How Cataract Surgery Can Improve Your Quality of Life

You’ll notice many changes as you age, including in your eyes. After the age of 40, the proteins in the lens of your eye can begin to break down and collect on the lens. The lens thickens, yellows, and grows cloudy as a result. As this happens, your vision deteriorates, making it harder to do the everyday tasks and hobbies that have defined your life for decades.

Fortunately, cataracts are treatable. Or, rather, cataracts are removable with eye surgery. Thanks to cataract surgery, you can restore your vision and improve your quality of life.

The Benefits of Cataract Surgery

Cataract surgery improves your vision by removing the clouded natural lens. However, the benefits far exceed “just” restoring your eyesight. Once you’re able to see clearly again, your entire life transforms—literally before your very eyes. You’ll be able to get back to living your best life: doing the things you love and living independently without the risks associated with poor vision.

Vision corrective procedures, like cataract surgery, are always about more than simply correcting your vision. It’s about improving your quality of life so you can get the most out of every single day.

Restore Your Vision

Every eye has a natural lens that refracts light, facilitating clear vision. This lens should be clear, but it can become cloudy (typically because of age). Instead of clear and sharp, your vision becomes discoloured, blurry, dimmed, or distorted. Bright colours can start to look faded or yellow, you may struggle to see at night, or you may start seeing double. Without treatment, these symptoms will only worsen over time.

The most obvious and profound benefit of cataract surgery is the restoration of clear, sharp vision. You’re able to see colours more vividly. Details become more distinct. You also enjoy greater visual comfort, especially at night or in low-light conditions. Your cloudy vision will no longer be a daily struggle. With restored clarity, brightness, and colour perception, you can get back to living life on your own terms.

Improve Your Safety

The quality of your vision significantly impacts your safety, as well as your quality of life. Poor vision caused by cataracts increases the risk of falls and accidents, particularly among seniors.

Falls can lead to hospitalizations, surgery, and even death for older adults, making them a serious safety concern. Cataract surgery can help. Navigating stairs, obstacles, and everyday hazards becomes much more manageable with clear vision!

Additionally, cataract surgery makes driving safer. Although many people continue driving with minor to mild cataracts, severe cataracts often make it impossible to operate vehicles safely. You will likely struggle to judge distances, detect hazards, and navigate traffic. Furthermore, the reduced contrast sensitivity makes it difficult to distinguish the foreground from the background, which makes driving in limited light, night, fog, or glare very dangerous.

After cataract surgery, you will have better depth perception, contrast sensitivity, and clearer vision. This means you’ll be able to resume or continue driving for many more years to come.

Live Independently

For most Canadians, driving is a core part of their independence. If you lose your ability to drive because of cataracts, it becomes much harder to live a full, independent life. It can limit your ability to visit friends and family, particularly those living out of town.

Even everyday errands, like getting groceries or going shopping, become much more complex and cumbersome. Moreover, these previously straightforward tasks can turn into expensive undertakings if reliable public transportation isn’t available in your area.

You might also struggle to complete daily tasks at home. Severely deteriorated vision limits your ability to complete basic chores, like cleaning the dishes, doing laundry, and even navigating your home safely. Ultimately, you may find that you are no longer able to live alone.

With restored vision, though, you will regain the ability and the confidence to continue living independently.

Continue Doing What You Love

Life is meant to be lived. When your vision deteriorates, however, that becomes easier said than done. Cataract surgery allows you to keep doing what you love, so you can live a fuller, happier, and more vibrant life.

Limited vision makes many activities much harder, if not impossible. You will likely struggle to read, play sports, watch movies, cook meals, garden, and navigate the world in general. Your entire world could lose its colour, both literally and figuratively.

Improving your vision allows you to reconnect with the hobbies and activities that make you feel most like yourself. Your quality of life—and your everyday mood—will improve dramatically. In fact, many patients feel a sense of renewed optimism and relief after cataract surgery.

Cataract Symptoms

Most age-related cataracts evolve very slowly. At first, they generally have no noticeable symptoms. It’s only once the cataract has progressed to a certain size and thickness that it begins to prevent the clear passage of light and impact your vision. When this happens, you may start to experience the following symptoms:

• Blurred, cloudy, or dim vision
• Double vision
• Seeing ghost images or halos
• Sensitivity to light
• Trouble seeing in low light or at night
• Fading or yellowing of colours

Laser Eye Surgery

Traditional cataract removal surgery is performed using hand-held blades and other manual instruments. The surgeon makes tiny incisions in your eye to remove the cataract and insert an artificial lens. Although this may sound intimidating, it’s widely recognized as being safe and effective. It is not, however, perfect.

Science has continued to find ways to improve the safety and effectiveness of vision improvement procedures, and Clearview Vision Institute has been at the forefront of introducing these advances to our patients.

At Clearview Vision Institute, we offer cutting-edge laser cataract surgery. This is the most advanced form of cataract surgery available today. Unlike traditional cataract removal surgery, our procedures are completely bladeless, leading to enhanced precision, superior accuracy, and reduced risk of complications. We are able to treat cataracts with greater and gentler processes than ever before.

You can greatly improve your quality of life with laser cataract surgery, thus regaining your independence and ability to do the things you love most.

Improve Your Vision With Clearview Vision Institute

Clearview Vision Institute is an international leader in vision correction procedures. We offer a range of advanced treatments, such as laser cataract surgery, SMILE, Blended Vision PRESBYOND, and more.

Whether you’re suffering from cataracts or another refractive error, our team is dedicated to providing the best, personalized plan for your needs. We care about your vision goals, eye health, and quality of life. Contact us today to learn how we can help.

To request more information on laser cataract surgery, call Clearview Vision Institute today at 647-493-6371 or contact us here.