Cataract Surgery - 1 week

A very good day, indeed!  
Went for a second post-op checkup and the Dr said that things were looking really good.  The lens placement looked good, the swelling was subsiding well, and overall things were looking good.  My vision was testing well also.  He seemed to be visibly enthusiastic about the progress. 
I mentioned that I am seeing some optical distortion in the periphery of my vision, and he pointed out that my eyes were still a little dialated, which could cause that since I might be catching some images outside of the lens itself.
He suggested that this weekend I start trying to read without reading glasses (up until now I was reading ONLY with glasses so that my eyes did not try to adjust using hte muscles).  This should start "exercising" the eye muscles that work to focus our natural lens, and now my artificial lens.

At home, I have been doing left/right eye-to-eye comparisons using some simple tests and, so far, the new lens is already providing better vision than the unrepaired eye.  I can see distance better and colors seem more vivid with the new lens.

This evening, I did another night vision test using a street lamp a few doors down.  Right after the surgery, I was seeing strange-shaped rings and halos and starbursts.  But tonight, the strang rings were gone, and the halos were significantly reduced, even less than in the right eye (still with cataract).  And the starbursts were almost gone.  It appears that the healing is making great progress.

Its all looking really promising.  Looking forward to reading this weekend to see how that goes....