I had my eyes lasered on Friday (15th) afternoon at the Southampton clinic with Mr Jain. The surgery itself is painless, although you can feel what's going on so I would advise you to say yes to the Valium you're offered before surgery (I also took painkillers)!
I was a little nervous before going into the op room, however when it came to sitting in the chair I was terrified!

The nurses are fantastic - talking you through what is going on and giving you a count down to the finish. I think I must have had a look or sheer terror on my face as the nurse was telling me it would be ok and to stay calm - I have to say though, there was nothing to be scared of. Yes, it was one of the most bizarre experiences of my life and not a nice one, but as I say, it didn't hurt at all and was over in a matter of minutes.

If I said I could see instantly, I would be lying, but the results straight away were amazing! I kinda felt like crying and wanted to give my big old Dad a hug….but not wanting to be a girl about the whole thing I pulled myself together.

Take the darkest pair of sunglasses you have - to say you'll be sensitive to light after surgery is an understatement, think about looking into a torch and that's what it's like.

I got back home about 4pm and went straight to bed for a few hours. When I got back up I found I needed to dim the lights in each room I went in, but I did grow accustomed to the light gradually.
Over Friday evening and Saturday, my vision was ok, but it was a bit up and down until Sunday.

Decided to do a bit of shopping on Sunday with some friends, which probably wasn't my best idea ever! Bright lights, Air-con and cold fresh air were not great. I found myself wearing my sunglasses all the time and constantly stopping to put my drops in. My advice - rest up for as long as you can before going back to work….speaking of which, it's my first day back today!
I didn't come in yesterday as I felt I'd be wasting my time and slowing my recovery - I work in computers and we have bright artificial lighting everywhere! I'm still feeling a bit sensitive to bright lights, but through the day I'm getting used to it.

So, it's now day 4 after surgery and I'm very pleased with the results so far. From being short sighted (-2.75 and -3.50) I'm now very slightly long sighted, however I'm told this will settle down. My left eye is fine, but I have dryness in the right eye - but this is improving everyday and I'm confident it will be gone in a couple of days.

The staff at Southampton are great - it's laid back but at the same time very professional and i felt in safe hands.
David there may be chatting up the female patients - but hey, at least i forgot i was nervous about the Op!

I think I now have prospective clients for Optical Express through friends and family - will have to sort out a commission deal;)