Like most people who have relied on either Contact Lenses of Glasses for many years, I have always wanted the freedom of unaided vision that Laser Eye surgery could give me. But like many people I didn't know enough about the procedure and spent several years putting it off due to media reports for disasters from having the procedure.

Well I now 34 and the proud father of 2 wonderful children and a husband to a fantastic wife and I wanted to be able to have the complete freedom from glasses or lenses to enjoy any and all activities but especially swimming with the kids.

I'd seen a advert from Optical Express offering Laser Eye Surgery from £400 per eye and after discussing things with my wife, I'd thought that I'd atleast have a consultation just to see if I could actually have the procedure. I visited the Birmingham branch of Optical Express and 2 hours later I had difficulty seeing (due to drops to dilate pupils) and I was then given the hard sale (£2900) and constantly pushed for a surgery date. I eventually left and it took 8 hours for my vison to return to normal (Never again - Optical Express).

Later that week I stumbled on Accuvision's website and started to read the testimonials and decided to book a consultation.

My consultation was for a Friday afternoon at 4pm and looking back this was the only disappointment with the whole experience, the reason being was that it was extremely busy and sadly the Receptionist forget to book me in, so it wasn't until 30 minutes later when I asked how much longer the wait would be they realised the mistake and promptly whisked me through.

The whole consultation was a much more relaxed experience and at the end I was offered the price of £1900 for Lasik Wavefront for a prescription of -4.5 in both eyes. There was no hard sale and I would have been happily allowed to walk away and never be contacted by Accuvision ever again (what a different world) I asked for a list of available dates to take away with me.

The very next day I phoned and booked the surgery for 2 weeks later.

On the day of the procedure I was apprehensive about the whole thing, but after years of contact lenses and spending the last week wearing my glasses I was definately going ahead. The procedure was over within 5 minutes and as everyone has said is totally painless, it is just totally bizarre!! 2 weeks on I'm still bemused by the whole experience but its been one of the best decisions I've made in my entire 34 years.

I had a check-up yesterday and its been 2 weeks since the surgery and there have been no problems what-so-ever, the hardest thing for the first few nights was trying to keep the eye protectors on whilst sleeping. The day after the surgery I actually drove to the clinic, my vision was that good and I was told it was already 20/20. I was told yesterday that my left eye is 20/20 and my right eye (dominant eye) is slightly better!!!!!!!!

The whole experience has been well worth it and I'd like to thank everyone at Accuvision Solihull for their excellent support. I'd also like to thank my wife for supporting me with and most of all my parents for paying for the surgery, without them this would not have been possible (Thanks mam).

Regards
Steve Bambury