I HAD WORN GLASSES FROM THE AGE OF 12, I HATED WEARING THEM. IN ADULT LIFE I BECAME A SOCIAL MOTORBIKE RIDER WHICH WAS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT WITH WEARING GLASSES, IT WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WEARING A HELMET AND TRYING TO KEEP MY GLASSES ON STRAIGHT. I STARTED WEARING CONTACT LENSES BUT WITH MY TRADE AS AN ELECTRICIAN I FOUND THIS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE DUSTY ENVIRONMENT. AFTER YEARS OF PUTTING UP WITH EITHER GLASSES OR CONTACT LENSES I DECIDED TO LOOK INTO LASER EYE SURGERY. I ENQUIRED AT OPTIMAX AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO OFFER ME LASER SURGERY BUT OFFERED PERMANENT IMPLANTABLE CONTACT LENSES BECAUSE OF MY PRESCRIPTION, WHICH WAS +4 AND +4.25 WITH ASTIGMATISM. I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE IMPLANTS BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS I WAS HAVING WITH NORMAL CONTACT LENSES. I THEN APPROACHED ULTRALASE WHO ADVISED ME TO HAVE A CONSULTATION. I ATTENDED AND HAD AN EYE EXAMINATION AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT DO LASER EYE SURGERY AS I WOULD LOSE THE ABILITY TO READ A LINE ON THE EYE CHART. AFTER BEING REFUSED I WAS DEVISTATED.
A FEW MONTHS LATER I WAS WORKING IN SOLIHULL ON THE NEW ACCUVISION CLINIC, WHERE I MET NICK AND MIKE WHO ARE DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY. I TOLD THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY WITH THE OTHER COMPANIES AND THEY WERE NOT SUPRISED. THEY WERE VERY REASSURING AND EXPLAINED ABOUT THE NEW STYLE LASERS THAT THEY USED, WHICH MEANT THAT THEY COULD DO HIGHER PRESCRIPTIONS AND ASTIGMATISMS.
I ARRANGED THEN TO HAVE A CONSULTATION AND HAD A VERY THOROUGH EYE EXAMINATION WHERE I FOUND OUT MY EYES WERE ACTUALLY +4 AND +5 WITH ASTIGMATISM, I EXPECTED AFTER FINDING THIS OUT THAT THEY LIKE THE OTHER COMPANIES WOULD REFUSE TO DO THE PROCEDURE BUT IN FACT THE OPPOSITE WAS TRUE. I WAS REASSURED THAT THEY COULD INFACT DO THE PROCEDURE AND GIVE ME BACK 20/20 VISION.
I HAD THE PROCEDURE DONE IN OCTOBER 2004, WHRE I ADMIT I WAS VERY NERVOUS BUT THE STAFF WERE BRILLIANT. THEY WERE TOTALLY PROFFESSIONAL AND VERY CARING TO EVERYONE INCLUDING MYSELF THAT HAD THE PROCEDURE DONE THAT DAY.
AFTER HAVING THE PROCEDURE THEIR AFTERCARE IS EXCELLENT, I HAD VARIOUS CHECK UPS AT ROUTINE INTERVALS. MY VISION IS STILL BEING MONITORED, I NOW HAVE 20/20 VISION WITH SOME GOOD DAYS AND SOME BAD DAYS, BUT I AM REASSURED THAT MY EYES DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF MY OLD PRESCRIPTION CAN TAKE UP TO SIX MONTHS TO SETTLE DOWN.
IT IS BRILLIANT AT LAST NOT TO HAVE TO RELY ON GLASSES OR LENSES I CAN DO MY TRADE WITH NO WORRIES NOW AND CAN AT LAST RIDE MY MOTORCYCLE WITHOUT THE INCONVENIENCE OF GLASSES.
I NOW FEEL IT HAS BEEN A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE FOR ME I CAN SEE THINGS CLEARLY THAT I NEVER COULD WITH GLASSES/LENSES.
THE SOLIHULL CLINIC HAVE BEEN BRILLIANT I WOULD RECCOMEND THEM TO ANYONE LOOKING AT HAVING CORRECTIVE EYE SURGERY.