Thanks, Mary. I am extremely happy with what they have done so far. My cataracts were slow growing also, and I have had them for several years. I have excellent distant vision with my right eye but do have to use reading glasses for fine print. I will still wear glasses as I have astigmatism, but they will be much lighter than what I am used to. I will be able to see well without them, though, as my astigmatism is not real bad. I was born legally blind, my right eye was 20/400 and my left eye 20/600. Any improvement in vision is a blessing. I am anxious to get the left eye done. It is kind of overwhelming at times now to be able to walk around the house without my glasses, but I am careful as that makes the right eye do all the working at this point. After Thursday I will not have to worry about that, and am really looking forward to that. I have worn glasses since I was 6 years old, so have worn them for almost 61 years, and it will be strange to not have to wear them. You mentioned being a shooter. I hadn't thought much about that, but I am going to take one of my rifles outside in a bit and look through the sights and see what happens. We have high privacy fences completely around the back yard so the neighbors won't see me with it outside. People around here like to call the police if they see a gun in the back yard. We can openly carry guns here and can get a permit to carry a concealed weapon, but they are trying to change the law where we don't need a permit to carry a concealed gun. I too am on antibiotics, steroids and anti-inflammatory drops. I have one more week of the steroids on the right eye, and will then have four weeks of using them on the left eye. I am using artificial tears as needed. I am anxious to get everything over with and the healing process complete. Don in AZ