I had a number of fellow Air Force members go through lasik procedures back a few years ago when the USAF decided to experiment with it as a way to make more people be eligible for pilot training. (It wasn't the procedure that was experimented on -- it was the effects. Members who go it done were put into either the altitude chamber or the centrifuge before and after surgery). All of the guys I knew really liked the results. BTW, the USAF subsequently approved the procedure, and lots of members, not just pilot candidates, got it done.
My wife had it done commercially a few years ago for about $5K, and I have been less impressed with the results she reported. It cleared up her myopia no problem, and she can now do daylight driving w/o glasses --- but she needs reading glasses for anything close, and I am regularly asked to read things to her (e.g. soup can labels) because she doesn't have her reading glasses handy. I really think she has ended up wearing glasses much more than she used to. She does OK shooting with close range combat accuracy and CHL shooting proficiency. She feels like her vision now (five years later) has deteriorated a bit. I would probably get in trouble for citing her age
but she is well past the point most folks find bifocals and other vision changes are happening. 
Also, she says her night vision is not near as good as it used to be, to the point she goes to great lengths to avoid night driving (as in she either stays home or I drive). She gets significant "starbursts" around lights (this is a known possible side effect) and overall doesn't feel like she sees as well at night.
Overall, most of the people I know who have done it have been relatively happy, but it is not a sure thing. I woujld love to try it myself but am too myopic to get lasik. (I too am a VFD guy and hate the SCBA/mask business) The docs tell me I could do lens replacement (basically cataract surgery without the cateracts) with good result, but that is very expensive ($10K last time I checked) and I just can't see spending that kind of cash with current finances.
Best wishes on your decision.