Some 10 years ago, I was diagnosed with bilateral posterior subcapsular cataracts. I was told that the condition had quite possibly impaired my vision from an early age (9 years of age is not uncommon) which may explain why at school, aged 9, I had to move to the front of the class, because I could no longer read the blackboard from the back of the classroom, even when wearing prescription specs.
Posterior subcapsular cataracts are technically more challenging to treat than the more common, age-related nuclear cataracts due to the increased risk of capsule rupture during surgical removal.
In 2014, I went ahead with surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital and have never regretted the decision. My right dominant eye was treated first, followed by the left eye 2 months later. The operations were quick and painless and changed my life. Contact lenses and spectacles were no longer needed and, for the first time in my life, I had sharp distance vision.