Having grown tired of wearing glasses for some twenty years or more I decided to do some research. After having read practically all that is available on the Internet regarding laser eye surgery. I finally contacted my optometrist for his advice/opinion. Although he was anxious to let me know that he had no affiliation whatsoever with any of the clinics, he was happy to confirm my own conclusion: that Advance VisionCare was probably the best.

I was very impressed from the word go and felt confident nothing could go wrong and fixed a date there and then for the operation to took place without a hitch a week later. The procedure was far less uncomfortable than I expected. I had none of the after effects mentioned here and there (no weepy, sore eyes and no pain) and spent the evening after watching TV (without glasses-Bliss!) I slept very well and the painkillers were unnecessary but I did apply the drops and gel tears regularly (as prescribed) and wore my goggles at night for a week afterwards. 6 weeks on and my vision still fluctuates slightly; for instance, I’ll pick up the paper and never know whether I’ll need my reading glasses or not that particularly day. The vision in my left eye is near perfect; in my right eye I am now slightly short sighted as it was over corrected and I need to go back in for a slight adjustment. Mr Pillai talks very casually about the procedure and I feel it is pretty routine work and have no qualms whatsoever.


So far I was delighted (driving-as reversing round corners etc-has become a lovely experience: wearing hats, a new pleasure and applying eye make up & joy etc, etc!) I have ticked all of Advance VisionCare questionnaire “excellent” boxes. They could not have performed better in all respect. Mr Pillai has an excellent, very friendly and professional team surrounding him and I have no hesitation in recommending all of them to anyone interested.

17th August 2005.

Well, well, well…. I have been home without further ado. 9 weeks on and my right eye have corrected itself of its own accord. My eyesight is pretty good and could even get better apparently. We’ll see…. next appointment is in 4 months time. I am really chuffed.