Well I have now received my epi-lasik treatment at the Glasgow Optimax clinic and I can see even better now, than when I wore my glasses and that's 18 days on since the procedure and I was about minus 3.50 in each eye. I was treated by Doctor Anwar who speaks to you and reassures you through the whole procedure. On the day, I wasn't nervous until I was called into the treatment room. I was asked to wear a surgical cap to keep my hair off my eyes and then went into the room to sign the last of the consent forms. I then laid down on a bed, which was pushed under the laser. The worst bit about the procedure was having the eyelids kept open with a kind of clip, as your natural reaction is to close your eyelids. You are aware of what is going on througout the procedure, but once the eyedrops are placed in your eyes you don't feel a thing. You are aware of having something wiped over your eye. You have to stare at a red light, which turns out to be the actual laser, and keep very still. By this stage I was quite anxious and did keep rigidly still but Doctor Anwar keeps hold of your head and the laser would stop and reset if you did move your head or eye. You are very aware of the staff counting the 45 seconds or so when the laser is on and you do smell something similar to burning hair, I tried to hold my breath but it didn't work. Once one eye was treated, this was taped closed and a bandage put over it and then the same procedure on the next eye. I was a bit more scared at this stage as you know what to expect even though it's not sore it's daunting. Once this eye was finished I had a clear plastic shield taped to this eye so I could still see a bit. I was quite shaky once the procedure had finished, probably just tension and nerves. I was taken out of the treatment room into a smaller room and given a glass of water. Then went back to the reception area and asked to wait until I felt ok to walk out. I was given some ibuprofen to take while in the clinic and other medication to take home. I was guided and then driven home by my husband - which is imperative, as my vision blurred completely after about half an hour and my eye naturally closed over. You do not want any light in your eyes, so I took a hooded top and a towel and placed those over my head until I got home. All I wanted to do was sit alone in my bedroom in the dark - forget about watching tv for at least 2 days. The sedatives don't help you sleep so I suggest taking herbal sleeping tablets instead and take paracetemol on top of the ibuprofen, as you get a severe stinging sensation and my eyes constantly steamed water for 2 days, which also blocked my nose. My eye lids closed up completely due to tears streaming, so I needed help finding my toothbrush etc for 2 days. The plastic shield and bandage were removed 24 hours after treatment and this is when you are meant to start putting antibacterial drops in your eyes, which was almost impossible until day 3 as I couldn't open my eyelids. I lost my appetite for 3 days and wanted to sleep a lot. My eyes after day 3 looked ok and a little bloodshot and my eyelids seemed to close more than normal. I was only able to go outside 6 days after and wore dark glasses. I even wore dark glasses in the shower and a shampoo shield I got off a baby website to keep the shampoo off my face when showering, for about 3 days. After 3 days I could see quite clearly in the house, but not very sharply outside, but the end of the 2nd week my vision outside has picked up and I've been for my first check up and my vision is 2 lines better than driving standard on the eye test chart. All in all I'm very pleased with the results, the procedure was ok a bit unpleasant but ok, the first 3 days of recovery are pretty hellish but you soon get over it when you can open your eyelids again and go back to normality without specs or contacts. Oh and I also had 2 weeks off work, due to the Christmas holidays which helped, as I was sure I could not have worked in front of a computer screen during the 1st week of recovery.