Having +4.5 & +5.5 I never thought I would be able to have my vision corrected. I also had astigmatism in both eyes.I must say it is just amazing waking up and not having to reach for the glasses. Having worn glasses since I was 3 years old It took a while to stop trying to push the non existing glasses back up my nose. I'm now 47 and had the surgery nearly 18 months ago and have just bought a £10 pair of reading glasses to keep at work for reading
very small text. But this was explained to be before the surgery that in my case and age reading glasses were only a couple of years away.

In my case it took 6-8 months to lose the halos around lights, that is now gone completely. You must remember that it can takes weeks to really settle down to get you final result. Just don't panic. My prescription was quite high so the 1st month was a bit up and down.

I say go for it, the team is very re-assuring and don't give you any unrealistic expectations.