I had bilateral lasek on Tuesday 18th Nov. The surgery, as expected was tense, but not painful (tense due to natural concerns). Slept most the day, on and off, and was glad I had my sister to stay with. No pain at all though, and I'm a bit of a weed! The most uncomfortable things were the contact lenses as I'm not used to wearing them.

On Friday I went back in to get the lenses taken out and my first sight test....already at driving standard. Things have got better every night. I'm so pleased that I bit the bullet.

I appreciate that my final prsciption will not be known for a couple of months, so fingers crossed.

Dr Doyle came across as very capable, although he did not spend much time dicussing things on my initial consultation. No problem for me as I had done a great deal of research. He did answer a lot of my queries over the e mail prior to the sugery - very helpful. I did not book him through Optimax I went direct through his website, therefore was booked as his private patient. I believe that this gave me the advantage of direct contact for the many questions I had, as mentioned above. It's the same price.

Nobody can make the decision for anyone else, and I would not like to try to influence them, but I personally am thrilled with the results to date.

V