Glaucoma misdiagnosed after 17 years of Latanoprost treatment!

Looking back, I now wonder if the optometrist who referred me to the glaucoma specialist had some kind of agreement to refer patients. Her name was listed repeatedly on my records as the person making the referral. It would be very interesting to see a total of how many patients she referred to the same specialist. I live in a town with many wealthy residents...but I am definitely not one of the affluent. When I refused to buy any of the expensive, designer frames, I think she realized I would not be one of her regular customers , so why not send me off to her connection/friend? At that time I hadn't experienced dealing with medical "professionals" who were more interested in financial collection than appropriate treatment for patients. Very disappointing. I am now much more skeptical of any and every medical "professional" with whom I must deal.

@deborahkk .... I share your "distrust" of medical practitioners... we were always taught and believed they all had or have our best interests and not the almighty dollar. But I have reason to believe my last Optom. "saw the dollars not the patient." We realize this is a business, of course, but looking back on things that happened, like arriving for appointment and being told: You are seeing a student today, is that ok? Welkl what was I going to say? Then 2 hours of one or two students and the flashing lighgts over and over til they got it right.... etc et.. it's all ading up now. I do believe the majority are honest and care, but like everthing else in life, we come across those who dont....its sorting them out is the problem and over the years have had many caring medical people who helped me a lot and who i trusted and still do... J.