See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cataract_surgery

IIRC the chance of complications for Lasik is about 10x that of the one for intraocular lens implantation. The nature of the complications for the latter is also more along the lines of "an eye infection for a month" instead of something permanent.

I definitely suggest researching it (and not mentally lumping it in with Lasik, because they are quite different). Cheesy, but my only regret is not having done it years sooner.

My elderly friend had cataract surgery (5 years ago) and ever since she finds bright light painful, so she spends much less time outdoors.

Instead of just wearing shades? That's silly.

try bandaids on your fingers, it takes 21 days to form a habit. buy a few big boxes, 30 bandaids a day is cheaper than a beer

I get my glasses in ANSI rated safety glasses so wearing glasses all the time doubles as protection from all the things that could get in my eyes. This is useful if you have hobbies where that is a worry, though for most people you are fine without.

What are the rest of the words? Or the auto'correct'-corrections?

You would still wear* and after 45 everyone does* perhaps?

never should have been need

I feel similarly, but as the thickness of my glasses increases as I age, I'm starting to consider Lasik or similar. If I already had cataracts, implanted lenses as part of the cataract removal would be a non-brainer.