About to have laser surgery
I have worn gas permeable lenses for a long time. My eyes are fairly bad. This past winter my lenses became so uncomfortable that I stopped wearing them, i wore my glasses and clip-on sunglasses exclusively. I also was very healthy this winter, I think because I was not picking at my eyes with fingers due to uncomfortable lenses. My vision has become progressively worse since not wearing contacts. 20/40 with current glasses. On my last exam my perscription was changed and not only that, now I need bifocals. Glasses alone were going to be $500. My brother in law is my Optometrist. "Let's talk surgery." He set me up with an appointment with a laser center he is affiliated with and they did an exam. Cataracts, both eyes. One Doc says congenital, BIL not so sure, he had never seen them in my eye and in 30 years of practice, never seen cataracts like mine.
If I need cataract surgery, I might get a lense implant. If congenital, they most likely will not change and I get PRK surgery, Lasik is not my best option. PRK has been FDA approved sinse '95. So I'm fairly confident that if something were wrong with the surgery I/BIL would know about it by now. As far as reading glasses, you can get mono vision or both the same strength correction. Mono gets you around reading glasses but distant vision is not as good as it could be. I can live with reading glasses, I have been living with glasses since 2nd grade. Most people in their 40's will need a reading glass at some point in the future, just a fact of life.