It’s fair to say that I’m very pleased by the end result. The actual surgery was far worse in expectation that reality, I didn’t use the supplied pain killers once post surgery, and finally was back to work in 2 weeks as normal. Vision is now slightly better than 20:20, and I recommend the process thoroughly. On one point – the ‘flap’ technique rather than the alternate process I went through – again, I can only say very happy with the result and with vision at or near that provided by my previous contact lenses after c.2 weeks, it suited me fine in terms of recovery time.

I am still in the first few weeks after my surgery and as Dr Ionides rightly informed me before the procedure one day is different than the other. Sometimes I feel like my vision is perfect and the next day I feel like it is still not there yet. I know that I will need to wait 3-4 months until after my surgery for my vision to be perfect. But this procedure has already had so much of a positive impact on my overall perception of my surroundings that I could never have imagined. I think that only people who have been wearing glasses since childhood and have this treatment can really get this feeling.