Congratulations on the successful surgeries, and being able to see clealy again. My own experience with cataract surgery was that the renewed vibrancy of colors was nothing short of amazing - I didn't realize what I was missing, because the loss was so gradual.
What kind of lenses did you get implanted? Those have improved over the years as well. When I had the surgery done, at least 10 years ago, they weren't using lasers - it was still microsurgery. After discussing the options with the eye doctor, I went for monovision - one eye tuned for distance, the other tuned for middle-distance, and the need for readers for closeup vision. That worked out great, because although you have a strong eye and a weak eye, the brain balances it out, and my vision was 20/30.
Just keep in mind the possibility of getting a secondary cataract, or what is tecnically known as a PCO (posterior capsular opacification). It's not an actual cataract because your lenses are no longer organic, so nothing will grow on them. At some point, months or even years later, you may notice a dimming of the vision in one or both eyes. Just like the original cataract, it's subtle and occurs over time. I have one in my weaker eye, which I started to notice a couple of years ago. Because of other medical issues, including major surgery that affected my stronger eye and several minor surgeries since then, I wasn't able to get it taken care of right away. The good news is that a PCO can be corrected within minutes during an office visit - no additional surgery required, the doc just zaps you with a special laser. I'm hoping to get that done within the next couple of weeks, as soon as I can get an appointment, because it's starting to drive me crazy. |
