I was unfortunately super busy with work, did not live within walking distance of any optometrist…

… and despite telling multiple friends and family who had had this procedure done before, none of them mentioned anything about it to me, oh and no medical staff anywhere in the entire process between telling me I should have this procedure done, to scheduling that procedure…

…none of them told me that the procedure makes you legally blind for ~1-2 hours either.

I am glad that you knew this was a procedure that required planning for.