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I'm qualified to jump in and post the "what can go wrong" items now that it's been almost two years for me. I had the surgery and (of course) opted for the premium lenses to correct my vision. And I experienced all the below. It wasn't smooth sailing in other words. My right eye is definitely better than the left now, which is ironic since my left was formerly the sharp eye before surgery. And also, I have far superior vision in the morning, which may make sense as the eyes are rested and better lubricated.

1. Bright light may affect your eyes for a while. Sunglasses will become the normal if you didn't always wear before (as you should).

2. If you had dry eye prior to cataract surgery it will get worse after. This may be temporary, or could be a permanent change. AND dry eye will affect your after surgery vision. Without well lubricated eyes, the vision will be distorted, cloudy, or even some double vision. You probably will want to use a quality eye drop like Refresh Optive Mega-3, or equivalent. You may not notice, but I live in the desert and it's hot, dry and dusty here.

3. Eye floaters. It's very common to experience more eye floaters after the surgery. Hopefully they eventually dissolve, or settle to the bottom of the eye. But not always. Afterwards, and it could be a week, month, or a year after the surgery but you may suddenly experience what are called "pepper floaters" where there may suddenly be hundreds of tiny dots in your vision, not the regular floater. Something breaks loose all at once in the eye and you are suddenly thinking WTF? Fortunately (I am told) this happens only once, and they eventually go away. Which seems true.

4. Having cataract surgery, even with premium lenses doesn't always mean you'll have perfect vision. The primary objective of the surgery is to remove the cataract clouded lens and replace with the artificial one to clear up the vision.

5. After the surgery you may need to return and have the lens blasted - called a YAG laser capsulotomy to remove possible cloudiness on the lens which is sometimes caused by your own body rebelling against the implanted lens.

6. Just a personal observation, which may not be common, but if you work on a computer all day like I do, I've found that my eyes are much slower to react - going from close vision to distance. Can't say working on a computer is good or bad, but it pays the bills... If I had a choice I wouldn't.

7. My close vision without readers is far better than before surgery, and I didn't choose that type lens. It just happened.

So that's my two-cents.....