I hadn't realized that I wrote this review almost a year ago. So I'm now 2.5 years after surgery and I STILL don't need glasses. My distance vision is getting a bit fuzzy, which is normal for for someone pushing 60, but I'm still reading comfortably without glasses.
Have had no bad side effects and no pain ever! Please, anyone out there with cataracts putting off surgery out of fear - get this done. It's truly life changing.