Patient Testimonial: Cataracts Surgery

Meet John Mooney.

John Mooney has been a loyal Bay Eye Center patient for more than a dozen years - and he lived with cataracts for at least that long.

“It was so gradual, I didn’t notice it,” he said. “But over the course of a few years, I realized I didn’t need to wear sunglasses anymore. The world got increasingly dark. Cloudy days started bothering me more because, for me, they were cloudier than they actually were.”

John met with Dr. Timothy Lynch for his yearly ocular health evaluation and that’s when Dr. Lynch told John he should consider cataract surgery. John decided to do it, and he says it changed the quality of his life.

“My outlook on life is LITERALLY brighter!,” he said.

John also has a message for anyone who has cataracts.

“I was kind of nervous about the surgery, but it was easy. I walked in at 7 a.m. They prepped me for about 30 minutes, and the actual surgery was less than five minutes! I was walking on the beach later that afternoon and I saw colors that I didn’t know existed,” John said.

John tells us he couldn’t be happier and neither could we!

“The wonderful people at Bay Eye Center truly are caring and compassionate, and they’re in the business of helping people. That’s their mission,” he said.

Why thank you, John. We couldn’t say it better ourselves. So if the cloudy days of April seem extra cloudy or foggy…Bay Eye Center is here to help.

To hear more of John's testimonial about living with cataracts and his experience after cataract surgery, listen HERE!

An important factor to note regarding cataracts, is that everyone eventually develops cataracts. Dr. Lynch says they’re like wrinkles - they develop slowly as you age. Just another reason to stay up-to-date on your yearly eye exams so we can monitor the health of your eyes consistently and catch any issue early on!