I was -11 in both eyes. Anything more than -6, and Lasik is sketchy at best. Works for some people, not for others, and recovery can be long and frustrating. There are better ways now.

I got the Visian ICL (http://www.visianinfo.com/) a year ago, and it's freaking awesome. Within an hour or two of each surgery, I was 20/10 in one eye and 20/15 in the other. I can't recommend it highly enough to my fellow high myopics. If you have astigmatism, they should have a special astigmatic version soon, too. It was a revelation the first time I rode post-surgery. Even good contacts don't get you the peripheral vision and naturalness that these lenses do. It's worth every single penny I paid, and then some.