Early cataract surgery vibes to Larry!
There were a couple things that UCLA didn't tell me after my surgery:
The surgery often causes you to have dry eyes, sometimes VERY dry eyes. There are OTC eye drops available from many companies and they are NOT all alike. I found that I like some eye drops much better than others. You may wish to try several.
About a year after my surgery my vision blurred. This is common and referred to as a secondary cataract or an after-cataract. One optometrist said, "No, it's not a cataract! It's a sac!" They're all names for the same thing. It can be taken care of by a quick laser treatment.
I'm not at all sorry I had the surgery, but I do wish they'd given me a better idea of what to expect. The people who do the post-ops have never had the surgery.