As Riddler says, it definately can get worse. Though it seems relatively rare. As you go through the process you will be told roughly 3 million times that the surgery will most likely make you need reading glasses earlier than you would have had you not had the surgery.

I had it two months ago, I was 20/100 in worst eye. I'm seeing better than 20/20 now (wavier signed last week--sweet!) but I can definately tell I'll be needed reading glasses at some point. Very small print takes a little effort, never needed that before the surgery.

There were three of us in my office that got it the same time, two of us are 20/20 or better. The third guy....his eyes definately improved over what he had but he's still hanging around 20/40 or so. When they say it can take up to 6 months to stabilize I guess they know what they're talking about.

Definately talk to a military flight doc before getting the surgery. I know people that got PRK before coming in, and they were obviously able to pass the physical. But I recall extremely painful wavier processes. I would also point out, there is a very small but very real risk the surgery won't work well and you'll permanely lose any chance you had of flying in the military. I had to decide I was willing to risk never flying again before I signed the papers. I have a lot of friends who hate their glasses/contacts, but aren't willing to take the chance. PRK/Lasik can seem like a miracle, but there's no guarentees with it.

Riddler--good luck, sorry it's not working so great. Hopefully it'll stablize at a better level.