They gave me an eye drop and two injections. The rest I don't remember.
I went with the cutting. It was an additional $1600/eye for the laser, ad the added stigmatism benefit of the laser wasn't needed (at this time).
When I had surgery on my arm a few years ago the anesthesiologist gave me a shot in my neck and that's all I remember except a moment or two under the lights. The story is, according to my wife, that the doc told her that the anesthesia was very strong and he's heard it all while using it. Trying to "one-up" the stories, supposedly I told him that I had a bomb in my butt. Thank God he didn't believe me.