I first noticed difficulties with my eye sight approximately 4 and a half years ago and have been attending a variety of opticians since however I seemed unable to find a solution to my poor eye site. I went for a hospital appointment with the NHS 4 years ago following some concerns at the opticians and was advised by the ophthalmologist that I had regular astigmatism and I would need glasses or contacts. Since then I have tried a variety of different contact lenses both soft and rigid however the vision provided was generally worse than my natural vision. I also attended 2 previous laser clinics and was advised I wasn't suitable for regular laser surgery however no further problems were identified. In August of this year, 2010, I decided to see if I was suitable for Laser Surgery one last time and noticed Accuvision through a search on the internet. On attending an appointment in August I was advised by an understanding and very helpful consultant I had a condition called Keratoconus and it was quite far advanced in my left eye. The consultant, Mr Nick Dash, explained the condition in detail and advised I would need some form of treatment. He described a new procedure, Collagen Cross Linking with Laser, which can stop the degeneration of the condition and the consequential decrease in quality of vision. The consultant suggested I took some time to consider my decision in regards to the surgery. I just had my left eye operated on yesterday and the surgery, although a strange experience, was painless and the surgery team were all very kind and answered all the questions I had during the procedure. Since I left yesterday I have suffered little if any pain and after attending for the follow up appointment have been advised that I'm healing well and the surgery has gone really well. I have to say that for me there was little choice in relation to whether to allow my eye sight to significantly worsen or have the CCL procedure to stop and hopefully improve my vision; I'm glad I made that decision and can't wait to get my right eye done. So far I'm very pleased with Accuvision.