Generous Lisburn Distillery FC skipper Darren Nixon recently surprised his wife Gillian with the birthday present of her lifetime state-of-the-art laser eye surgery with Cathedral Eye Clinic. And now 28-year-old Gillian is urging him to follow suit after being amazed at how her life has been transformed, with near fighter-pilot vision, thanks to the procedure at Belfast’s expert Cathedral Eye Clinic.
Gillian explained: “It was an early birthday present and he was 100 per cent behind it because he knew how annoying it was for me to be wearing uncomfortable contact lenses for so long.”
“It’s something I had dreamed about for years, but I was just too scared to get it done until Darren surprised me and along with a little encouragement from my boss NEIL GORDON, who had a similar sight correction procedure at Cathedral Eye Clinic, I took the plunge!”
“On the day of course I was nervous but the procedure itself was fine, I didn’t feel anything. It’s fantastic – the best thing I’ve ever got done.”
“The technology is simply amazing – I was asked to look at a green light for 40 seconds with each eye and the surgery was complete! Wow!”
Gillian, who lives in Donaghadee, is Pharmacist Manager of the thriving Newtownards’ Gordons Chemists store. She is still marvelling at the difference it has made to her life:
She said: “Beforehand my routine was, I woke up in the morning, it was glasses on, into the shower, out of the shower and contact lenses in.”
“I couldn’t watch TV without contacts, drive or focus properly on my job and hated wearing them – it felt like there was always ‘grit’ in my eyes. Wearing lenses since I was 13 meant my eyes had developed ‘dry eye syndrome’ which is a nasty side-effect of long term lens use.”
“When I got the call to go for treatment I had just returned from two weeks away in the sun and out there, with it being so hot and so dry, I was sunbathing and taking my lenses out during the day, because they were so uncomfortable. It was unbearable actually and nearly ruined my holiday.”
“Now my vision is perfect both close up and far away and it has improved my confidence too – never underestimate what outright freedom from glasses and lenses can do for you.”
“My vision is so clear now and much better than it ever was with glasses or lenses. The expert team of consultants at Cathedral Eye Clinic have restored my sight to a point when I was seven or eight – it’s like watching life through a HD TV – crystal clear, just incredible what can be done!”