I was referred to Dr. Y Umesh once I expressed interest in getting a femto lasik. On our first meeting, he ****** tried to convince me to go for PRK based on my reports, stating that it is the best suited procedure for mI was referred to Dr. Y Umesh once I expressed interest in getting a femto lasik. On our first meeting, he ****** tried to convince me to go for PRK based on my reports, stating that it is the best suited procedure for me, and what in hindsight seems to be his favourite maxim “No pain, no gain”, as the archaic procedure results in soreness of eyes for almost a week and requires at least a couple of months for complete recovery of vision, with the advantage that you need not get a corneal flap created. When I insisted on going for femto-lasik based on personal concerns, he quickly got irritated and dismissed me saying that both the procedures can be ‘legally recommended’ by him, and in the end, it was my choice. But he seemed visibly upset, and also somewhat wary, which made me uneasy as well.
In every conversation we had hence, he was brash and unapologetically rude, and did not even eschew from taunting me to not choose his recommendation even minutes before the procedure. He did not as much as meet my parents who were accompanying me that day, let alone brief them about the procedure and address their concerns. Going on with the procedure, I was still scared of him performing it on me, but having seen good reviews on the internet for him, I convinced myself that only his behaviour is unprofessional, not his practices. Ignoring his irritated tone of voice even when under the knife (symbolic), I tried to follow his the best I could. After a few minutes, It was a great relief to hear him say the right eye was successfully operated on. He is a professional afterall, I thought. Little had I anticipated what was to follow. Midway through the left eye, he announced that, and I quote “my nose is tilted and is obstructing the equipment”. Now no one who has ever seen me can say there is any visible deformity my nose has. If, in case, their lasik equipment is sensitive even to such invisible defects, should it not be a prerequisite for them to check for them, especially when the result of not doing so could be complications during the procedure? In any case, he told me he would need to re-adjust the equipment due to this ‘flaw’ of mine, and continued to bickering about my nose till the procedure ended. For me, at least for that time, all this meant was just a lot more pressure on my eye, a lot more of anesthesia being dropped in my eye, and an ever more irritated voice in the background, with the frequent interlude of the helpers rushing for things more hastily than before. Somehow, the procedure was completed, and the words my ears were yearning for, “both eyes were operated on successfully” were uttered.
Once out of the operating room, I was told to follow him. I introduced him to my parents waiting outside, to whom he gave no respect, or even a proper addressing for that matter. He told them everything went fine with a little complication in my left eye while still walking, and the three of us following. He stopped to say that I better sleep the day off and meet him the next day before handing us over to a nurse and waltzing off. On retiring to my room, I saw that while both my eyes are red and watery, my left eye has deep red blood clots all over. I was terrified and panic-struck, but in the state I was left in, had no choice but to wait for the next day.
The next morning, after the staff diligently tested me and produced a report of my successfully corrected vision error, when we met Dr.Umesh, he had little to say in his dismissive tone, except that due to my crooked nose, the left eye has suffered a bit, and that everything else seemed fine. His thirty second interaction was as curt as one between a victim and a culprit, with me of course being the culprit.***** * ** *** **** ** ** ** * **** ** * **** ******** ******* *** ******* ** **** ** * ***** **** ** ********** **** ****** ** *** ********** ********** *** ******** ************** *** ** ******** ********* ***** ** ******** **** ********** ** ***** *** but given my overall experience, I would definitely NOT recommend Dr.Umesh *** * ************ Having read my ordeal above, if you still think wise to go ahead with him as your doctor, may God be with you.
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