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  • Paul

    • Rating 
    • 5.00
    • | Posted on 
    • 15/04/2004
    • Price Paid for Surgery 
    • £ 0.00
    • Treatment Type 
    • N/A
    I can start by saying that, like a lot of other people that end up having their procedure at Accuvision, my eyesight was very poor. -8.5 with around a -3.0 astigmatism. Blind as a bat.
    After extensive research on the internet and in usergroups on the procedural options, the technology, the risks, the clinics and the surgeons and after three whole years of thinking about it, I finally booked an appointment for a consultation with Accuvision.
    I felt the consultation, which was mostly with Vik, was very professional, unrushed and very truthful - he started off by saying that being completely free of glasses or contact lenses may not be a realistic outcome. However, after the tests, which showed that luckily I had above average corneal thickness, Vik said that they could at least aim for that outcome.

    I had been wearing Rigid Gas Permeable Lenses for most of the past 20 years (I am now 38) and so had to wear glasses for a month before the procedure. I finally had the procedure on the 5th of March and I was very very nervous. Less so about the procedure itself and more about the outcome. The procedure is very scary but completely painless. The outcome though is worth absolutely every bit of research that I did and far outweighs the cost. I will be attending my one month check up on Monday and I fully expect to be told that I am 20/20 or maybe just slightly less. It's been that way from about the second day. I have had halo's around bright lights but that was expected with my prescription and is improving day by day. It was never bad enough to impact driving at night.

    I can't recommend to anyone that they should definitely have the procedure as it is very much dependent on your personal circumstances. However, I would say that if you are going to have it done, you should seriously consider Accuvision and at the very least, see them for a consultation, it is free after all.
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