Dilemma with eyeballs

Rise and shiney shine! :)

Yer I know, it's early. Besides, what can you even say?

Ok if you tell him to pay without legal counsel you going to look like a blackmailer, and might even be used against you. If he pays you hush money and anything goes wrong down the road from your eye problem it's your ball as they say plus you'll in no way get as much as you would going through a lawyer.

I can't afford to retain a lawyer. Contingency lawyers won't touch a case like this even though proofs are in a row.
Thanks for your suggestion though. I thought "blackmail" is better than the nothing justice. Plus smashing his face with a rock is illegal too :)

Malpractice lawyers work for part of the settlement not the pay up front by the hour type, that's if you have a winnable case.

Start first with the state's medical licensing board. Each state has a procedure for reporting complaints, follow it to the letter. Be succinct and precise in writing. In addition, the guy probably has professional boards as well (such as AMA, whatever is normal for ophthalmologist or whatever) and those too, have means for the public to lodge complaints.

You can start a civil suit on your own, if you are going for damages. Usually it is just the cost of filing to get started.

As far as finding an attorney to assist, many states have a (pro bono) listing of those willing to donate their time to help others. Find it. What you really need is to determine whether there is a *true* case of medical malpractice.

Good luck!

love and light my dear friend

Get an attorney and sue the hell out of him.

You might be surprised and find one who will take it. Not to go into details on here, but a friend had a crazy similar situation and she found a lawyer, who represented her for a bit more of the prize and won. Keep knocking on doors and be persistent. I had to have a small eye op and my eyesight seems to be getting worse- sorry to hear you had a stupid doctor, truly. I did recently read of some new op that is supposed to bring eyesight back to an unreal 20/20. Search it and see, maybe you're a candidate for it.

Wise words ^^^^^

Huh? Aren't they one and the same with contingency lawyers, you know having made many calls not one of them accepts cases like this.

The thought that brought me to "blackmail" idea is my son's security.
Plus, truth is fucking truth..this has been an Orwellian 12 months.
Plus, laws in most states is only 100gs plus maybe another 20 in this state. At the end, even if (when) I become blind probably the best obtainable comp would be maybe 50gs which is slightly better than nothing..even with the the magnitude of what's ahead for me to deal with.

you've been watching to much Law and Order.

in the real world, lawyers work for money (up front).

Thank you, 'ol buddy :)

In fact I have plans to do just that. Here it is called D.O.R.A..
Plus, whatever it is they "find" though investigation (all the refs are there) the insurance co will also get word to see how many other people he's done this to.
He wanted to squeeze more "procedures" which other glaucoma specialist said I was wise to resist given the now existent damage from the first one..you wouldn't believe the pressure he put me through.

Now, I thought a civil case can only net 5gs as a ceiling limit.
Do you know different?

Aw..I can feel it washing over me already :) Thank you for the kind thought.

They are going to claim the use of Chinese herbs is causing the problem, not the procedure they performed.

Not saying this is the case, just telling you what to expect if you tell them you are using the herbs.

prepare for a world of hurt im sorry.I was screwed by the system and disabled with nothing at a job.

That "new op" you speak of was what kicked in the glaucoma.
He did it for cataract which was set off by pesticide exposure I had no control of.
He didn't address that.
Didn't even check my pressures (crucial to glaucoma).

Ironically, my vision wasn't bad at all. Most of the time even reading glasses were unnecessary.
But after the procedure you think is so great, he wouldn't even discuss the glaucoma or test results I insisted on.
All he wanted to do was talk about being 20/25 when I never even needed glasses before the procedure.
AFTER the procedure, I need glasses for the first time in my life and had some made but now lights drip, see multiple lights (ie., two stars, a moon made up of irregular slices, it's cloudy, and one eye sees differently from the other.
The other doc(s) said my instincts were spot on not letting him do any more.

Plus he wanted to do a Jag procedure (office) which would have raised my pressures AGAIN, that was before he couldn't wait to get at my other eye.
The guy is a shark and a liar.

