I had been deliberating over whether to have the surgery for quite a few years and finally decided this year to make that extra special effort to save. I looked around on the internet for advice and inspiration as to where to go and I was recommended Accuvision by a friend of a friend who had her treatment in October 2004. She raved about everything to do with Accuvision so I decided to make the effort and call them.

I had my initial consultation with Vik on 30/9. This lasted approx an hour and was extremely thorough. Vik was brilliant too keeping me informed of everything he was doing and why! As I had really made up my mind before going for the consultation I was put off at all and delighted when Vik told me that they could do it. I booked my treatment day before leaving.

Treatment was done on 17/10 by Mr Rostron. Everything about the day was professional, friendly and informative. They didn't do anything without telling me. It was a bit scary and uncomfortable but is done so quickly that before you realise it you are back in the waiting room for a rest before getting checked and then ready to leave. Worst part of the day was being in the car for an hour and half and not being able to open my eyes.

I had to keep my eyes closed for the rest of the day. I used a sleeping mask to help - I found this quite easy because my eyes didn't really want to be open anyway. The stinging lasted about an hour and grittiness about 5 hours but the eyedrops helped. I haven't experienced any halos or fuzziness at night and results so far is 15/20 vision from being shortsighted at -2.50.

The one thing a really hated about the whole experience was wearing the aweful plastic shields over my eyes at night. During my sleep I would try to remove them, sometimes successful but other nights I would wake up fighting with them to get them off. I was so glad one week on when Vik told me I could stop using them.

Everyone at Accuvision from the Receptionists, the the person who made my appointments for me, to Vik and Mr Rostron and team in the treatment room have been brilliant. There is nothing negative I can say about the whole experience (except those eye shields !!)

Thank you