Eyeman1955

I shared many of your same concerns. To complicate matters, I am an practicing eye surgeon in a large southwestern city. Sometimes, too much knowledge is not such a good thing. A couple of things you should know about Ortiz: 1. He is the only Mexican surgeon doing the procedure who is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. This is big. 2. He has probably the most experience in the world. 3. He trained many of the American surgeons who do the procedure, including one of the prominent ones in my city. If anyone was going to be critical of the surgeon, the team, or the facilities, it was going to be me. Let me tell you that Ortiz and his whole group are first rate. You could not do better in the U.S. The worst part about the experience was my migraine headache starting the day before. Otherwise, it was quite simple and tolerable. I am 2 1/2 weeks post-op and all is going well. Go for it and don't look back.

If you don't get satisfaction easily, just send a letter to your credit card company disputing the charge. Don't pay it. Don't get excited. These things happen all the time. You will get it straightened out.