Suing the doctor is not the my point, replacing lost Income at the time that it is needed most is what disability insurance is for.
Refractive surgery as it is marketed today should come with a no fault type of insurance that would allow all parties involved to avoid the pitfalls of the civil court system.
Refractive surgery has the risk of producing an unsatisfactory product for the patient even after a perfectly executed surgery.
That unsatisfactory product is like having a dirty pair of soft contact lenses permanently attached to your eye balls.
One more thing after you sign the informed consent form you have agreed to the principal of "he who consents can not be harmed". The hard and an ugly truth is no one is going to have to fall over themselves to settle with you.
You'll have to get a lawyer who will get half plus expenses and if you're lucky your vision will be such that you will not be able to tell if you're "seeing eye playboy playmate" looks like a recent centerfold or Phyllis Diller.
C&C Vision is about 1 year to 1.5 years away from getting their accomodating Intra Ocular Lens approved for distribution and implantation in the United States. This lens will provide for both good near vision and distance vision. The physicians that have been involved in the FDA study feel that the future of refractive surgery will completely change as a result of this lens. Rather than have the cornea cut on an individual can simply have their natural lenses extracted and the AT-45 IOL implanted in place. This is what is done in cataract surgery and the AT-45 will be used in cataracts surgery the way the Array Mutifocal IOL is. You have other options too such as orthokeratology.
Do a little more investigating.
Thats the same as a no. I had radial keratotomy in 1984 and problems from the start. There is a new procedure that replaces the lens and is reversible.
There is one question to ask of your doctor before you have refractive surgery , would you recommend that I buy disability insurance just in case my surgery is one of the small percentage of refractive surgeries that fail and result in the loss of one's job and income?
If the doctor says yes then at least he is honest and then go by some disability insurance before you sign the informed consent form.
If the doctor says no,then be sure to ask why then let us all know the answer.
Miles
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Suing the doctor is not the my point, replacing lost Income at the time that it is needed most is what disability insurance is for. Refractive surgery as it is marketed today should come with a no fault type of insurance that would allow all parties involved to avoid the pitfalls of the civil court system. Refractive surgery has the risk of producing an unsatisfactory product for the patient even after a perfectly executed surgery. That unsatisfactory product is like having a dirty pair of soft contact lenses permanently attached to your eye balls. One more thing after you sign the informed consent form you have agreed to the principal of "he who consents can not be harmed". The hard and an ugly truth is no one is going to have to fall over themselves to settle with you. You'll have to get a lawyer who will get half plus expenses and if you're lucky your vision will be such that you will not be able to tell if you're "seeing eye playboy playmate" looks like a recent centerfold or Phyllis Diller.
C&C Vision is about 1 year to 1.5 years away from getting their accomodating Intra Ocular Lens approved for distribution and implantation in the United States. This lens will provide for both good near vision and distance vision. The physicians that have been involved in the FDA study feel that the future of refractive surgery will completely change as a result of this lens. Rather than have the cornea cut on an individual can simply have their natural lenses extracted and the AT-45 IOL implanted in place. This is what is done in cataract surgery and the AT-45 will be used in cataracts surgery the way the Array Mutifocal IOL is. You have other options too such as orthokeratology. Do a little more investigating.
Thats the same as a no. I had radial keratotomy in 1984 and problems from the start. There is a new procedure that replaces the lens and is reversible.
There is one question to ask of your doctor before you have refractive surgery , would you recommend that I buy disability insurance just in case my surgery is one of the small percentage of refractive surgeries that fail and result in the loss of one's job and income? If the doctor says yes then at least he is honest and then go by some disability insurance before you sign the informed consent form. If the doctor says no,then be sure to ask why then let us all know the answer. Miles