Cataract surgery - standard or multifocal?

I am booked for the end of July. I am not much looking forward to it. However I know lot of people who have had one and find it has helped.

I am going to push to get mine done when i next see my consultant.It is horrible to have a constant misty feeling in front of your eyes .

DH is having a cataract operation on Thursday, his surgeon has recommended they fit lenses to correct his distance, he’ll need only reading glasses.

He’ll have his second operation in July.

Mr Tosca has had both eyes treated, one in January which he was so pleased with he asked the consultant when going for his check up could he have the other cataract done. He was put on the list and the appointment came through much soon than expected, early April so he went ahead and had the other eye done. He has now seen his optician who told him both operations appear to have gone very well indeed, but of course the latest eye operation is still adjusting and it will be a few months till it finally settles. This was done on the NHS but in a smaller local hospital which is mainly private but takes NHS overflow. You are correct that the NHS only offer single not multifocal but Mr Tosca asked the optician about this at his eyesight test two weeks ago and was told that multifocals are not always advisable and there are still some problems with them. Before this Mr Tosca had worn multifocal glasses for many, many years. He does have to use glasses for close up reading but was advised to get a bog standard pair till his sight has finally stabilised.

This obviously is what he has been advised but is quite recent and you may of course get different advise from your optician/surgeon but I hope it can help you in making a decision.

My surgeon said he’d considered but ruled out vari focals because I’ve s history of inflammation linked to rheumatoid arthritis. I’m v happy with my new eyes, can drive without specs, Just have reading glasses

I had cataract surgery done 7 years ago & was told that multifocal lenses weren’t available on the NHS - whether that was because they were too expensive, or because outcomes weren’t good, I don’t know.
You need to ask the consultant why he doesn’t recommend them.

Daisydaughter you wouldn;t need to wear glasses at all after cataract surgery, would you? i had my cataracts operated on some years ago, and my vision was 20/20
Do you know for sure you wouldn;t qualify for it on the NHS .your optician should know and can refer you
I do wear glasses now again, but only for reading, my eyesight has deteriorated somewhat but not drastically