When Adoracion Caturan walked into the office of John B. Bello, M.D., she had absolutely no idea what surprise was in store for her. Adoracion, you see, is legally blind, unemployed and like many Americans, uninsured. Her life had taken a turn for the worse, or so she thought.  

Prior to 1996, she was gainfully employed as a bank teller with comprehensive health benefits and working to achieve the American dream, as most of us strive for. While employed, she raised three daughters and a son and put them all through college.

Married for 40 years, Adoracion and her husband struggled to give their family the quality of life that they never had. She worked two jobs to make ends meet, and due to the heavy workload she carried, she was diagnosed with high blood pressure. Her life had taken a turn for the worse, or so she thought. Then real catastrophe struck! At the age of 52, Adoracion suffered a stroke, and began to lose her vision. She lost her job, her insurance, her income and slowly sank into a deep depression.

But Dr. Bello changed Adoration’s life forever, and this time, in a really positive way!

You see, Dr. Bello was chosen to partner with Bausch and Lomb, the manufacturer of the Crystalens®, to offer one of his patients a complimentary Crystalens® surgical procedure, as part of their nationwide campaign “Changing 100 lives in 100 minutes”. Dr. Bello is a board certified ophthalmologist, who has performed more than 10,000 cataract surgeries, and is one of the few practices, in Chicago, credentialed to perform the new Crystalens® procedure.

The great news was that Dr. Bello chose Adoracion to receive the new Crystalens®!

“The Crystalens® has been an extraordinary success, and I wanted to share this wonderful technology with a person who was so deserving and in need. It continues to be personally and professionally rewarding to witness my patients who experience the rediscovery of crisp vision and brilliant detail”.