Since I was so young, the lens that was placed was set for an 8 year old. I am no longer 8, and the lens wasn’t able to age with me. I will have to get the lens replaced eventually, my vision just hasn’t evened out to where they know the lens needed to replace it. There is also a 50/50 chance that I will go completely blind in that eye due to the amount of scar tissue.

I suspect mine was directly related to the glaucoma surgeries, but I believe ROP does, in general, put you at a higher risk for developing cataracts at a younger age.

Of all the ROP adjacent things I've dealt with, though, it was the simplest, so there's..... that? Haha.

Yeah. I had them about two decades after, so I had vision for most of my childhood. I've got other stuff to keep me busy now though, and so far I've been adapting to only having light perception

In summary, the surgery really isn’t that bad. It lasts about 15 minutes and is not really complicated. For normal people, they just take out your crystalline and they inject an artificial one and boom you’re cured. It’s really not the harshest of surgeries. Not much to be concerned about. If the doctors agree to do it, that means there’s pretty much no risk.

Just to try and answer your concerns rapidly with my very, very limited knowledge :

1. i don’t think this really impacts the surgery. If anything, you’ll see a lot better after it.

2. i can’t exactly reassure you about this one since I don’t know what your eye problems are. There are some pepple (me, I am some people) for whom it is a risk but it’s usually because of very specific eye issues or a heavy medical background. If your doctor agrees to do it, that means there’s no risk.

3. i don’t know if your prescription will change but if it does, that’s not something to worry about. Glasses lens can usually be adjusted so both eyes look equally big. Still ridiculous but at least they match. My glasses look like that.