My grandmother had her cataracts done when she was 60-odd - 30 years ago. At the age of 95 she now reads all day - with those thick glasses (that I have to clean every time I visit her!)

My mother had them done a few years ago (also in her 60s), with implants, and now has better sight than before; the same goes for my mother-in-law. (Can I escape??) The prognosis, I think is getting better all the time and the operation less traumatic.

Good luck!

Steve