Eye Floaters

debodun said:
I actually shampooed this morning. I hadn't done it since the day of the procedure and it was getting greasy. I took the extra eye shield I was given and taped over the vent holes, the taped around it on my face. It actually worked keeping water and shampoo out.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.

I applied a facecloth and a shower cap over most of my face, just enough uncovered that I could breathe. It was a quick shower but got the job done.
 

I was given conflicting times for my follow-up appointment with the eye surgeon tomorrow. It says 1:00 pm on the appointment card they gave me, but when the office called with an automated reminder, it said 1:30 PM. Of course the office is closed today. Now I'll have to call in the morning so I can tell my driver who's completely confused because I mentioned two different times.

It will be a week tomorrow from when I had the surgery. Eye is still red and producing exudate (scientific name for crud).
 
That is fairly major type of eye surgery to my knowledge, Deb, so I am not surprised that it still looks poorly.
That's annoying to have to be uncertain of the appointment time.
I hope that entire outing goes well for you. As well as possible, I mean.
 

debodun said:
This is the retina specialist with which I had a consultation. I think he looks like Jeff Goldblum.

https://retinaconsultants.org/about-us/our-doctors/jonathan-huz/
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OMG! He sure does look like Jeff! Talk about your eye candy. I think I would have been just a bit distracted. :love: I discovered a blind spot in my right eye decades ago. I wound up seeing my regular eye doctor and two eye specialists who misdiagnosed me. It turns out when I finally realized it would be best to go to the eye doctor group that did my mother's cataract surgery that I got a wonderful doctor. She told me I had low tension glaucoma and that caused the blind spot. I see her every three months without fail and she orders a visual field test every 6 months.

The original blind spot, at the bottom of my eye, grew from a crescent moon on it's back shape to a basket with a handle. I also have a blind spot slowly growing in my left eye. Miraculously, with both eyes open, the blind spots are not noticeable. I'm sorry that when I made my first reply I hadn't read through the entire post, so didn't realize the ordeal you were going through! I hope you are healing well Deb.
 
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Had my 1 week follow-up with the surgeon, Dr. Langevin. He said he was leaving the area and going to New York City, so this would be my last visit with him. He's turning me back over to Dr. Huz. Other than that, he said everyting looked as well as to be expected and I could resume driving if I wore a corrective lens for my nearsighted right eye. Also the best news - I don't have to lay flat on my stomach for 45 minutes of every hour any more! And when I do lay down, it can be anyway EXCEPT on my back.
 
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The bubble is gone, but now I have metamorphopsia (distorted vision). It looks like things are bent inward towards the center of vision with a blind spot in the center. Have doctor's appt. this week. I am anxious to see what he has to say, if anything. Lately I get the feeling of medical people being very uncommunicative. I ask a direct question and there's no reply, only, "Make another appointment." This is as close to what I see that I can find online:
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Last Sunday 8/14/22 after hiking out of a very strenuous 6 day backpack while driving home, suddenly was seeing dark strand like globs floating about in my left eye. Knowing a bit about eye anatomy, guessed it was stuff floating about in my eye vitreous humor. During drive back improved. On web found info on PVD eye floaters I'd never heard of. Then today found this thread that shows am not alone with yet another untreatable aging malady. May be the strenuous activity causing increased blood circulation throughout my body provided force to break tissues.

Good to read some experience such protein debris eventually going away that expect means the debris can be absorbed by the retina cells and other cell elements lining the vitreous body. That is to be expected as almost all our creaturely body elements except calcified bone are regularly being replaced. About 330 billion cells are replaced daily, or about 1 percent of all our cells. In 80 to 100 days, 30 trillion will have been replaced with old protein debris removed, the equivalent of a new you. So the humor lining tissues ought to slowly absorb loose protein debris and expel such via extracellular blood vessel removal processes that also remove old cells that are being replaced as well as cell process elements and bacteria white blood cells envelop .

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Bringing up an old post because I am experiencing a floater for the first time. I have always had good eye sight up until around 4 years ago but now I do need reading glasses at times. Today around noon I suddenly noticed what looked like a black mosquito buzzing in front of my right eye. As I move my right eye, the black spot seems to float with the eye. It's a strange feeling.

