Have you discussed this with the doctor who did your surgery?

I had the multifocal lenses put in. Biggest problem I've found is all of my rifles and handguns the zero windage needed adjustment.
Might just be in your case that you need to retrain your eye now that it can see again.

Wow, hope you find a solution. I had cataract surgery in 2019 with astigmatism correction. I use irons now, both to hunt and target shoot. I have always enjoyed iron sights much more than a scope. I am 82.
Mike

I had cataract surgery in both eyes in 2020. I chose to *not* be corrected to 20/20 as I need glasses for too many things like running machine shop equipment, weed wackers, chainsaws and the like. I learned even with 20/20 I would need readers for close work. Due to the above I chose near perfect rather than perfect sight. I figured if I needed to carry glasses(readers) I might as wear them instead of misplace them like so many of my friends. They never seem to have them when they need them for menus and the like. “They’re in the car”, lol. As it is, I can do anything within arms length without correction and see clearly, reading included. Being solid plastic, your new permanent lenses only focus to the value of their correction like a fixed power telescope, where your eyes with natures own lenses were flexible and variable.

I wear lined trifocals, 
My current problem is getting a scrip that is clear at all three focal planes. 
I have explained to the doctor my issue and even gave him a chart describing the problem for clarity from each eye identifying the focal lens problem at each distance for each eye. .

I think what may be happening, which may help others with the same issue, is that when a script is written for each eye, the intermediate focal plane is a generic uniform percentage of the the distance or the reading distance or a prescribed number at the requested distance. 

Well no.. Full stop ... For me that percentage is not the same for each eye. 

So when I need a clear image at 24" for my computer screen (intermediate lens) they can't seem to get it straight.   

Going back again today for another refraction script.
Oh and if they dilate your eyes for an exam of the internals of your eye and then expect to do a refraction, I have to tell them I'll come back because the drops they apply for the exam is problematic.

FWITW, I'd wear glasses even if they were able to give me 20/20 with surgery. I can't say the number of times eye glasses protected my eyes from flying debris, bugs etc. 

TMI...Bulseyetom wrote on Apr 28^th, 2026 at 9:14pm:

I got Toric distance lenses. Have to use bifocals to see close. Can see iron sights and targets perfectly. No need for adjustable eye pieces now. Had heard, for seeing clearly with iron sights the distance lenses were best.