Last Edited by DawaSatso on 09/03/2015 09:29 AM

not sure if ur in legal state, but cannabinoids have been used successfully against glaucoma
these guys may be able to advise
[link to newcure.org]

-hemp nutrition (leaf, seed, flowers) is a dietary regime to be reckoned with too (alkaline diets)
bless up man

This is a possibility depending the form. Legal in this state too and very easy to get.

My new doc suggested this too, but I am one of those few who chemically can't handle pot..haven't tried the denatured kind though, what is it, CDC or something?.

The nutrition/diet status is really good, not that I like having a newly empty nest don't have to make meals anymore./
My lad gets care packages of goodies for his freezer though! :)

Thank you for the suggestion, friend!

Wrong. There are MANY lawyers who work on straight contingency. Win the case or get paid nothing. Every damn day. They key to that practice is to only accept cases that are solid slam dunk winners. You don't want to spend a lot of time and money litigating a case that's going to be a loser. So if OP is having trouble it's because he cannot find an attorney that is confident enough in his case.

OP, here are some attorneys that specialize in botched eye surgeries. Even if they aren't in your state, they can likely help you as these highly specialized lawyers typically just team up with a personal injury lawyer in your State and get admitted for the lawsuit pro hac vice, meaning for the one case only:

[link to www.krounerlaw.com]

[link to www.smileylaw.com]

[link to www.abramslaw.com]

[link to www.buckfirelaw.com]

Good luck.

Nah, this has been ongoing a year long before I began going chinese last week, LOL!
The facts have been in, damage done for quite a while.
Plus, there is no way for anyone to find out..not that I have anything to hide.

Did you get a transit consultation ? A astrologer should look at the transits going on , on your day of surgery, he can tell you want went wrong transit wise and house placement and what your future prognosis may be.

You need a consult with a glaucoma specialist. No joke. Glaucoma is nothing to fuck around with. Gather records and build case from there. You can't sue without proof you were a poor surgical candidate and that poor post op care resulted in vision loss. So start documenting...with a doc that actually knows glaucoma.

a YAG laser is to perform an invasive procedure for scar tissue that growns on the implant, and would unlikely have raised eye pressure. No such thing as JAG laser.

You would have to check your state for any specific ceiling limits that are applicable in your case. You can also of course sue for emotional damages along with physical damages. I wish you much success in any endeavor you take or whatever decisions you do make.

You are a realist and straight ahead which is something I love and respect above all else.

I am SO sorry this happened to you AR. Dear man, we have to go on from here forward, there is no other way to manage.
The thing I do resent is being ensnared in an ugly process that might get me nowhere like you experienced.

Love to you, my dear :)

Been to 2 other glaucoma specialists already. The one I'm seeing now cares a lot and I could see his anger.
He requested records and received one sheet of paper (but I brought him the whole package sensing he would not get facts..exactly what happened.he even called the dr, turns out dr #1 even lied to his son about it all).
2 months ago I contacted the State to get forms to file against him to go for investigation.
ATM still gathering info about what I can do to help myself and my son, since the State would just fine him and use it for the state coffers while I languish.

Jag is an office procedure, I asked him about pressures risk because he never volunteered information.
I went through Orwellian hell knowing it was all wrong-o and didn't consent and went for another opinion (total 2).
First one I went in 5 weeks after procedure providing no info to see what he'd come up with. He said, "you could've gotten just glasses", "if you were my patient I'd deal with the glaucoma immediately".

Guy is a shark. He didn't give a fuck.


Last Edited by DawaSatso on 09/03/2015 10:11 AM

Any mud that they can throw on your face will be there in court. So lock your tong. The medical system in this country is pathetic. I had a ear surgery in 1977. The so called specialist that I had a reference from Hospital from, ruined my ear. Out of 3 conduction bones one was totally gone and the 2nd had fragments left. To this day I couldn't do anything legally or medically. I am suffering from it. After the surgery for a whole year my ear was not healing until a good friend referred me to world famous Doctor.

Look into putting drops of dilluted DMSO in your eyes. Use about 25-40$ DMSO with DISTILLED water as the rest.