At my evaluation, my right eye had 20/20 vision as noted by the optometrist who performed a YAG capsulotomy on that eye the same day. During the surgery, I sensed things weren’t going well based on the optometrist’s body language and reactions, but did not say anything because my optometrist was a “doctor” with nearly 25 years of experience. I trusted her to perform the surgery, which was explained as being a quick, in-office procedure.
I went home with a patch on my eye, which is not typical, and the next day, when I removed the patch as instructed, I saw a large black area in the center of my vision. I went back to the same optometrist and was told that I had to see a retina specialist, who diagnosed damage to the macula, the center of my retina. I was told that my condition was untreatable and permanent.
My vision was now 20/500 in the right eye that had been 20/20 days before, and my central vision from that eye is permanently gone.
Subsequently, I had cataract surgery on my left eye and things went well for four months until I unfortunately suffered a retinal detachment in my left eye to go along with the permanently poor vision in my right eye. I underwent surgery to repair the retinal detachment, but unfortunately, I now have 20/400 vision in my left eye, leaving me legally blind in both eyes.
