I took a day off from work yesterday to have LASIK done on both my eyes.  I've been thinking about getting LASIK done for several years now, and finally decided to spring for it after I scratched my latest pair of glasses a couple weeks ago.

The procedure itself was pretty much a breeze.  Some patients were nervous because the "foot pedal" on the LASIK machine had broken that morning, and they had a technician come and replace it.  But I figured that the foot pedal couldn't be that important :)

The worst part of the procedure for me was them actually putting the eyelid speculum on my eyes (the device that prevents you from blinking).  i'm a notorious flincher.  But once that was done everything went really quickly.  There's only actually about 10 seconds of laser work done per eye.  The coolest part of the whole procedure was when they hook up a suction ring to your eye and lift it up a bit while they create the flap.  You lose vision for a couple seconds in that eye, but it is more of an interesting experience than it is a scary one.

I took a nap after the procedure and then listened to some podcasts for a few hours.  I did actually watch American Idol last night (I couldn't stop myself).  This morning my right eye is terrific and my left eye is a bit blurry...  but I had a followu visit to the doc today and he said the left eye will clear up pretty soon.

All in all I would recommend the procedure to anyone.  I was really amazed that immediately after the procedure I could see right away, and several hours later I could see nearly just as well as if I had been wearing my glasses.