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Originally Posted by JMikeD
I just had this procedure done several months ago, lenses in both eyes replaced (one in August, one in October). I now have 20/20 vision in one eye, and 20/25 in the other. Before surgery I couldn't pass the eye test to renew my driver's license, and a new prescription would not help at all.
Medicare will cover most of the cost of the standard lenses, but the patient has to cover the addition cost of the ones that correct astigmatism. This is the way I went. I'm 71 and have worn glasses since I was 14. I no longer have to wear glasses for driving, bicycling, or watching TV as I opted for far-sightedness correction. I wear inexpensive reading glasses.
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Count your blessings! Those undergoing cataract surgery can't always count on getting such excellent results as you did. In my early 60s, year before last, I too had bilateral cataract surgery and opted to pay for the toric lenses that correct for astigmatism as well as having my distance vision corrected - that's what is used for driving, etc. I was told I'd probably need only cheap reading glasses.
Instead, due to complications and severe dry eyes, I was unable to achieve good distance vision without corrective lenses even post-op, and even after paying the additional $1800 for the toric lenses. It was 4 months before I was able to get glasses at all, and if it hadn't been for being able to enlarge the font on a Kindle I'd not have been able to read at all during that time. Even now, after a change in glasses prescription (and another $500), I have about 20/30 vision in one eye and 20/60 vision in the other - and another appt. with my eye doc next week.
If the OP is contemplating surgery in the near future, I'd suggest waiting to decide on a reading device until determing what vision needs are post-op, or even a few months after that, when both eyes have settled down after the surgeries.