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I can't read small print.

I have to use a magnifying glass to see. It's like somebody's flashing bright lights in my eyes.

There's times when my eye will burn and hurt so bad that I wish I didn't have an eye

there to hurt.

73-year-old Louise Hickman had an obstruction in her left eye, a cataract maybe.

Louise said she had to tilt her head and read the newspaper at an angle.

So Louise Hickman went to the Gabrielle Eye Institute, closest to her house in South Bend,

Indiana.

Dr. Gabriel told her she needed an eye lift procedure to fix her issue. Louise was skeptical but trusted the opinion

of the respected ophthalmologist and agreed to the surgery. When she returned the next day

for a follow-up visit, Dr. Gabrielle analyzed his handiwork

and delivered the bad news.

Louise, something is wrong, he told her. We're going to have to do it again.

So Louise Hickman had a second surgery, which also proved ineffective.

In fact, Louise described to Dr. Gabrielle how her condition had actually worsened.

Now she had double vision, which prevented her from reading any small print without a

magnifying glass.

She was also seeing flashing lights on occasion, and she could no longer cry out of her left eye because of a film that

developed around it that she constantly had to clear. Dr. Gabrielle recommended that Louise

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