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Originally Posted by Maynard
I've had mine done and can't say enough good things about it - improved my vision both clarity and they put in corrective lenses so now I have good vision w/o glasses. They told me that almost everybody has to go back to get the remnant sheath 'zapped' afterwards, nothing to worry about (I think this is that YAG mentioned earlier?) - did that w/ me and it took about 10 minutes, just a new and different lightshow.
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Had cataract surgery in both eyes (left middle of October, the right middle of November) back in 2020.
For replacement lenses to replace the organic lenses removed I opted for the standard lenses with distance correction.
Both surgeries went well.
But was a bit nauseous from the anesthetic after the 1st surgery. Second time just before surgery I was given something to counter the nausea and I was given less anesthetic. First surgery I was out. Don't recall a thing. But I was "awake" during the 2nd surgery but all I remember is a bright light and the doctor telling me to turn my head slightly once or twice.
No complications. Both eyes recovered in nearly no time.
Distance vision was superb.
For near vision I tried off the shelf reading glasses for a while but it was a pain having to put them on then take them off. Decided better just to have glasses that gave me reading correction yet didn't mess up my good distance vision.
After my eyes settled down I got corrective lenses (clear and dark/polarized) to deal with a bit of astigmatism and to provide reading correction. I chose the progressive style rather than bifocal or trifocal lenses with the distinct lines. I had progressive lenses before surgery and adapted to them very well.
At some point I did have to have one inserted lens "zapped" to deal with a bit of fogginess. But the lens in the other eye never needed this.