This was the second time I have had the surgery. Although the first few days after surgey were really painfull which I think you need to let more patents know about I had over a week off work to let my eyes rest and I think this made a big difference in my recovery. I found the first few days this time really hard and felt sick and just laid on the bed with my eyes closed. After a few days I felt a lot better could start to watch TV again. After a weeek I was not still not happy to drive so would get the bus and walk round town though I was tied after. Once I went back to work I did have to have lots of breaks as I work on a computer all day but after the first week back was back to normal.