I had all sorts of fears before hand, just the eek factor of peeling back the eye tissue. I asked my eye doctor, (not the surgeon) about the horror stories and things gone bad. He told me that he rejects about one in three of his patients who request lasik, saying there are very specific criteria that make one a good or bad candidate. He assured me that good screening is the key to success. Extended dry eye, weeks instead of days, was the worst outcome he has had for any of his thousands of patients. Of course you always have to weigh the risks and benefits of something like this. My driving motivation was poor eyesight, not vanity, though I must admit, now that I can finally see them clearly in the mirror, I have beautiful blue eyes:-) I also felt good about the fact that my surgeon, Kerry Assil, is a world reknown leader and innovator in eye surgery. It is definitely one of those things that you cannot possibly imagine the impact it will have on you until you experience it.
