cataract

‘I’m happy’ is an understatement. My life is completely changed!

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‘I’m happy’ is an understatement. My life is completely changed! When you start wearing glasses at 8 years old, you get really used to dealing with vision problems by the time you turn 48. Mrs. Miller’s vision just got worse and worse after her 8th birthday. She was put into soft contact lenses, then had…

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It’s your turn for laser cataract surgery. Who do you choose? A patient’s letter to us.

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We get feedback from our patients, but some of our favorites come from our friends. Bob Watson, the owner of Patient Education Concepts, could have gone to over 8,000 ophthalmologists when it came time to have his femtosecond laser cataract surgery.  He came to us. Read his touching letter below and learn about having cataract…

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“The world is a much brighter place now” – Laser Cataract Patient shares her surgery experience

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On August 6th, 2015, Ms. Janet had her second Laser Cataract Surgery with Dr. Slade.She had waited a long 3 months since May for eye number 2 as she had eye number 1 (her left eye) done on May 27th this year.Before surgery, she had bad distance vision and did not drive at night anymore…

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There should be a reward at the end…I don’t ask for much, just NO GLASSES! A Laser Cataract Surgery Experience

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Ms. Boswell was being seen by her ophthalmologist when he noticed she had some irregular corneal issues and he sent her to Dr. Slade’s office to potentially be a part of a study.  Luckily when Ms. Boswell arrived at our office, she found she was not suffering from a corneal disease, but was experiencing vision…

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The Importance of Bedside Manner

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“If I had another eye to give you I would!” Ms. Nancy Hamner saw her regular eye doctor every year in the beautiful Woodlands, Texas. As the mother of an optometrist, her vision was always something she considered and took good care of.  She started to notice she couldn’t see street signs the same, but…

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“The World wasn’t bright anymore and I’m used to the world being bright” – a Life changed by Laser Cataract Surgery

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You would be surprised at how many patients who have been diagnosed with a cataract stop driving at night completely. Or even scarier, the number of them that try to drive by taking back roads or just drive extremely slowly on main roads. For Ms. Judy Jackson, she took the safer road, although she didn’t…

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The Importance of “caring and expertise” during Laser Cataract Surgery – a Patient Experience

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We can explain how important it is to have a surgeon who cares about your outcomes, we can also explain to you as a patient what it feels like to have the proper support from office staff during a surgery or procedure that can truly affect your vision such as laser cataract surgery. However, our…

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“Even my son’s face looked different”: Laser Cataract Life Altering Surgery with Dr. Stephen Slade & Dr. Rick Baker

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As Dr. Baker summed it all up, “Wow. Some days are better than others.” There are patient stories about surgery and then there are stories that bring you to tears and change your day.  This is one of those.  He brought tears to our own doctors eyes the day after his surgery. He brought tears…

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LASER CATARACT SURGERY – A Patient’s Perspective

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We all know that we usually do not provide reviews for restaurants, doctors’ offices, stores, etc. unless we are unhappy or had a bad experience.  So you know when someone takes the time to write about you, it’s because it must’ve been great! Last night we were left an amazing review by an amazing patient. …

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Dr. Stephen Slade to present at the 2014 ASCRS Congress in Boston

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Slade & Baker Vision’s very own Dr. Stephen Slade has been chosen to lecture about various new, cutting edge topics in the Eye World at the 2014 American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Congress that takes place in Boston this weekend – April 25-29! Dr. Slade is asked to speak all over the…

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