[DannyCox]

I had it done back in '97 or '98 (when it was still close to $2000. per eye!). I had extremely bad eye site, with a severe astigmatism in my right eye. The surgery corrected everything. I did see "halo's" around lights at night for close to 6 months, which I was informed about prior. But that was just a very slight annoyance that I quickly got used to, and barely even noticed when it was finally gone.

The Ophthalmologist did tell me that due to my age, the procedure wouldn't be permanent, and that when my eye site started to go, it would go quickly. He was right! About a year ago, I noticed diminishing clearness, and I am at the point where I should get glasses, but being the procrastinator I am, I still haven't.

I'm at a point where I need to decide whether to do the procedure again, or just go back to glasses. I wore glasses since I was 13, and because of the astigmatism, I couldn't wear contact lenses until 1990, when they finally developed the technology to handle the astigmatism. I love the freedom of being "corrective lenses free", as I can see when I'm swimming, and don't have that annoying problem of glasses fogging up when I'm skiing or sailing. I also no longer needed a diving mask with a corrective lens (very, very expensive) for SCUBA diving.