Who here has had cataract surgery?

It was necessary for me to wear glasses to read from the time I was 15 years old.

My vision started becoming much worse about two years ago and had finally got to the point glasses were not able to correct my vision enough to read books or the computer.

I was unable to drive or even participate in discussion forums.

Last summer I went to the eye doctor and had cataract surgery. The lenses in my eyes were removed and artificial lenses implanted.

I could see immediately although things were a bit blurry for a few days.

I am now able to see and read without any glasses or correction at all.

The surgery was done on one eye at a time and things that I thought were white suddenly was brown as if I were looking through a glass of tea in the uncorrected eye and bright white in the eye with the new lens.

When the old lens is removed it is replaced with a lens that corrects the distance vision to 20/20.

All was covered by Medicare.