Laser eye surgery - six month check-up

I had my laser eye surgery with Ultralase in July 2007, and my six month check-up last Thursday. You may notice that's over six months and that's because I forgot to book my appointment until I got a reminder letter and then I couldn't do most of the available appointment times. Anyway, it's done and my eyes have recovered perfectly.

My appointment was at 8.45pm (how convenient that they offer appointments this late!) and I was in and out in a matter of minutes. My boyfriend hadn't even taken his coat off as I came back out into the waiting room.

All that happened was the optometrist asked me how my eyes were. I said they were a bit tired as it was the end of the day, but otherwise good. He then looked at my eyes under the microscope and said they were fine, I did some sight reading tests (bottom line every time - mistook an F for a P but otherwise spot on) and then he sat back, looked at me and said, "If that's what they're like at the end of the day when you're tired, you must be able to see around corners most of the time!"

So what happens now? I have to go to any optician a year after my surgery to check the health of my eyes and then every two years after that - which is recommended for everyone whether they need vision correction or not. I have a letter from Ultralase to show the optician what I've had done because some of my pressure readings will be artifically low. Visiting the optician regularly was the only criteria I need to fulfill for my lifetime re-treatment guarantee.

Interestingly, when making my appointment with Ultralase recently, I noticed on their website that they now only do Lasik with Intralase (that's when the laser cuts the flap on the cornea as opposed to a microkeratome, the hand-held cutting device). They say this is due to an improvement in safety and results. I can certainly vouch for how good the results are for Ultralasik plus Intralase! It may cost more but my goodness it has worked perfectly for me and the recovery time was incredible - I was at driving standard straight after surgery (except I couldn't keep my eyes open as they were watering so much!)