Well, I had the surgery when I was young...so it was a 2 parter:
Fist - they removed the cataract from my left eye, and did not replace the lense, so I had to wear this coke-bottle contact lense. When it was out, I was blind. A year later, they did the right, same thing. When I turned 18. tjhey replaced both of the lenses, and I was seeing great! Since that time, I've had a bit of cloudy vision in my left, and they shot it with a laser (2 minutes) and it was fine. I see about 20/30!!!

My ordeal was a bit harder..because of the lag and the 2part surgery. Overall -- it was easy as pie --and I see great!