Reviews of Dr. Todd Driver

I was referred to Dr. Driver. I had originally gone to another cataract surgeon, and he had examined my eyes and had determined that I had the most unique eyes he'd ever seen in his practice. And he said, "We need to find someone who won't be afraid to take care of you."

I had quit driving at the advice of all of the doctors along the way. I came in and met Dr. Driver and he looked at everything and he said, "Oh, yes, your eyes are unique, but I got you. I do unique eyes all the time.

These aren't special to me." Because the other doctors, they kind of made me feel as if I was hopeless, and he gave me hope, and I appreciated that the most about Dr. Driver. Quite frankly, before the surgery, when I was sitting in the chair at the doctor's office, I couldn't see the wall, the door, the jamb.

After I had the surgery, came back on Friday morning, and they took the patch off, and I could see the door, the jamb, the little box. Already that was a big improvement for me. When I walked out of the recovery and I could see my husband and my son, I was like, "Hallelujah." And then we got in the car, and as we were driving home, I could see the license plates of the cars in front of me.

I was just overjoyed because I hadn't been able to see any of those things in a very long time. I could see "Pacific Coast Highway." I mean, I could see all the signs of things that I hadn't been able to see, even with my glasses. My vision was 20/30.

And for me, that's a miracle. And honestly the day after my first surgery when I came in, he was as overjoyed as I was, and his staff was. They were all, like, cheering because everybody knew how horrible it had been. So now not only can I wake up every single day, I'm not wearing glasses, I'm not wearing a contact.

I can just see. When I'm watching TV, all the little, tiny words at the bottom of the TV, I can read them. We were never able to watch anything that had captions. So for me, this is life-changing, absolutely life-changing.

We had sparkles put into our concrete a year ago. I'd never seen them. I came in, my husband, I said, "I see sparkles." I can literally just wake up and see.

And so even doing crafts with my granddaughters is so much more enjoyable now because I can truly participate. I play dominoes with my girlfriends, I had quit playing because I couldn't really see what was going on. I'm a voracious reader. I read maybe a book a day if I can I can read my phone.

I can read menus. I don't have to put on readers or anything for that So for me, yes, it's been life-changing. And Dr. Driver was confident he could help me, and I had confidence in him.

But from the very beginning, Dr. Driver was, "Patients like you are why I do what I do, because I know now that I have changed your life," and he did.

After I had the treatment, and the next day it was unbelievable because the fog was gone, the haze was gone. I could see perfectly. The reason I came to OC Eye Associates, I was referred by my primary doctor and this is one that he recommended. And initially, the reason I came was I had cataract.

So the biggest reason that I went to this practice is that I've told it was a good practice for cataracts. And when I met with Dr. Driver, I told Dr. Driver my history on my puckering macula, and I said I couldn't afford to have the same thing happen on my left eye, and if it did, I wouldn't be able to drive.

Initially, what had happened, I had gone in to get a driver's license, and the place there said basically I was legally blind because of the cataract in my left eye and the puckering macula in my right eye. So that's what started the whole thing. It was like I was in a fog all the time. It was hazy, and I could still drive, I could still see street signs, but I had to get up pretty close to see the street signs.

And so my wife started driving until I got the cataract done. The biggest reason I wanted to get it corrected was for golf. I'm a big golfer. I love golfing.

I play four or five times a week. And when I was standing over the ball, it was hard to see the ball just in front of me to hit the ball, and then when I would get on the greens, I couldn't read the greens. I had no idea which way the greens were going. And that's basically the main reason that I wanted the cataract surgery done and make sure that it was done right.

My wife was with me, and we were both really impressed with him. Very professional, and he made me feel at home. And so when he came in, I was concerned that they wouldn't be able to do the cataract, and he made me feel comfortable and so that was the biggest reason to do it, too. Dr.

Driver, initially, I was talking about getting a basic cataract lens, and he was the one that told me that there was a different procedure called the light adjustable lens and that he felt more comfortable if I would get that, that I would have better outcome, long term if I had that procedure. When I went in to see Dr. Driver, he explained the process to me, and I had to go to an outside surgical center, which was Newport Bay Surgical Center, and the people there were outstanding, too. But the actual procedure, I think Dr.

Driver just told me it was, like, two minutes or something, and I don't even remember any. I just remember laying there, and boom, I woke up. Or didn't wake up, he never put me out, but it was great to me, it's like a whole different world. And it's amazing that the day I had the operation, I went home basically and laid in bed and just relaxed, and the next day I could see.

But it's a whole different world. It's something that I'm so happy I did. I can see a ball on the green 350 yards away, and I can see the flag stick 350 yards away, so it's the best thing ever. And as far as driving, I can see all the street signs, and it's really been amazing for me.

I absolutely love it. After the treatment, I have six grandkids, I could see their faces. It's amazing to me too after the treatment. But before the treatment, everyone, their faces were distorted, and it was hard to really see what people looked like.

And after this treatment, it was as clear as I'm sitting here looking at you, and you're as clear as can be, and I'm looking at the other people that are here, and they're as clear as can be. So it's been perfect for me. I would recommend everyone to have Dr. Driver as their eye ophthalmologist.

He's done an outstanding job for me. He's opened up a whole new world for me. I've seen optometrists for years, different ones off and on, and he's by far the best one that I've ever seen.