Not wanting to side track this thread but the cataract surgery was a very simple process. I know I'm a bit young for cataracts, but I spent a lot of time outdoors when I was younger and never wore sun glasses. I also have type 1 diabetes which speeds cataract formation up.
Not counting the prep work to dilate the eyes, take a pill to calm you down, and numbing the eye, it took 2 minutes to break the cataract up with a green laser, then another 3 minutes with another machine and the surgeon to remove the cataract pieces and implant the long distance toric lens. I opted for that so I can ditch the glasses I have worn for 50 years! The hard part is my next eye is scheduled two weeks later and in the mean time I have long distance in one eye that is blurry though improving each day and good vision in the other. The brain is having a hard time with this even though I took the lens out of my glasses for the one that had surgery. That eye cannot see close up at ALL. There is also a distinct difference in the magnification between the toric lens and the lens in my glasses. Those two things combine to cause a total loss of depth of field. I have eye strain and head aches as a result. April 6th, when I have the right eye done, I will lose all close up vision as I cannot have reading glasses made until both eyes are fully healed which will be several weeks. I do have a set of Wal-Mart reading glasses that will help tie me over.
