Decided to try Advance Visioncare after being unimpressed with initial contact with Boots at Bluewater, and reading the excellent reviews on this site.
Prescription -4.75, -3.50. with -2.25 astigmatism in both eyes. My best-corrected vision with glasses wasn't brilliant, only reading the driving standard line at best. Went for initial consultation on the 30/7/2004, was there for 4 hours, all very thorough to make sure all the results tallied correctly. Advised to have the Wavefront due to having many higher order aberrations that was reducing quality of vision. Corneal thickness slightly above average, which was good. Had complete faith in Mr. Pillar and his support staff throughout. Relaxed quite setting which was nice while having the tests. Booked operation for 17/8/2004. Day of operation quite nervous but the provide Valium tablet helped! The operation went fine taking about 30 minutes in total my Husband watched the entire procedure behind the glass partition. Was given the various aftercare medication and the nurse carefully explained all the details. As I live outside the M25 my Husband & I were entitled to a free overnight stay in a local hotel (very nice I might add). This was great as you don't feel like doing a lot of traveling straight after. That evening had a bit of pain in one eye but the provided painkillers worked a treat. Watched a bit of TV, quite blurry vision at this point. Didn't get watery or itchy eyes at all. Following day went back to the clinic for the 24-hour checkup. Had the protective contact lenses removed, all fine. Eyesight checked and could read the driving standard, which was excellent considering this was by BCV before the op. At home the following week no real problems, no dry/itchy eyes occasional bit of eyestrain. My left eye was slight better than my right, at about a week later my right improved to be better than my left! At the one-week checkup I could read a line below the driving standard that I had never done before. Just had the 6 week checkup and can now read some of the letters two lines below the driving standard now -0.25 in both eyes with virtually no astigmatism. My vision driving at night is better than it’s ever been before. Overall excellent service, my thanks to Mr. Pillai and his staff.