Hey Archie. I've had PRK. I do have some advice. First of all, be prepared to spend a couple of days basically blind, and in tremendous pain. Make sure to fill the pain prescriptions they give you, and eat that **** like candy. This ain't no joke. I tried to do it without painkillers. That was dumb of me. To pass the time, I'd suggest getting your hands maybe on several audio books.
My second piece of advice is, when they bring you into the room, and have you stare at that blinking red light, be aware that the procedure is starting. They didn't really even explain this to me. They were like, "Look at the light," and I said, "What happens if I look away from the light? Will it automatically shut down?" And they said, "No, you just won't be able to see as well." And I can see fine, now, but I did look away from the light, almost involuntarily and I do get the dreaded "halo effect" when I see lights at night. I don't mind it so much, I've gotten used to it, but I'm slightly resentful of the fact that before I went in there, they didn't really explain what I was going to experience enough to prepare me.
So take my advice: Focus, concentrate, use all your powers of mind, to focus on that clicking red blinking light -- and do not look away.
Dude, my wife is hot, I don't know what you're talking about. If anything, it's helped me appreciate her beauty more.