Intro--Statement of Cyclopean Purpose

When I decided to get laser corrective surgery, there were really only 2 choices-- LASIK, the 800 lb gorilla, and PRK, the latest evolution of the original method, RK; this is now mainly considered a second option. I chose PRK b/c I think I am willing to suffer through a little more pain up front than have to worry about loosening (or losing!!!) my LASIK flap at some point later in life b/c of eye trauma. You can research the pros and cons of each methodology on many other websites. After I decided on PRK, I did a fair amount of research on the WEB looking over people's experiences in PRK recovery. Most of these bloggers elected to have both eyes corrected via PRK on the same day.
Insert short rant by AC:
Some eye shops apparently don't "offer" a choice to do one eye at a time. They often "recommend" you do both. Hey, it's your eyes: ASK!! Since you are being charged on a per-eye basis, having to do 2 follow-ups, 2 surgeries, etc., shouldn't be an issue for the doctors' office. If they are a simple "chop shop" that wants to get you finished (and billed) ASAP, go somewhere else. They don't care about you, so return the favor rather than carry a regret later.
End rant by AC.
I decided to do one at a time. There are several reasons that I chose this path. The cool pirate patch was not one of them.
1. I hate being functionally disabled for any reason for any length of time.
2. I'm doing this elective surgery to rid myself of the dysfunctional support of contacts and glasses for this reason--being incapacitated for a weekend defeats the purpose.
3. I have a wife and a child and I can't be out of commission. If, God forbid, something happened that required that I drive to the ER at 12 AM, I need to be able to function. This is something that I'm doing by choice, so I choose to not impinge on other people's mercies and schedules where not required.
4. I don't have a week of vacation time to use. And if I did have excess vacation time, I still wouldn't burn it sitting in bed with cold compresses on my eyes.
5. I am 40. If I waiting this long to do something about this, then I can wait another 3 weeks to get the second eye done.

Most of the PRK blogs that I read seem to fall into a bell curve where eye functionality is pretty good after 3 weeks of recovery. My gamble here is that I will be well enough after 3 weeks that I can get the opposite eye corrected and the original target of surgery will be strong enough to "get 'er done." We will find out together if this works.