Anyone hear of "eye floaters"?

Josh Palmer

Josh Palmer

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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/
 
My opthamologist told me that "floaters" are remnance (forgot exact wording) of the eyes forming from an embryo. She said the procedure had something to do about draining all of the fluid out of the eye. It was a pretty dangerous procudure and there was a relatively high chance of becoming blind.

I have floaters, but they arent so bad that they distract my focus in pool.
 
Had 'em my whole life and ever once in a while, one will get dead center in the middle of my vision while I'm down on a shot. I just raise up, look up at the ceiling and it will move off. Then, back to business! LOL

Stones
 
me too

Yes, I 've have them from time to time, but very mildly, all throughout my life. Not enough for me to worry.

The ones that are just a little from dead center, are kind of weird. I find sometimes I unconsciously look
at them, since they appear to catch my attention. And, when my eye moves VERY slightly to bring them
into the center of my vision, they of course move in that direction, and this cycle repeats. So, they look
like they are moving in that direction.

The only way I can describe it, is that it looks like you are looking at something living and moving under
a microscope.
 
Common condition in "old people".
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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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Had 'em for a long time now. My brother was the first in the family to get them, his eye doctor told him they run in families generally. Funny the last week I had been wearing some yellow tinted glasses I have because the temple broke on my regular ones. Didn't notice a single floater with the yellow tint, one of the first things I noticed when I got my clear glasses back were my floaters. Probably a coincidence.
The person who runs the pool league I'm in has some unnatural ones caused by a car accident, she calls them floating logs, I guess they're pretty big. At least that's what she blames her poor play on. :)
BTW, as I understand it, they're just little pieces of the retina that have torn loose over the years.
 
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I resemble that remark

CocoboloCowboy said:
Common condition in "old people".
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The proper statement is "Elder" wippersnapper.......:D

Yes, I too, have the floaters. Some days worse than others. don't think you can do much about them tho.......
 
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.
 
Good and scary

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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Thanks for the info Jay, yup, been hit in the eye once er twice.... Don't like the sound of the procedure..... think I'll pass...........
 
I started getting them about a year ago. Wigged me out. Turns out it's not uncommon.

The way my eye doc explained it to me - your eyeball is basically mostly fluid. Floaters occur when a spot in the sphere of that fluid starts to dry out a bit.
 
ScottW said:
I started getting them about a year ago. Wigged me out. Turns out it's not uncommon.

The way my eye doc explained it to me - your eyeball is basically mostly fluid. Floaters occur when a spot in the sphere of that fluid starts to dry out a bit.
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Have had them as long as I can remember.

One cause is the one you mentioned, the other is a tear of the retina... not good.:eek:

Treatment was never required, nor suggested....thank God.:)

Jim
 
Sometimes I Just Turn Them Face Up And Let The Dealer Tell Me What I Have

I have floaters and they have gotten much worse as I've grown older.
Although annoying, I dealt with them playing pool, but they are now costing me MONEY.
For example: When I look down at the the 5-10 of spades (or clubs) and then my second card, the floaters will add pips to the second card, making think that I have a pair. It also affects a board of all clubs & spades.
Doug
 
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 off & on for years and they usually go away after some time. I get some flashing on the sides of my eyes too, and that also comes and goes. This is the reason I don't win all the tournaments at Hard Times LOL(good to see you there). Most of them will go away and you will adjust. If it gets worse and doesn't go away it probably is a tear in the retina (per my doc) and they fix it with laser surgery. John
 
Smorgass Bored said:
I have floaters and they have gotten much worse as I've grown older.
Although annoying, I dealt with them playing pool, but they are now costing me MONEY.
For example: When I look down at the the 5-10 of spades (or clubs) and then my second card, the floaters will add pips to the second card, making think that I have a pair. It also affects a board of all clubs & spades.
Doug
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Whenever you think you might have a pair shake your head violently. Just a couple shakes will do it.
 
desi2960 said:
had them all my life, but the older i get the less of them i see.
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I kind of was thinking the same thing.

I have had them for as along as I can remember...but I am so used to them that I don't even notice them anymore....probably similar to people that wear glasses...after a while they don't even remember they have glasses on...

For me ...they don't just sit there...for me they start in the middle (if I notice it) and it will move off to the side out of sight...
 
Smorgass Bored said:
I have floaters and they have gotten much worse as I've grown older.
Although annoying, I dealt with them playing pool, but they are now costing me MONEY.
For example: When I look down at the the 5-10 of spades (or clubs) and then my second card, the floaters will add pips to the second card, making think that I have a pair. It also affects a board of all clubs & spades.
Doug
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If they ever get real bad while shooting pool, and you see three object balls, always shoot for the middle ball....it works.:D

jim
 
I "thought" I had floaters until ...

... a Retinal Surgeon concluded that I had "tears" in the Retina attributed to decades of shooting Compensated Competition Pistols ... Back in 2000, I was competing in a National Championship and one of the Courses of Fire required forward movement into a Tunnel while shooting at targets thru Ports in the Tunnel Walls ... The Muzzle Blast rebounding off the Walls resulted in a "concussion" to my right eye ... The very next morning I awoke to find my vision blocked by a large "grey" mass directly in my line of sight ... I called my Optometrist and he examined me thoroughly (to the best of his ability) ... He stated that it was floaters that had flaked off the inner wall of my eye and that they would eventually break up and move out of my vision ... He couldn't have been more wrong in his diagnosis ...

After 3 more years of patiently waiting for the floaters to subside, my Physician decided to send me to a Retinal Surgeon ... His diagnosis was bleeding from broken vessels in the eye, probably from continued exposure to Muzzle Blast ... He has performed several Laser treatments and Injected Steroids into the eyeball ($2500.00 each) over the past 3 years and only minimal improvement has been realized ... NOW he tells me that nothing more can be done and that I have a Cataract on that Eye ... Friday I go to another Specialist for that problem and, hopefully, he can restore my vision enough to continue my Shooting Competition (non-compensated pistols only) and also improve my vision for Pool ...
 
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