I was originally supposed to get my treatment at Cribbs Causeway by Tom Materman but he was ill so at the last minute I opted to go to Oxford at 8.50am 23/12/09. From the start all the staff made me feel very welcome and at ease. There were a couple of people going in before me and I was quite comforted by them coming out looking quite relaxed and pain-free. I was still very nervous but when I went into the laser room the nurse (sorry I can't remember her name, it might have been Jasmine?) was wonderful, explaining everything and trying to put me at ease. Dr McGraw was extremely professional and came across as very assured and competent. It was all over pretty quickly and I was relieved when it was but it really was not as bad as I had feared. The flap cutting and replacing was definitely the worst part and if I had one less positive comment to make it was that towards the end I could feel more sensation in my left eye, as if the anaesthetic was wearing off. This made me feel very tense. Once I got home I took a couple of paracetamol and tried to snooze. I couldn't have opened my eyes even if I had wanted to at that stage and when I did open them they were stuck together, I opened my eyes and all this stored up liguid ran down my face which gave me a gross out moment. But as the day wore on it got easier. My left eye seems to not have healed quite as well as my right and the following day, my right eye feels absolutely perfect, my left eye still feels a little bruised/gritty - but even so I can see very well through both eyes. I think the left eye will be ok in the end and I am taking the drops and following the rules religiously! I am about to go to Cribbs to get my check up, I am hoping that the results will be positive. The novelty of waking up and being able to see - well I can't imagine it wearing off any time soon. I can't than Dr McGraw and the team at Optical Express enough and would highly recommend them and getting the LASIK Wavefront with Intralase as I am sure this is what has given me such a good result and relatively fast healing. If anything else occurs I will update my review. FYI my prescription before was -3.50/-3.25, but when measured by the equipment was more like -3.15/-3.00.