I am a 66 year old male. Three years ago, I had an outbreak of hsv in my left eye. I had never even heard of such a thing until it happened to me. Two years later, the same eye became very blurry, seemingly overnight. I suspected it had something to do with the hsv. I had it checked at the same practice where I was treated for the virus. Their diagnosis was a cataract. I wasn't totally convinced, as my eye also felt irritated much of the time. I subsequently got a second and third opinion. Both diagnosed cataract. I have started the process of moving forward with cataract surgery. I have been scheduled for surgery in two weeks. After stumbling onto this forum and reading through many posts, I now feel I should stop everything and do more research. I am not confident in the type of iol I chose (multifocal). More importantly, I'm not confident in the surgeon. He seems to have completely ignored the possibility of major complications due to the previous HSP infection. He has prescribed 3 different eye drops to use before and after surgery, but nothing to prevent another HSV outbreak, post surgery. I feel perhaps I have become tangled up with an assembly line style surgery center. Any thoughts would be appreciated.