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Especially as I doubt it used that language. It probably means more like the result won't be as fantastic as it normally is.
I believe cataract surgery is by far the commonest surgery done these days. I had both my eyes done some 10 years ago now at the relatively tender age of 63. I often say that cataracts were the best thing that ever happened to my eyes. I couldn't see the blackboard in 1st grade, got glasses shortly thereafter, wore them, and contact lenses forever. What I love best post-surgery is that when I wake up in the morning I can see! The world is not a blur.
And yes, without surgery you will go blind, maybe sooner, maybe later. Discuss your fears with the doctor. Someone else has already suggested you find out your doctor's numbers about success, complications, whatever. If need be, go with a different doctor.
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During the time I was seeing various eye people before the surgery, they'd either take one look at my eyes, or one look at the paperwork, and go, Wow. I finally asked someone just how bad my cataracts were. She explained that there are three or four kinds of cataracts (I no longer recall the specifics) and I had all of them. And that on a scale of 1 to 4, I was a 3 plus. It's amazing I wasn't walking into walls.
What I want to emphasize is that because the changes were relatively slow, I had not realized how much my vision had deteriorated. I had noticed problems in matching threads and yarns, as I embroider and crochet, but had solved that problem by looking at threads and yarns in daylight. The inability to see colors in artificial light is absolutely a diagnosis of cataracts.
At the time of my surgery, I understood why it was accepted in the past that old people went blind. Because they did, all too often. I can imagine accepting loss of vision, and doing what I could otherwise. But I live in the 21st century, and I'm beyond grateful that I do not have to go blind from cataracts.
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