My mom’s neighbor went blind from cataracts in the early 70’s, but he still gardened. He put a string about 2ft above each row so he could know where he was at, and knelt and felt around for weeds and pulled them.
After my second eye was done, I looked on the net and there was a video of a doctor doing cataract surgery. I clicked on that and when I saw the doc take a knife and stick it in the eye, I clicked it off. No way could I watch that. As an EMT, I’ve seen lots of blood and worked on people in car wrecks and home accidents, but putting a knife in an eye, grossed me out.