Am now more than 8 full days in to surgery and regret having gone in for it. In my last post I wrote it was early days, and no doubt they will tell me it still is but it feels that there has been no improvement in the left eye since immediately after the surgery. Everything is a struggle and extremely tiring.

I was told the morning after surgery (Saturday) I should expect a rapid improvement and expect to be back at work by Monday. More than a week later I cannot - as a result of the uncorrected left eye which is still very blurry everything is imbalanced and I have been suffering from severe migraines.

The surgeon had explained that he would not re operate due to thin corneas before surgery, I was not however told of the chances that re operation would be necessary.

At the rate things are going with no sign of improvement I am left in limbo unable to live my life. The Optimax guys don't really listen and seem to think this is perfectly normal and acceptable. I hope very much that I am wrong but after having gone in for a treatment that seemed to signal full vision and return to work within days I am left having had to take 5.5 days annual leave, waste several thousand pounds, a lot of severe headaches and inability to see properly for what looks like an unlimited amount of time.

There is sign up on the wall of the Croydon clinic where I met a patient with an identical issue. The sign issues a warning that abuse from patients will not be tolerated. You wonder why in a private clinic they would need a sign like that? Now I understand why.