I had laser surgery yesterday (17th March) and I must say, so far, so good. Whilst having your eyes clamped open obviously isn't enjoyable, I found the whole experience to be surreal rather than painful. In a way, it's a bit like a bungy jump - you have make a leap of faith in order to go ahead and put your life in someone else's hands in order to make get through it all.

The whole thing was very quick, the actual procedure only took about 20 minutes. The staff were all good, the nurse was reassuring and told me what to expect (minus the gory details), the surgeon took time to make sure all my questions are answered beforehand and I was sure I wanted to go ahead (in fact I felt like I was convincing him).

I found out at my check up today that I have 20:20 vision. My eyesight is a little hazy, but that is to be expected and having spoken with/emailed several people, this is normal and my eyesight is expected to improve.

I found the diary of Steve Mercer (see 'links' above) very helpful and feel he has described the process well (but not for the squeamish).