http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataract_surgery
Please be sure to read the history of the surgery, too. It has been done for centuries!!!
I didn’t look forward to it either, but now, I can hardly wait for my left eye to get done so I can dispense with glasses except for reading and close work!
For the first time in my life, I have 20/20 vision without a corrective lens!
It is a simple operation that takes about 10 minutes. The longest part is making the eye numb to any pain...about 45 minutes. When the cataract is out, and the new lens is inserted, you can see immediately!
You are awake for the procedure, but because of the laser surgery, you see nothing but blurred bright colors, and of course, feel no pain.
If your insurance covers it, and you have a day off, get the surgery done! It’s so liberating! I feel almost like I have been released from a prison...a place where I was always dependent on something else for my ability to function.
All this is to say, STOP PROCRASTINATING! The recovery time is almost nil...in fact, the right lens in my glasses had to be removed by the time I got home because it made my world blurry!
I finished a picture last night and put it in the mail this morning. You’ll be able to see it!
I remember my grandmother in the 40’s having cataract surgery the old fashioned way. We visited her at a hospital in Houston in August with no a/c. She was laying flat on her back with small sand bags on each side of her head so she couldn't move it. I felt so bad for her, I cried.