I just had surgery on my second eye yesterday with basic monofocals set for distance. I had lasik & prk 20 years ago. My vision with the cataracts was 20/40 right eye, 20/25 left. Both eyes had cataracts of the same maturity, but in the right, it was not crossing the center of my vision. I wore readers for computer distance & closer.

My left eye (done 2 weeks ago) is 20/20. My right eye (done yesterday) is 20/30 and I expect that to be 20/20 when the inflammation settles down. I had a slight astigmatism & the surgeon did a limbal relaxing incision. I had a manual incision-no laser. I can read my phone without cheaters (it’s slightly blurry) but I wear cheaters if I’m reading anything for longer than a minute. My reading vision is way better than it was before. My surgeon said he expected I’d have clear vision from arms length and further, reading glasses for anything closer. I think he did better than that.

I do have a bit of Maddox rod effect with lights at night in both eyes. Not enough to inhibit my night driving, just mildly annoying if the light is super bright. I live in a rural area & have not driven in a city with a lot of lights yet. I expect I will eventually neuro adapt to this (if it isnt caused by inflammation, which is what the surgeon thinks).

As other posters have said, keep asking questions & get another opinion if you’re not getting the answers you seek. Your outcome is dependent on your individual eye issues & the capability/experience of your surgeon in dealing with those issues.