My life as a respected Police officer and my hobbies of fishing, scuba diving, surfing, working out at the gym, bicycling and living my life happily are now over and its been all Doom and Gloom for me and I have even considered suicide but a very close and loving friend has kept me from doing this. I would rather go blind and live in pain and anguish than to not see her again. At least that's what I feel today but I came very close a few different nights.
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Happy LASIK patients may not realize or acknowledge the harm they suffered from LASIK for years; nonetheless, the damage is there. Medical research demonstrates (a) that the LASIK flap never heals and may be accidentally dislodged for the rest of a patient's lifetime...
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Patient satisfaction after LASIK, as measured by unvalidated surveys or questionnaires, is neither scientific nor a reliable indicator of LASIK safety or efficacy. LASIK surgeons report high patient satisfaction even in cases with poor night vision and sight-threatening complications.
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The recent FDA warning to consumers regarding Zicam cold products emphasized the seriousness of loss of smell and its effect on quality of life. But for years, the FDA has ignored the pleadings of patients who needlessly suffered visual impairment by LASIK eye surgery devices.
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Big Tobacco said that drinking one to two glasses of whole milk a day was riskier than second-hand smoke. Big LASIK says that wearing contact lenses is riskier than having LASIK surgery.
Big Tobacco advertised low-tar cigarettes as "the cigarette that takes the FEAR out of smoking." Big LASIK currently advertises blade-free LASIK as the technology that takes the FEAR out of LASIK.
Big Tobacco said that "unhappiness causes cancer." Big LASIK says that patient pre-operative personality factors are to blame for LASIK dissatisfaction.
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LASIK patients are not adequately informed about the frequency of complications such as dry eyes and night vision impairment. Complications may present months or years after seemingly successful LASIK surgery. Read ten good reasons to avoid LASIK surgery.
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Letter to the Editor Dear Sir, we are counsel for Nidek, Inc., which is discussed in your article, dated October 21, 2008, entitled "Class Action Lawsuit Filed for Illegal Use of Nidek Lasers for Lasik." Nidek denies any allegations of supposed wrongdoing on its part as alleged in the complaint and intends to vigorously defend this action, which is almost identical to another action filed by the same attorneys in early 2005 in the California Superior Court for the County...
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September 5th, 2008 Dear Editor, Recently LASIK Newswire reported that a citizen petition was filed with the FDA to ban LASIK. The petition is based on substantial deception in the labeling and an unreasonable and substantial risk of injury. The FDA's own data from LASIK clinical trials is cited. The petition states, "A meta-analysis of Summaries of Safety and Effectiveness for the twelve lasers approved from 1998 through 2004 (exhibit B) found that six months after LASIK, 17.5% of patients...
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