Satpak -- yep, they told me about the Vit. C. I've been getting at least that much every day. Thanks for confirming that this is all normal.

Nextlife -- got it done at Travis. I'm up at Beale so it was a short drive down there. Travis puts a ton of people through every week so they get lots of practice. If you pick there, you could setup your pre-op appt for Thursday morning, tour Thursday afternoon, and have the surgery the following Monday. That's there standard schedule. I'd say your eye Dr. is correct on just paying for the airfare/lodging. You'll get convalescent leave for the procedure so won't cost you any which is nice.

After the Monday Surgery, you return Tue and Friday for followup appointments. After that, all can be done back at your home base.

Good luck with it. They have tons of opening so the process can be as fast as you want. The only thing that takes a few days is getting Wright Patterson to sign off on your approval. I doubt you'll have any problem with that.