ll have to be rocket scientist to figure out where to go from there!
© 2008 GUS PHILPOTT
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