Congratulations to all those who post their comments after 24 hours to say their eyesight is perfect - so did I.

However, I had surgery in April and am booked in to have my left eye "done" again as the surgery caused astigmatism in both eyes which makes everything blurred. They reckon my right eye is not so bad but I think it will still need doing again so will wait and see how the left one goes.

It's cost me a fortune in bus & train fares getting from Huddersfield to Leeds on a very regular basis for checkups prior to re-surgery. At last my optometrist is moving to Huddersfield so checkups will be less time consuming.

When they did all the pre-surgery checks weeks ago in Leeds they said they would forward the details to my original sugeon on Manchester and I should get a call within 2 weeks - 3 weeks later I was chasing them and then I was told I had to have ANOTHER checkup in 4 weeks before they would make another booking (nothing had changed).

My optometrist is brilliant - very informative and helpful but the re-booking has been slower than necessary even though I explained it's difficult driving in the dark and I have to squint ay my computer screen 9 hours per day.

As for a 2 to 3 hour appointment - why?? You are in and out in 15 to 20 mins so get real - I think my surgeon had a lunch break when I arrived and then I was rushed out of the recovery room as they needed it for the next person - I was not happy with this.

Anyway, sorry for the rant but be prepared for potential problems. I am happy I had it done but frustrated that it caused unexptected problems which don't seem to be reported on this website.

Good luck to everyone!