Cataract surgery - Can anyone share their experience?

I had both eyes done this year. The right eye was the worse and got it done in March then the left in May.

It’s like night and day. I don’t even use reading glasses when I’m on the laptop or phone. The colors are so vivid and bright.

As far as the surgery 15 minutes and it’s over. They put freezing drops before surgery, so never felt anything. It took about 3 days for the blurriness to disappear.
I had drops to put in daily for a month.

I had both eyes done two weeks apart last fall. I didn't have freezing drops that I am aware of. I did have oral anesthesia that zonked me. I was awake, but not. I opted to have lenses put in so I could see distance without glasses and only use readers to read now. I was scared to death prior to the surgery. Then felt foolish afterwards. It was a piece of cake.

My aunt had hers done, both one at a time . First one was great, she could see again ( she said) second one she had a little problem, didn’t work as well as the first one but she was very happy. The procedure didn’t take long but I had to drive her home after.

A problem she also had with her eyes was the beginning of glaucoma , so that may have been part of her problem with the cataracts.

I haven’t had it, but worked at an ophthalmologist office for some time. They do one eye at a time and it’s a fairly quick procedure, you are awake during it. They let you go home that day pretty much right after (have someone to drive you obviously). You are given eye drops and go in for follow up and they do the other eye some weeks after.

Worth
It!