Thanks girls. Well my surgery would be $5,400.00 which is more than most places, but it's my eyes and I'm not looking for the cheapy way out. I look at it like, I spend $400 each year per pair of glasses, of which I always have 2 incase I loose or break one, and $450 each year on contacts. In 5 years the surgery will have paid for itself, AND I don't have to worry about finding my glasses every morning, optician appointments x 2 each year which the government now makes us pay for, etc, etc. I know I will need a touch up over the next 15 years at least because my eyes change every year, and it is included in the surgery so I won't have to pay for someone to do it again, if I so wish. I've got overtime at work right now so I'm taking advantage of that and saving up. My understanding is that they freeze your eyes with drops, not needles (yuck!), they offer you valium if you want it. They do surgerys on Thurs and Fri so you can go back to work on Monday. You have to go back the day after the surgery, the week after the surgery, then the next month, 6 months and 1 year after to make sure everything is okay. It's all included in the $5,400, plus all the medication and drops you need, I don't have to purchase them in addition to everything, which some places make you do. I don't know if the states have them, but it's called the Bochner Eye Institute