Laser Eye Surgery Discussion Thread

Looking through the posts for cheap contact lenses and spec for my wife (who's run out of lenses and the specs are on their last legs) I've also come across sites for laser eye surgery. As soon as I started looking into it, a couple of colleagues chipped in that they'd had it and my wife got quite excited by the idea.

2 places have it interest free and for £1200 for both eyes:-

http://www.optimax.co.uk
&
http://www.eyeclinicdirect.com/ECDirect/MainSite/about/New_Welcome_Welcome.asp

The wifes booked in for a pre op exam now, so this posts for a couple of things.

Any experiences? (good or bad, although good would be less scarey!)

Let others know that there might be a third way for them.... (not for me as my eyes are still changing and your prescription needs to be stable...)