Not a doctor here, Jay, just another patient.   I had cataract surgery
on one eye and my vision was not very clear afterward.  Not what I'd
hoped.  (previous lasik left some corneal irregularities).  This would
not apply to you unless you had previous corneal damage.

I was told the capsular opacification is likely to start earlier in
younger patients.  That would seem the case with you.  If you decide
not to get the YAG surgery, I'd think it would continue to darken
until you would change your mind.  I waited about a year after the
cataract surgery before I had the YAG procedure.

Your doctor should be able to answer your specifics.  No one else can
say for sure "it is capsular opacification."  If that's what (and all)
it is, the YAG should clear it up.  It's done in the doc's office and
takes just a few minutes.  Not painful.