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my vision improvement was at the low end of the spectrum. I had hoped for more, as I am right-eye dominant and my long distance shooting was being impacted

Yeah, I'm concerned about shooting. I'm left eye dominant and that happens to be the affected eye.

You say your vision improvement was at the low end of the spectrum. Was that your doctor's conclusion based upon your visual acuity score? Or is that your subjective conclusion?

Apparently the best one can hope for is a ~50% improvement. The low end is ~35% improvement. The improvement is measured in visual acuity. 20/20 vs 20/40, etc.

Then it's also the case that 10 to 20% of patients realize no improvement.

But it did improve your vision somewhat. Are you still able to shoot? Would you still have the surgery, if you had it to do over?

My conclusion about my improvement was just subjective on my part. I suppose I was hoping for something more miraculous, but looking back, that was unrealistic on my part. Pre-procedure, my vision in that eye was about 20/60. After, got it close to 20/30. My cataract surgery needed to be done regardless, so it was nice to have them both done at the same time. Eye glasses do a pretty good job of getting me close to normal.

Interestingly, I just got back from appt with my regular eye doctor this morning, and it has dropped back to about 20/40. But it's just age related, nothing to do with the earlier procedure.

I can still shoot okay, although I've been conserving ammo lately, lol. All things considered, I believe it was a worthwhile procedure, and would probably still do it even knowing what I know now. Wishing you the best with it my FRiend.