Just last week, I took a friend to Dr Mattingly. He said her eyes have been changing every year since she has been seeing her back in the late 90's. But, there appears to be a problem.
She has said she can not see well even with the glasses prescribed just last year. Then after further questioning, she indicated she has not seen well for a long time. And she said that her prescription changes each year and requires new glasses. So I asked to see her past prescriptions.
Each prescription was different. But not progressively worse as one would expect with progressive eye problems. For those of you with astigmatism, the Axis reading changed along with other readings which would show back and forth between her eyes getting better, then reversing to getting worse. Not what you would expect.
Time for a second opinion!
Went today for the second opinion. She explained her vision as everyone does and then continued with the exam. He photographed the inside of her eyes, continued with all the normal tests, read her glasses to see the prescription as made by the manufacturer and then proceeded with her prescription exam. Here are the results.
1. Concern about the varied prior to present prescriptions.
2. Current prescription from 4 days ago is wrong.
3. Current glasses from a year ago do not match the prescription from when they were prescribed.
4. Bifocals were prescribed at the wrong strength.
5. The axis for the astigmatism was wrong resulting in blurred vision even with the glasses.
While a lot of this sound to be a responsibility of the patient, let me ask
a simple question. If you put your trust in a doctor for twenty years, you would expect that doctor to provide you with the best possible care?
Well. I believe that doctor has provided his best.
Unfortunately, his "best" isn't good enough.
Now the reason for this review. As we told his nurses the problem she was experiencing, they said that a lot of his patient complain about the same thing. After the exam, the changes did not relate to what she expressed. There appears to be a systemic problem here. read more