Scientists have developed an eye drop that can dissolve cataracts A whole lot better than surgery.

[matt819]

76. My experience

I had cataracts removed about seven years ago. One eye at a time over the summer.

The anesthesia is local, and I was awake while the doctor went about his work. He kept asking how I was doing, etc., and as I kept thinking about what the doctor was doing, I began feeling nauseated. No paid, mind you, but nauseated. I told the doctor that I wasn't feeling t. . . and before I could finish the anesthesiologist had me out in a flash.

During the second eye op, I was out from the beginning.

As for cost, yes, it was expensive, but my insurance picked up a large portion of it.

The tragic part of all this is that the lack of insurance, or the lack of decent insurance, could still make the cost of this procedure prohibitively expensive (though I don't know this for sure), and that's unfortunate because it made a big difference to me.