I had my initial consultation back in December, knowing that my prescription was very likely to be too high for laser surgery (I was about minus 10.5 in both eyes).
I attended the Harley Street clinic in London, and was seen promptly by one of the counsellors, Tanya. (Tanyas great, whenever I called to enquire, she'd recognise my voice and seemed to genuinely care about my concerns). She put me through loads of tests, explaining each one thoroughly and putting my mind at ease. As expected, I wasn't suitable for laser treatment, but I could be considered for Lens implants.
I then spoke to an Ophthalmologist, who confirmed that I was suitable for Phakic lens implants. He was great to the point that, he even pointed out a few things about my eyes that would need to be treated - recommending better contacts for my eyes if I didn't chose to go ahead with surgery etc.
I decided to go ahead with the treatment and booked in for the 7th January. I had a pre-surgery consultation with the surgeon, who went into further detail and did a few more tests - I was really concerned at one point when the surgeon wanted more tests done, as she wasn't happy with one aspect of my left eye. but after repeat tests, she was happy - she was just checking, which I actually found reassuring.
In relation to the srgery itself - your eye is basically paralysed - no pain, no movement,very limited vision. doubled with the sedative, its a breeze. 10 minutes on a table, eye patch on and away you go!
After the first eye, I cant deny, it was quite painful. I seemed to have a lot of pressure in my eye, and like it was full of glass. I took pain killers, went to sleep and woke up 5 hours later to put eye drops in and hey presto, i could see and the pain had gone! The second eye was much the same, only this time, no pain at all.
I went for my follow up appointment with the surgeon the day after the second eye was treated. I had my eye looked at, the lens was perfectly in place and more importantly...I had better than 20/20 vision! 20/10!
Daily, my vision improves. Minor niggles I have disappear, and i wake up with clear vision, go to bed with clear vision, sit in a hot heated room without dry eyes, and no longer worry about losing a lens!
i would defo recommend Optical Express!