Really, IMHO, when your vision is fixed in both eyes, just buy a good pair of sunglasses. Why fiddle with clip-ons at all?
And I’m an advocate of GOOD sunglasses. They really are much better and worth it. And, you don’t lose those.
Because I have so many. But yes, I will eventually get regular sunglasses.
Another follow up appointment today. Eye is healing well. I will need glasses for optimal 20/20 far vision. It will be a weak prescription.
I can watch tv without glasses. I can read the screen menus. The letters will be crisper with glasses. The glasses will be needed for driving.
Doctor suggested using a near vision lens in the other eye. I hadn’t considered that option. 
I could use my phone and computer with that eye. And use Glasses for distance.
That might work since I’ll need glasses anyway. I can’t quite go completely glasses free.
Have to think about it. I had assumed both eyes would be setup for distance.
Right now my uncorrected eye reads closeup. I just close the other eye. What the doctor suggested would work.
Eye Surgery in early Sept and I’m done. 
It’s interesting my vision changed just a little post surgery. It’s probably from the reduced swelling and healing. The predesone steroid eyedrops are working well.
That’s why he hasn’t fitted me for glasses. Takes awhile to get stable.
My left eye was done Aug 31. My bandage came off Sept 1 at the follow up appointment.
This time I paid extra for a Toric lens to correct severe astigmatism. $1200 and definitely worth it.
It makes my far vision crisper and brighter. The doctor held up a lens to show me what I would have seen with a regular fixed lens. Its noticeably better with the toric lens.
I regret losing my near vision. I can’t use my phone without 3.0 reading glasses.
I wear 2.75 reading glasses to use my tablet on a stand. That’s about 18 inches from me. My sheet music is on my tablet.
Over all I’m thrilled to have my vision restored. My 42" tv is so much brighter with vibrant colors. I don’t need glasses to watch tv.
I only need regular glasses for driving.
That’s it for me. I will use use the prescription eyedrops for 4 weeks to heal.
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Good to know. I had severe astigmatism before I got Lasik surgery. Some of the astigmatism has crept back. My eye doctor wanted to know my eye readings from before the Lasik so I had to go digging for them. She said they’d be useful for determining what my replacement lenses should be.
I’m just catching up on this thread that I apparently haven’t visited since June. Many thanks to @enipla and @aceplace57 for posting about their recent cataract surgery experiences. You’ve helped encourage me to get it done (in my case, only the left eye needs it). You’ve also reminded me that the brain is really good at compensating, and that I’m actually walking around with pretty shitty vision in that eye without really being consciously aware of it.
I’ve also decided that what I want is a simple monofocus lens that gives my left eye the same near-sighted vision as my right, so that I can comfortably read or use the computer without glasses, but will still need glasses for driving.
That’s great @wolfpup (and others too). Cataracts sneak up on you. Then it gets to a point where you finally have to wonder why it seems you are looking out a dirty window all the time. I was wearing on contact at the time, and blamed those. Nope, eye doc saw it immediately and even showed me pictures of it.
Cataract surgery has improved tremendously. I didn’t have any pain. The eye gets itchy but one of my eye drops helps eliminate it.
I’ve been very careful to wear my eye shield anytime I take a nap and at bedtime. Its so natural to rub the eye while sleeping. That would be very bad. It could dislodge the new lens.
The clinic told me to wear the eye shield 5 days. I used mine 10 on my 1st eye. I wasn’t taking any chances.
I got the Toric lenses, and yes, they are most definitely worth splashing out for.
That’s the one thing I regret about my surgery. My brother had Lasik at one point and had not been told about this problem, and was unpleasantly surprised; I at least knew about it.
Since I went or the low-add multifocals, i generally do not need reading glasses for the phone (though they certainly help). Usually just turning up the brightness helps. Ditto on my Kindle. Unfortunately, that’s tough to do on dead-tree books, or medicine bottle labels, etc. - which is why I’m that person who has cheap reading glasses in various strategic locations around the house.
That was one of the options I considered. I also considered getting the two eyes set for different distances (monovision?) - something that had always horrified me, but then I had basically developed it anyway before the surgery due to the one eye being so much weaker.
I think part of my decision-making was that if I’m ever stuck somewhere and need to drive, I don’t want to worry about not having my distance glasses with me - while reading glasses are readily available.
We all have different needs and preferences, as well as different kinds of vision deficiencies. In my case, my near-sightedness was always somewhat minor, and my distance vision has actually been improving in recent years, to the point that I typically don’t even bother wearing glasses around the house.
Or thus it was, anyway, until this damn cataract happened. So I’d be perfectly happy to just have things back the way they were. In case of an emergency away from home – e.g.- I’m out in the country, and a bear eats my glasses – I’m quite capable of driving without glasses. I’d just have difficulty making out road signs at a distance.
Same here. Before my surgeries, my left eye was nearsighted and I could read without eyeglasses. Very convenient, especially when lying in bed. Now like you guys I have to have reading glasses with me.
But hey, look on the bright side — I can pass the DMV eye exam now!
I may have mentioned this before: my eye doc actually gave me a letter to take to the DMV, to have the “glasses required” restriction removed from my license. I didn’t have to redo the eye exam at the DMV - just show up with that letter, and get my picture retaken.
My vision is about 20:30 - not “perfect”, but apparently anything better than 20:40 is good enough to drive without glasses.
At my next renewal, I may well have to do the vision check.
My parents had it done, and they said they wished they’d done it sooner- the new lenses improved their vision independent of the cataract removal, so the whole package was a great quality of life improvement for them.
A guy at work had the same experience- his big point of amazement was that apparently his cataract was muting colors or something, and once he got his removed, everything was much more vivid.
The bright colors are definitely a bonus. I was very surprised with my Vizo 42" tv. I didn’t understand the quality of HD tv. It’s more enjoyable to watch.
I had a funny moment a few days ago. I wanted to clip my fingernails. I couldn’t see clearly where I was placing the clipper. Had to get my reading glasses.
I’ll get used to the change. The benefits are such an improvement.
That kind of story scares me. I’ve worn distance glasses since i was 12, and I’ve never driven without glasses. But not being able to groom myself or read without aids would be extremely upsetting.
My doctor offered my a close up lens in my left eye. He put in a far lens in my right eye in July.
I strongly considered it. But described to go with the toric astigmatism correcting lens.
I’m already getting used to reading glasses. I’ve discovered they have to be smudge free. Otherwise they magnify the smudge. I clean them several times a day.
Well that’s the life now. I need readers to clip my fingernails.
Everyone will have a slightly different outcome.
I went from extremely nearsighted to farsighted in an hour. I’m still adapting.
Overall I’m very satisfied with my surgery.
I used to wear glasses the entire day. I wear readers for maybe 3 hours total. Depends on how much time I’m on my phone.