At first I panicked because a friend of mine went to see her eye doctor for a similar thing about a month ago and they discovered she had a dethatched retina and did the procedure to fix it right then and there. So I went online and read that it is a common thing that happens as we age so I settled down some. But I did want to see if any here had experienced the same thing and found this post and feel much better now after reading all the comments.

If this imaginary mosquito does not go soon I will call my eye doctor and make an appointment. That was brought up many times in this post.


I know we have our disagreements at times and bicker on certain topics and want to change the world. It's an online forum with different points of view and it probably would be very boring if we did all agree on everything. But what is most important for me is that we all share our experiences as we get older and sometimes, such as in my case today, those shared experiences help others.


OK, I promise I am done with the mushy Kumbaya moment :)
 
Don M. said:
I had several floaters about 6 or 8 years ago. My eye doctor recommended taking a 10mg. Lutein pill and a fish oil capsule every day. Over a couple of years, they went away. Taking a daily PreserVision Areds2 is also a good daily supplement...my wife takes those.
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I just had a bout with lacy floaters. The doc said nothing you could do but let her know if it gets worse.
I decided lutein wouldn't hurt and got the Wal-Mart brand. After half a bottle or so the floaters are much better.
I can't know if it was the lutein.
 
MarkinPhx said:
Bringing up an old post because I am experiencing a floater for the first time. I have always had good eye sight up until around 4 years ago but now I do need reading glasses at times. Today around noon I suddenly noticed what looked like a black mosquito buzzing in front of my right eye. As I move my right eye, the black spot seems to float with the eye. It's a strange feeling.

At first I panicked because a friend of mine went to see her eye doctor for a similar thing about a month ago and they discovered she had a dethatched retina and did the procedure to fix it right then and there. So I went online and read that it is a common thing that happens as we age so I settled down some. But I did want to see if any here had experienced the same thing and found this post and feel much better now after reading all the comments.

If this imaginary mosquito does not go soon I will call my eye doctor and make an appointment. That was brought up many times in this post.


I know we have our disagreements at times and bicker on certain topics and want to change the world. It's an online forum with different points of view and it probably would be very boring if we did all agree on everything. But what is most important for me is that we all share our experiences as we get older and sometimes, such as in my case today, those shared experiences help others.


OK, I promise I am done with the mushy Kumbaya moment :)
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Mark, I've had floaters or a long time. Sometimes I notice new ones, sometimes certain ones "disappear" for awhile, then come back. I don't know why that happens but regardless, I always have more than one floater happening at a time, which would probably annoy the hell out of others but I guess I've gotten used to them. I had one that made me think I was seeing a tiny bug; had to laugh at myself when I realized it was the floater.

I'm always amazed when my glaucoma specialist, who I see every three months, can tell when I have a new one. It might not be a bad idea for you to see an eye doctor sooner than later. I love that you added that last paragraph. So true....💯
 
I'm going to try bromelain. My floaters make working on small things and driving difficult at times. Working outside after a fresh snowfall, on a sunny day is a real treat.
1 eye was from a retinal tear, the other from a burst vessel inside the eye.
 
Hi, everyone.
As far as I know, a person would likely have other symptoms in addition, for indication of some more significant cause,

such as the light bolts, or a shower of floaters, or a spot that doesn't move, etc;

but always a good decision to go to an eye dr, to be sure, whenever there's a change or concern.
They can rule in or out, many possibilities, and also tell you what to watch for, so you can learn that, too.

Thanks for that post, @MarkinPhx 🤩
It was informative in multiple ways, plus I too, loved the Kumbaya Moment. 😁☺️🥰

I wanted to shorten it to Mushy Moment, 😉🙃😊

But it honestly wasn't all that mushy. It was actually true, and an excellent reminder for myself and for all of us. Thanks for that. It's a positive, to add into the day.:)

Keep us posted.
 
