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A British woman has highlighted the benefits of eye surgery after she had her life transformed.
Ann Edworthy from Swansea told the Daily Mail about how her cataract surgery helped to restore her sight.
Ms Edworthy, who was a sufferer of congenital cataracts, found two years ago that she could not see distant objects and her eye went "milky".
As a result, she underwent a procedure that replaces the cloudy lens with a clear artificial one.
However, difficulty came when she had to decide what lens she wanted - for reading or for seeing at a distance.
"Whatever I chose, I'd have to wear glasses for the other. I couldn't bear the thought of wearing glasses for the rest of my life, but I had no choice," she said.
In October last year, Ms Edworthy's doctor told her of a new lens called the "piggyback".
The piggyback, which has to be put in as part of an operation, allowed her to see perfectly.
"I've given away those glasses I hate so much, because I'm thrilled to know I'll never need them again," she concluded.
Another choice for those that do not want to wear glasses is
ortho-k lenses - worn at night they prevent the need for wearing spectacles in the day by gently reshaping the curvature of the eye while sleeping.
