Birmingham (U.K.)?

[Rebecca Petris]

Anyone have a doctor they've been happy for dry eye with in/near Birmingham? Anyone seen any of the folks at Aston U?

Thanks for any feedback

[nadz]

Hi Rebecca,

My hubbie has seen several eye docs in the area since his diagnosis for severe DEZ last year. It's been a mixed bag and continues to be a challenge due to lack of resources and NHS funding. Having been prescribed autologous serum he has been turned down for NHS funding. Privately they want £1,500 every 3 months!!! So, we've gone to the Vissum Inst in Spain to get E-PRP serum thanks to the advice from Sazy and the kind people on this forum. Meanwhile, we're appealing for the NHS funding.

2 empathetic docs I'd recommend are:

Mr Shabbir Mohamed - works in the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and in private practice.
Mr Harpreet Ahluwalia - University Hospitals in Coventry & Warwickshire and private practice.

We're obviously very interested in hearing about anything to help with severe cases and haven't had any contact with Aston uni, which is very close to us.