# Cataracts! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 2, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataracts/1009588 "2024-11-02T18:09:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataracts/1009588/7 "2024-11-02T18:31:17Z")
Here are two threads from this year covering much the same ground. Which themselves cite older threads. June 2024: > [@In YOUR opinion, when’s the best time to get cataract surgery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-when-s-the-best-time-to-get-cataract-surgery/1003189): > > I have cataracts in both eyes, but only one has become an issue, mainly with my distance vision. For now, I have glasses that can correct it, but the day will come when that isn’t possible any more. It’s disturbing to have haloes around bright lights – it’s bad enough that I don’t like to drive at night, and seeing my own personal rainbows around white text on black backgrounds isn’t as cool as I would have imagined it. On the other hand, I went to the ophthalmologist to have my eyesight evalu… October 2024: > [@Cataracts -- what to expect in early stages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataracts-what-to-expect-in-early-stages/1008643): > > I visited my regular optometrist yesterday, as I do every year, to update my glasses prescription. I expressed a feeling that bright lights are not as bright as they used to be, and he confirmed that I have the beginnings of cataracts in both eyes. I’m 75, and have worn classes since I was 12 (I wore contacts instead for a few years in my 30s). Three years ago (I think, or it might be two) a different optometrist said that I would notice visible indications of cataracts within 5 years. Looks li… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataracts/1009588)._