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Originally Posted by kathyspear
I was terrified to get the procedure done the first time. Just the idea of someone messing with my eye freaked me out. But it was a piece of cake. Interesting, even. And no pain. I'm glad I had it done when I did (cataracts weren't too bad at that point so I could have waited) because otherwise I would have been worried about it for years!
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Cataract surgery can do so much more than remove the halos around lights.
I had been very nearsighted all my life. My cataracts began to get bad in my late 40's, to the point where my ophthalmologist recommended removal and replacement lens inserted. Two things immediately happened (well, three, if you include the "no more halos" thing...). My nearsightedness was gone! Totally. One eye corrected to normal and the other just slightly off normal for distance. I had to wear bifocals for reading and computers but that was a small price to pay for ridding myself of those coke bottle - bottom eyeglasses I used to have to wear. It was an odd thing, getting into the car and forgetting my glasses at home.
Second was the improvement in brightness. Cataract progression is so slow that you don't notice how dim everything ends up looking; Doc described it as "looking through a coffee stain". But once the cataracts were gone, I was amazed! Street lights at night in winter were now sparkling diamonds. Headlights of oncoming cars, just vague globs of light before the surgery, were now distinct bright pinpoints--so bright that I assumed that oncoming cars had neglected to dim their lights. Not only that but the colors were altogether intense. The sky was a burning blue color. Leaves and grass in spring were a green that positively glowed.
I had expected to see better. But I had NOT expected the rest. It was like being reborn.