>>> My old eyes can't watch video on even an iPad, though, without missing a *lot* of detail. Not a bit satisfying. That 68% must be mostly kids, with their 20/20 vision.
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>> I'm 70, and have had cataract surgery, and am about 20/20 to 20/25.
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> At 72, I've yet to cross that Rubicon. It's coming, I suppose. Time to see the opth. Stuff to beware of?
It is very benign surgery.
The actual procedure takes less than 30 minutes in an outpatient facility.
You feel next to nothing.
Don't try to go for fancy types of intraocular lenses (focusable, or astigmatism-correcting).
If you are farsighted, and wear glasses for reading, request a lens strength that will let you see distance without glasses.
If you are near-sighted, and wear glasses for distance, request a lens strength that will let you see close without glasses.
In other words, stick with the situation you are already used to.
After the first eye is done, you will be amazed at how much dimmer the OTHER eye now seems. And how yellow.
The cloudy lens is emulsified in place and sucked out of the capsule in which it sits. The intraocular lens is then placed on the posterior part of that capsule. That posterior capsule usually gets cloudy afterwards, although how fast and how significantly varies a lot.
The treatment for that cloudiness is a one-time session in the office, zapping a few holes in the posterior capsule with a YAG laser. Painless, takes about 5 minutes (mostly set-up).
The first eye I had done needed the YAG laser treatment maybe 6 months later. The second eye has not needed it in well over a year.
Thanks very much for that. Is there likely to be pain, scratchiness, or other discomfort, immediately or down the road?
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