From about the age of 8 my eyes began getting worse, I could not see the black board at school which did hold me back as i kept my poor sight a secret. I hated wearing glasses and used contact lenses from the age of 20 but after 20 years later and thousands of pounds spent on lenses and cleaning fluid I took the plunge for laser eye treatment..... It was like a miracle having not been able to see for over 40 years, overnight I could see long distance perfect. My reading vision did suffer a little, but this I was told was to be expected and was a small sacrifice to be able to drive, swim and not to pick up any more ugly women.... perfect!! May be soon they will have the technology to fix long and short sighted in one treatment.... I won't call it an operation as I was only in the chair for 10 minutes, was easier than a trip to the dentist..... I just wish I had done it earlier, 5 years on since my treatment and all's fab.