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Originally Posted by Rapscallion St Croix

A few months back I began to have some serious floaters in my right eye. I went to my optometrist, whom I found via recommendations on TOTV, and with whom I had been previously satisfied. He examined me and said my eyes were healthy other than a small cataract that needed no attention, but that I needed a new prescription. So, I plunked down the few hundred bucks for new tri-focals plus new golfing glasses. The floaters got worse and I developed a black curtain in the left side of my field of vision. Unhappy with my previous Dr, I called Ocala Eye at Laurel Manor. The technician who interviewed me over the phone was very concerned, but they had no appointments available in the near future. She put me in a triage queue. Within an hour, she called back and told me to come in the next morning and cautioned me not to eat or drink prior to the appointment. The Dr I saw immediately diagnosed me with a giant retinal tear and sent me straight to their retina specialist in Orlando. When he examined me, he sent me straight to the Orlando Regional Medical Center to await emergency surgery which he performed at 4pm. The diagnosis was giant retinal tear due to lattice deterioration, a condition that should have been detected by my optometrist. The retina specialist also told me that I have lattice deterioration in my other eye and that I should have prophylactic procedure on it soon. You can draw your own conclusion, but as for me...I now class optometrists as "eye glass salespeople" and will never use them again unless they are associated with a full service eye car facility. I realize that I have made a sweeping generalization and I am fine with that. Draw you own conclusion, but after seeing how difficult it has been to only have the use of one eye for the last month, I am taking as few chances as possible with my vision. That includes eliminating some previous careless behavior such as leaving my safety goggles hanging on a hook when I am drilling, grinding, etc.
Thank you, Ocala Eye professionals.

OCALA EYE IS THE BEST!
Be very careful about going to any eye-care specialist here in The Villages! I had a bad experience with one of the most popular, and ended up having to go to Ocala Eye Surgery Center to correct the damage. It takes a long time to get in with Ocala Eye, but it's well-worth the wait. Don't take chances with the other one.