Hey girlfriend ... from my understanding ... if you have to wear reading glasses (or the bifocal mode in your contacts) you will still need to wear reading glasses ... the surgery (at least so far) doesn't correct that.

I've know several people who have had the surgery .... all but one of them have loved the results ... the one who didn't (one of my sister's) had to go back for one of her eyes for it to be corrected - not once, but twice - and still couldn't get it fully fixed .. something about the shape of her eye made it impossible to fully fix ... still ... she said she would do it all over again in a heartbeat, like you she's been wearing glasses or contacts since she was in grade school and was horribly near-sighted ... even not getting the one eye fully corrected, still has left her with great vision, something she had never known without glasses/contacts.

On a sidenote .... one of those questions from a game show I've always remembered had to do with the fact that most of us get more farsighted as we get into our 40's and it tends to continue (not a huge change for the most part - but something) .... glad you've benefited a bit from that!