I had the LASEK treatment in September 2005. Initially, the check up before the treatment was straight forward and I was comforted by the optician, Chris at Milton Keynes, who I felt was professional in what he did, even though the administrative staff could do with some improvement, and it was for this reason that I went with Optical Express. The surgeon and his team were great and inspired confidence in what was about to happen. It's not until you sit in the chair and the chair swivels around and you're looking at the laser when you think "holy cow, what am I doing here?". A lot of things run through your mind just before the surgery, but then you have to bite the bullet and take that plunge and just do it. After the procedure, I could see the clock on the wall fairly clearly - 4pm. It only took 15 mins to change my vision. About 5 mins after the procedure, my eyes were streaming with tears and they began to hurt. The best thing I did was to get home, get my husband to put some drops in my eyes, take some pain killers, put the necessary eye protector on and go to sleep. The first 16 hours were really tough. But then after that it got a lot easier. I had 98% good vision within 2 weeks of surgery. Exactly 3 months after the surgery, I had my check up and the optician couldn't tell that I had eye laser surgery since the cornea had healed very well. The surgery is the best thing I have ever done and would highly recommend it to any one who is considering it. It's changed my life completely - I can see my toes when I'm in the shower, I don't have to worry about glasses steaming up when I open the oven door and it doesn't matter if it rains. 5 months on and I am still grateful to the team that has made this possible and thank my luck stars that I did this. Well worth the pain and the occasional dry eyes.