Mine was ten years ago. I echo the comments about it being some of the best money I ever spent. I was pretty nearsighted and had bad astigmatism. The gas-permeable contacts I tried were too irritating no matter how I tried to ease into wearing them, and the weighted soft lenses didn't work. Glasses suck when trying to play sports, eat soup, or be vain.
The day after I had it, I went to my optometrist and after he looked at my eyes with his instruments, he said he couldn't even tell anything had been done to them. He was amazed. It didn't even look to him like I'd had the surgery. I had 20/20 vision in both eyes for years, and no astigmatism. If anyone hasn't mentioned this yet, do expect that your eyes will continue to change after you have Lasik. It corrects for your vision at the time of the surgery, but it can't stop time. Ten years later, now I'm at the point where I'm slightly nearsighted again, but don't need corrective lenses yet most of the time. I just need the lowest strength readers for close-up vision. I only just started using readers this year, so I had almost ten years of perfect vision.
Other notes: the actual surgery was freaky. That's the only word I have for it. They use little doodads to hold your eyes open. My providers talked to me during the procedure, telling me things like: I would now have very blurry vision, now please look at the red light, now make sure to keep looking in the same direction, and now your vision will go black for about 45 seconds, but don't worry, it's expected. It was freaky. And I wasn't given any Valium or anything.
Four hours later I was allowed to take off the bandages, and for the first time since I was eight years old, I could see perfectly without any corrective lenses. It was amazing. All I used was Tylenol, too. It was a breeze.
I was given safety goggles to wear the first night to guard against any inadvertent bumps to the head during healing. It seemed unlikely, but I wore them anyway, just in case. Am I glad I did. My then-husband, who was normally a calm sleeper, somehow managed to clock me right in between my eyes during the night with his elbow. Wham! That never happened any other night of our 20-year relationship. So if they give you goggles to wear, I recommend it.
Good luck, and enjoy the results! The quality of life improvement is fantastic.