If you can afford it then i'd say go for it! Had mine done last Feb with optical express and its been fantastic. No more messing with contacts or having to remember my glasses everywhere I go.

My eyes were -1.75 in both and cost £711 for both eyes to be done! The worse your eyes are the more expensive it becomes i was told. The adverts say from £395 per eye, and luckily I was able to have it at that price, and they gave me a 10% discount as well! You can pay thousands if you want to, but for me the one I had done has been more than adequate. From what I was paying in contact lenses, it will have paid for iteslf in 3 years.

I had the LASEk procedure, and you'll need 3/4 days off work afterwards, but after that you should be alright. The surgery itself took 15 mins at the most! I get dry eyes sometimes in a morning but apart from that i've had no problems.

Ophthalmic sister where I work said she wouldn't go near it. She's still wary of the long term results.

Is it really that bad having to wear glasses?

I think it is, yes. Especially when it rains.

My eyes are far too complicated to have laser treatment. I was really disappointed when I heard that news but life moves on. My heroes Kim Jong Il and David Ruffin wore glasses so spectacle wearers are in good company.

The consultation went well anyway.

It took around 80 minutes, they did an array of eye tests and my prescription was -1.5 and slightly worse in my left eye.

I'm booked in for the procedure on March 24th.

My personal advisor throughout the process is married to a guy called Stephen Lyons, who played for Wakefield and Hull KR back in the 70's. We got talking about it after she noticed my FC scarf

Maybe you could Chris i was -8.00 and -7.75 i now have 20/20 vision.

I was told by quite a few surgeons i couldn't have it done, then one guy in Manchester said it wasn't a problem and i could see why absolute legend perfect eye sight one of the best things ive ever done.