My wife and I had ours done about a year ago. My eye sight wasn't too bad (-3.25ish, slight astigmatism), but my wife's were in the 1k range. Without her contacts or glasses, she was legally blind. Now we have nearly perfect vision. I might still have very slight astigmatism, where I have to concentrate to focus at certain distances, and I am covered to go back in and have my eyes redone (lifetime warranty!).
Took about a week of "recovery", which meant no water/ sweat in the eyes,, no rubbing of eyes. Had to wear an eye mask at night. After that, I was cleared to go about as I wanted. My eyes were red from bruising for about 2-3 weeks, which was normal.
Do it, it's a life changer. I used to wake up in the middle of the night to use the restroom and think "Crap, I can see perfectly, I left my contacts on...! Waitaminute...."
Very, very liberating, and I only had mild-moderate nearsightedness!