Thanks all for the reply. I did overact some when this started yesterday but now I feel reassured that it is something common. I have accepted the aches and pains and all else that goes with aging but the one thing that I had always been thankful for was having no issues with my eyes. That started changing a few years ago and when this floaty popped up out of nowhere yesterday it was rather startling. I am going to make an appointment with my eye doctor when the office opens up in an hour. I'm due to have one anyway .
 
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MarkinPhx said:
Bringing up an old post because I am experiencing a floater for the first time. I have always had good eye sight up until around 4 years ago but now I do need reading glasses at times. Today around noon I suddenly noticed what looked like a black mosquito buzzing in front of my right eye. As I move my right eye, the black spot seems to float with the eye. It's a strange feeling.

At first I panicked because a friend of mine went to see her eye doctor for a similar thing about a month ago and they discovered she had a dethatched retina and did the procedure to fix it right then and there. So I went online and read that it is a common thing that happens as we age so I settled down some. But I did want to see if any here had experienced the same thing and found this post and feel much better now after reading all the comments.

If this imaginary mosquito does not go soon I will call my eye doctor and make an appointment. That was brought up many times in this post.


I know we have our disagreements at times and bicker on certain topics and want to change the world. It's an online forum with different points of view and it probably would be very boring if we did all agree on everything. But what is most important for me is that we all share our experiences as we get older and sometimes, such as in my case today, those shared experiences help others.


OK, I promise I am done with the mushy Kumbaya moment :)
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Thank you for bringing up this old post. I didn't know about it.
 
Yup, I was sure taken aback when I had floaters. I was in SaveOn and where I had been looking at doughnuts, I saw a big wavy black line. Then it went away, found out that the eye doctor told me, you just have to try and ignore the floaters (unless they really affect my vision, then come back). Also I was diagnosed with blepharitis at the same time which means I have a tendency to get styes in my eyes. So I was prescribed an eye antibiotic ointment.
 
I've had floaters since my late 30's. But I don't have bad eye sight at all. I can drive at night without glasses. Usually I just ignore them so I don't always see them. Of course on a January morning with plenty of snow all around, there are the floaters!
 
MarkinPhx said:
Bringing up an old post because I am experiencing a floater for the first time. I have always had good eye sight up until around 4 years ago but now I do need reading glasses at times. Today around noon I suddenly noticed what looked like a black mosquito buzzing in front of my right eye. As I move my right eye, the black spot seems to float with the eye. It's a strange feeling.

At first I panicked because a friend of mine went to see her eye doctor for a similar thing about a month ago and they discovered she had a dethatched retina and did the procedure to fix it right then and there. So I went online and read that it is a common thing that happens as we age so I settled down some. But I did want to see if any here had experienced the same thing and found this post and feel much better now after reading all the comments.

If this imaginary mosquito does not go soon I will call my eye doctor and make an appointment. That was brought up many times in this post.


I know we have our disagreements at times and bicker on certain topics and want to change the world. It's an online forum with different points of view and it probably would be very boring if we did all agree on everything. But what is most important for me is that we all share our experiences as we get older and sometimes, such as in my case today, those shared experiences help others.


OK, I promise I am done with the mushy Kumbaya moment :)
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I have. It was a few years ago. I saw an ophthalmologist and he throughly examined my eyes, looking into them with a microscope - whole 9 yards.

I felt so foolish when he didn't find a thing wrong, but I truly have seen floaters.

Then an optometrist told me it's a THING that can happen as we age, aging eyes, so just keep getting my eyes checked for glasses every two years and definitely report any new floaters.

I wonder now if it was stress or diet or some other thing that helped cause them? IDK. I still get one or two every now and then, but when it first happened it was brand new and more plentiful. Scary.
 
I used to have floaters - Bright Eyes eye drops did the job for me - 2x a day. Have used them for years and now if I get a floater its been small - I don't even notice it.
 
debodun said:
My left eye's vision is almost obscured by floaters. Some are moderate sized gray patches and I have a few small black spots. I find them very distracting - "Was that a mouse running across the floor?", and I'm swatting at bugs that aren't there. My ophthalmologist says there's no remedy for floaters.
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I posted this 3 days before my left eye retinal detachment.
 

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