A couple of months ago I had a Vitrectomy to repair a Right Macular Tear and was warned that eye could develop a cataract, then the optometrist said the L eye was early stage cataract and that once I've had both cataracts removed my sight should really improve.
Don't know yet, because I will not permit the retina specialist to touch my eyes again. He completed the 75 minute surgery without anaesthetic, initally telling me it would 'work soon, just be patient'. It was sheer hell and the excruciating pain is like nothing I have ever experienced in my life.
For people who haven't had a Vitrectomy, you can 'see' what is being done as a light is put into your eye...but then to 'feel' the whole procedure is just plain torture. During eye surgery you are not permitted to move, barely breath and NOT talk, so there is no way to communicate with the surgeon 'unless' they pre-arrange some method pre-op. Several times I tried and he even paused and I thought 'phew, he has finally realised I need to talk'...but then he started again.
At the post-op consultation 2 weeks later I told him and he just shrugged his shoulders....he didn't even care!! How heartless!