I wore glasses for distant vision since 9 and competed in USPSA matches during 20-30s wearing glasses.
In my late 40s, I started to develop blurriness that was not addressed by progressive glasses and into 50s, blurriness got worse with darkening of field of vision and my eye doctor recommended cataract surgery.
After looking at Symfony, Synergy and PanOptix multifocal intraocular lens (IOL) implant options, because I do a lot of night driving and look at computer/laptop/cellphone screens, my eye doctor recommended Vivity IOL -
https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices...-iol-model-dft015-acrysoftm-iq-vivitytm-toric
Main departure from other multifocal IOLs is the benefit of not having star bursts or halo around the oncoming headlights or other light sources at night and brighter/vivid vision due to 100% transmission of light like monofocal IOLs (88-93% for other multifocal IOLs).
Cost on top of Enhanced VSP eye insurance is $2500 per lens and getting Vivity toric for right eye to correct astigmatism. (I was planning to get laser eye surgery but since that is no longer needed after cataract IOL implant surgery, it's a wash with better outcome. My sister and BIL both had laser eye surgeries but now he's got cataract and will need cataract surgery).
After surgery vision is 20/20 and I can clearly see sights of my guns and only require use of reading glasses for really small print up close (Near vision is improving to where reading restaurant menus is now doable).
My eye doctor knows I am a shooter and we talked about this. I considered PanOptix as it provides better close up sharpness than others (Symfony, Synergy) but eye doctor told me that I won't be shooting all the time (Ha, she doesn't know me that well. She thinks I play with puppies and cook/BBQ all the time ... Wait til she sees my reloading room
) and "activities of daily living", especially night driving which I do quite a bit, may have higher priority over shooting later in life.
Besides, 88% light transmission of PanOptix vs 100% for Vivity was the game changer for me, especially night driving issues with Vivity hands down being more superior as demonstrated to me last night.
BTW, view through scope - Target and crosshair both sharp.
One Month Update:
Saw the eye doctor for one month follow up and had retinal scans done. She is happy with surgery results but looks like I will need reading glasses for really fine print up closer than hand's reach distance. (2.5x power) She was happy to hear I do not have any halo/rainbow effect driving at night as I do a lot of night driving.
When I went shooting for the first time since surgery in both eyes and happy to report that Glock 22 sights were clear against clear targets. When I consistently produced 1" groups at 7 yards, it brought tears to my eyes as I thought before surgery I was done with sighted shooting for the rest of my life.
I also did follow up and reference baseline shooting for upcoming myth busting dirty vs clean 22LR barrel accuracy thread and after adjusting the focus, was able to clearly see the bullet holes on target and cross hairs of Burris 6.5-20x and Bushnell 6-18x at maximum magnifications. (Better vision probably helped produce almost 1/2" group with 10/22 and CCI Blazer)