Anyone hear of "eye floaters"?

just had floaters this morning when i looked in the bowl....;)

but seriously, have had mine for as long as i can remember and most everyone i know has them too...thought it was a normal occurrence. now i know. and knowing is half the battle! GI JOE!!!

PS used to have hours and hours of fun with them when i was a kid. i try to look at them directly but they always swim away just to the edge of my peripheral vision. at first i would try to sneak up on them slowly, then i tried going fast, but damn they seem to know what i was thinking. i still play this at times (last time was two days ago) but now my head hurts when i roll them off too far top the sides....
 
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Renegade said:
just had floaters this morning when i looked in the bowl....;)

but seriously, have had mine for as long as i can remember and most everyone i know has them too...thought it was a normal occurrence. now i know. and knowing is half the battle! GI JOE!!!

PS used to have hours and hours of fun with them when i was a kid. i try to look at them directly but they always swim away just to the edge of my peripheral vision. at first i would try to sneak up on them slowly, then i tried going fast, but damn they seem to know what i was thinking. i still play this at times (last time was two days ago) but now my head hurts when i roll them off too far top the sides....
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I understand your amusement with them.

My older brother told me they were balloons and I should try to catch them. Fifty years later I'm not quite as gullible.
 
I noticed that I had floaters in my eyes sometime in high school. They never caused a problem for me though. I see them sometimes and i'm kind of used to them so I don't really pay much attention.

Mine basically look like little irridescant hairs floating around. Sometimes when i'm really bored I actually look into the lights to try to find them and them watch them as they float around. I will even turn my head and stuff to try to get them to change direction. It is probobly one of the dumbest ways to pass the time, but oh well.

The annoying thing is, since I started reading this thread i've been looking for them floating around. Its gonna drive me nuts all day....

gee... thanks...! :joyful:
 
I've had floaters for as long as I can remember. When your young usually they are insignificant little bubbles and don't effect your vision at all.
A few years ago mine changed to dark spots and some clouded areas. Mine bother me and do effect my vision. At this point I have elected not to go through that type of eye surgery so I just live with them. Some people however do have to have them removed because of very poor vision.

Rod
 
wow what a coincidence

look what i have to read.
 

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Huh uh

jay helfert said:
They are remnants of tears in the retina of the eye. If you are ever hit in the eye, small pieces of the retina may become detached and float around inside your eye forever. The only way to get rid of them is to drain the fluid from the eye, a scary procedure at best.
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Say it isn't so. So is it better if you do cry or don't?? I'm about on the edge right now. Can't have anything hurt the game. I am playing in a tournament tonight that all girls are a 2. I don't even know what that means but I'm in.
Debbie
 
Ok here it goes. I just had corrective surgery on both eyes for retinal detachment. I have not had a floater since and my vision is better than it has been in 10 years. I strongly recomend onyone who is seeing floaters enough that it affects their game, to go have a retinal exam done and find out just how bad it is. You only get one pair of eyes TAKE CARE OF THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didnt even know there was a problem i just thought I needed new glasses. I was told I would have been blind in a year if they haddnt caught it when they did. Oh by the way.....Im only 21 years old
 
Josh Palmer said:
I have these little suckers pretty bad. I guess it sucks getting older and falling apart! They look like little black dots that move on their own inside the eye, and always in the line of vision. At times, they can make the edge of the ball bend and appear squiggly. Anyhow, I think there is a surgery for them, but it's too spendy for me.


Here's what they look like:

http://www.gotfloaters.com/
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I have had them all my Life, I am 48 years old now and they have not any worst than they were as far back as I can remember. Until now I thought it was normal to see them.

Thanks Craig
 
I have vitreous floaters, and have had them for as long as I can remember. I rarely notice them anymore, 'cept maybe during an eye exam. Mine have never really crossed into the center of my field of vision, but rather tend to hang out on the edges. I have been told not to worry about them by all the opthamologists I have seen over the years. Some people get them, some people don't.

Lisa
 
I think everyone has them,but dont realize it.They are like looking at micro-organisms under a microscope.Hell,I hadn't even noticed any for years until I read this post.For me they're kinda subconcious unless im looking for them.
 
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