It wasn't a disaster but could have been better. Prior to the surgery, we had a target myopia of -0.75 Dioptres for the eye but they missed and it came out as -1.25 after surgery. I really thought they could have got it more accurately than that. When I raised the issue before the surgery, Mark's assistant proposed to measure my eye a second time and, to get the most accurate measurement, she told me not to wear a contact lens in the eye for seven days. I obeyed but, on the day itself, I was told that she didn't need another measurement. That didn't impress me one bit.

So how much is achieving the target a matter of luck versus skill? If I had known that it was so hit and miss, I would have had the surgery done for free at the Eye and Ear Hospital rather than paying for a private surgeon out of my own pocket.

Approximate cost: $3000