Free worksheet
The questions to ask before you pick your cataract lens
Thirteen pages you print, write on, and take to your appointment. Written by a cataract surgeon.
Tell me where to send the worksheet
It arrives in a minute or two. No cost, and no one calls you.
Why I made this
Most people get about twenty minutes to decide which lens goes in their eye. Then they’re back in the car, trying to remember what was said.
That’s a hard way to make a permanent decision. So I wrote down the questions I ask my own patients — and the ones I wish they’d ask me.
There’s no best lens
A lens that does more isn’t a better lens, and it isn’t a worse one. Each one hands you something and takes something back. The question was never which lens is best. It’s which trade fits your day.
I can measure your eye. I can’t know how you spend a Tuesday. That part only you can fill in — and that’s most of what this worksheet is.
What’s inside
Questions for yourself
How you spend your days, how far you hold a book, what you’d hate to give up.
Questions about your eye
Cornea, retina, optic nerve, dry eye, astigmatism. Any of them can change which lens makes sense.
Questions for your surgeon
Which lenses they carry, which one they picked for you, and what happens if you’re not happy.
“What does this lens give me, and what does it give up?”
One question from the worksheet. If you remember nothing else, ask that one in the room.
I’m Dr. Elhalis. I’m an eye surgeon in Florida, and I’m here to help you make a better decision about your eyes. I’ve done more than 10,000 cataract surgeries, and I like to know the whole person — not just their eyes.
This worksheet is general education, not medical advice. It isn’t a substitute for a diagnosis, an examination or treatment from a qualified eye doctor, and using it doesn’t create a doctor–patient relationship. Every eye is different and results vary from person to person. Talk with your own ophthalmologist before making decisions about your eye health.