I've finally been given the crisp long distance vision I've longed for my entire life as a person with severe myopia.

[SeattleVet]

24. Cataract surgery was amazing to me...

As someone else commented, it was sort of like having yellow cellophane taken off of my eyes. White is actually *white* again, and the sky isn't really a muddy blue-ish color.

I opted for the Vivity lenses which give me really good distance and midrange vision. I now need some cheap readers for close stuff, but I can read the computer screen at about 18-24". Medicare would only pay for the single-vision lenses (choose either distance or close, and wear glasses for the other). It came in at close to $4K per eye, but I think it was worth every penny to go for the type I went with.

This is the most commonly performed surgery in the US, and they have it down pretty well. For me it was a very fast procedure with zero pain, sharp vision within a few days (it takes the brain a little bit of time to catch up, it seems).

Congratulations to your newly found clear vision! To anyone else reading this message thread, take the comments to heart - it's well worth it to have this procedure, and when your opthalmologist recommends it - just do it!