Further to my assessment I made the trip to Shaftsbury Ave for LASIK, or so I thought. They were running nearly 2 hours late (nothing for your companions to do although the staff are very nice and keep you filled up with tea/coffee etc.). When I got to see the surgeon he explained that with my prescription (-2.25) the outcome of either LASIK or PRK would be the same. Being as LASIK carries higher risks of complications with the flap etc. he said he would be doing PRK. I could've cried as I knew PRK was more painful afterwards and has a slower recovery period - right on both counts!! The surgery is a doddle, 10 min's for both eyes. Even the eyelid clamp which concerned me beforehand was no hardship. However, the rest of the day was very painful with a great sensitivity to light for the next 2 days. My vision didn't start to sharpen until 4 days after the surgery and continued to improve since then. On my 1 week check in Norwich I was told I had perfect vision in my left eye and almost perfect in my right with only improvements to look forward to. I'm driving and my night vision is pretty good too. I feel my short-to-long vision (and vice-versa) adjustment is a bit slower than normal but this is also improving. On the whole I'm over the moon with the results and feel that a few hours pain was well worth it. If I needed further treatment I would have gone through with it. Luckily it seems that this is extremely unlikely. I must admit, however, that with this wonderful LASIK there does seem to be a general lack of information on PRK, a loss felt by the few of us that still have it done.