Lens replacement

[Applesandpears23]

I am mid 40s and have just started needing reading glasses after a lifetime of needing glasses to correct short sight. I am considering lens replacement surgery. Has anyone had this and can you tell me more about your experience. I am particularly interested in how long the recovery takes and when I will be able to resume childcare and other domestic duties. Will I feel able to cook, look after a toddler and walk the school run the next day?

What do you wish you had known before hand?

Don't want to scare you but family member has just had it done. They screamed through it apparently, very painful and is having issues now with seeing properly. Its still blurry week afterwards and problem with bright lights. Plus it cost a fortune. I think they are having some regrets.

Thanks. That’s what I am worried about.

It's your decision.
Only you can decide.
I know a few people who have had it done and don't regret it.

My husband and myself both had replacement lens surgery in 2016 at Moorfields eye hospital. I, like you, wore glasses all my life for short sightedness. He was having to wear glasses for reading or close work which annoyed him greatly, ie having to take them off, put them on continuously whilst doing diy jobs. we opted for triple lenses. Drops were applied to the eyes before surgery to anaesthetise and we were awake/aware what the eye surgeon was doing throughout. We had one eye done first with the second a week later.

The procedure was efficient, painless and successful. We applied drops for some days (weeks?) after. There was a little ‘hazing’ when driving in the dark, otherwise no problems and 9 years on with no deteriorating vision we think it was money well spent. We were both mid 60’s when we had it done.