Cone Health Triad Retina & Diabetic Eye Center

Reviews

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  Tommie Lauer (FANTINESVOICE.COM)

  Sep 25, 2021
  5.0
  Dr Matthews has for the past six years followed me for a retinal mole. The professionalism I have experienced is of the highest order. His knowledge and manner of relating to me as a patient has been precisely what I desire in a physician. I would recommend Dr Matthews without hesitation to anyone needing his services.
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  Scott Hunnicutt

  Mar 31, 2018
  1.0
  Dr. Matthews diagnosed me with diabetic retinopathy in December of 2012. I lost my job a month later because I could not perform tasks due to my eyesight. My father foot the bill for 4 months of laser treatment and eye injections. My last of 7 treatments, costing a total of $2,400 was on April 1, 2013. I remember how the head nurse brandished the 3" needle in front of me while she squirted the excess from the syringe before Dr. Matthews injected it in the soft tissue underneath right eyeball. When Matthews was finished performing the injection, he asked if they hurt me, which it did; leaving me with a black eye. He then remarked that they had just performed the same procedure on a little old lady just before me and it didn't bother her a bit. My followup was on July 1. The 2nd week in June my wife was having back surgery and my stress level was extreme. This caused a hemorhage in my left eye which rendered me blind in what had been my good eye. I decided to wait for the followup. When I went back to Triad Retina oon July 1st, I explained that I had had a hemorhage and it was not getting better, but I had no immediate funds, a which he laughed and said "We let's hope you get better." He offered no alternatives. My left eye took a year to heal, I felt I desparate to try and return to my 25 year career in commercial printing but my sight was lacking. I was at a dead end. My house had been foreclosed, death would have been a good option, but we had children ages of 4 and 8. I contacted Services for the Blind. They sent me to a different Opthamologist who resumed my laser treatments and I got a job. I had a severe panic within 6 months and which caused hemhoraging in my right eye. I was rendered legally blind by my new Opthamologist. He scheduled me for outpatient surgery 3 days later, on a Thursday. They gave me the same injection as Matthews. I never saw that needle which was for an anesthetic so they could replace all the hemmorage, blood filled fluid in my eye with clear fluid. The next day I went for a checkup, they removed my eyepatch and I could see an eye chart, pretty far down on the chart. I am indebted Services for the Blind and not Dr. Matthews. My advice is to not go there. Unless you want to be treated like unfortunate livestock.
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  Charles Bowman

  Aug 20, 2015
  5.0
  Brilliant doctor, friendly assistants, normal weight times

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