I imagine that vision surgery would be one of the more terrifying surgeries to have to go through.  I could not imagine having a knife slicing my eye while I was still awake and staring right back up at the knife.  I do not care how many painkillers or other drugs they would have me on, I do not think that I would be capable of sitting still through the surgery.  I understand that it is one of the least complicated surgeries, but I really do enjoy my vision and the ability to use it.  As an aspiring artist, my vision is something I rely on greatly.  You do not usually hear about many blind artists, although I suppose there was one very famous deaf composer.  I also understand that there are probably a thousand other surgeries that are more complicated and more terrifying than having eye surgery.  I could not imagine having to go through heart surgery, or spinal surgery, or something even worse that I do not even want to have to think about.  That whole Kevin Everett story and the incredible medical procedures that saved his life really are an uplifting story, but I cannot imagine having to go through anything like that.