I had bi-lateral Lasik on 16th January 2003, so one year on, what's the verdict? I have said this before, for me it was the best money I have ever spent. The whole experience is a bit scary and you defiantly worry about the what if's, bearing in mind at least you can see, be it with glasses or contacts. The surgery is totally painless, the aftercare is a real pain, constantly applying the different eye drops, which I did religiously, the hardest thing is booking it and going through with it. The initial results are out of this world, 5 hours after surgery I was watching TV and covering one eye then the other to check out things that would have only been blurred before, however there were some worrying moments, I tried to read a paper the day after surgery and I couldn't read the print, I would have been happy to have to wear reading glasses instead of everyday vision glasses, however this improved over the next couple of days. Starbursts especially from oncoming car headlights at night was my biggest concern, however this improved over a couple of months, now I not sure if it normal because I can't remember what car lights looked like before, but it's not a problem but does take time to improve. Now I can't remember what it was like to wear glasses and contacts, it's given me real freedom. I also have some friends that have had the same results as me, we used Optimax at Finchley Road and Dr Patel.

I don't expect I will write to this site again, mainly because there's nothing more to say, I DON'T WEAR GLASSES.