After having my surgery at Accuvision on 25th April thought it was about time I posted a note on how I am getting on.

After wearing glasses since aged 6 and full-time since age 19 (apart from few years with contacts) it is wonderful not to reach for my specs in the morning. I am very very happy with my "new eyes".

I went to 3 consultatations - Ultralase, Accuvison and Optical Express. I also liked being seen by one person (Joan) who was very informative and answered all my many questions that day and the days leading up to surgery. I rang her a number of times before coming to my decision and the all round experience made me choose Accuvision.

As I am 46 I knew that I would still need reading glasses after surgery which I was quite happy with and Joan confirmed this.

I was extremely nervous of the procedure but Brett Halliday and his team were great and it was all over very quickly. I could see wonderfully straight away and it was hard to keep my eyes closed on the journey home as I could see so well!! I did have a couple of sore days due to a slight allergic reaction to the tear drops given to me the next day but this was soon sorted. Had a check up last Friday and my left eye was 20/20 (in fact I could read the bottom line so I think it was even better). My right eye which was - 4.25 was - 0.25. This eye is a little lazy (and even with my glasses it wasn't great and they told me before surgery that this eye would only be as good as it was with my glasses). This is the reason I didn't go for mono vision. Joan explained this all to me and we decided the best option for me would be to go for best distance. It is still very early days -both eyes are healing really well and they told me my right eye will hopefully get a little better.
It is quite normal for vision to fluctuate at this time.

I have another check up at the end of June and will update my comments then.

Anyway just wanted to say thank you to my new "laser" friends whose advice and support in the past few weeks have been invaluable and, of course, thank you to the Accuvision team for making it all possible. I am very pleased that I decided to have my surgery at Accuvision.