Eye Floaters

Clodfobble · 11-28-2016, 08:16 PM

How many eye floaters do you have? How much do they bother you?

fargon · 11-28-2016, 08:22 PM

None, but if I have ever had them I never noticed.

BigV · 11-28-2016, 08:30 PM

I can find floaters any time I try, and almost all of the time I can ignore them. Sometimes, I can't ignore them.

I know the thread is young, but at the risk of setting it adrift, a more pressing vision problem I have from time to time has been described to me as a "visual migraine", or more precisely, acephalgic migraine, since I rarely experience the subsequent headache.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-28-2016, 08:52 PM

I have them and they usually don't bother me, but a couple months ago I bought some bananas at a farm stand and got infested with fruit flies. I spent a lot of times trying to kill floaters.

glatt · 11-28-2016, 09:01 PM

Have them. See them any time I decide to.

Once the doc looking in my eye asked if they bothered me. Well, they didn't until you mentioned it.

glatt · 11-28-2016, 09:03 PM

I was sitting by the water with my grandfather years ago. Just enjoying the day. Then he said that it would be perfect if it wasn't for that damn barking dog. The dog that I hadn't noticed but couldn't not hear after he mentioned it.

BigV · 11-28-2016, 09:06 PM

nor the humming of the fluorescent lights, too, right?

Carruthers · 11-29-2016, 03:23 AM

I have floaters and they're a wretched nuisance.
I had an eye test a couple of weeks ago and got the usual advice that they're only a real problem if there's a sudden increase in the damn things.
Anyway, needed new specs so opted for the 'two pairs offer' as I stand a reasonable chance of not losing both pairs at the same time.
It's funny that I am able to see the optometrist's bill in super high definition clarity.
Without the aid of specs.

Griff · 11-29-2016, 06:06 AM

Very rare for me.

glatt · 11-29-2016, 08:45 AM

apparently there are floaters and then there are floaters. A really big floater that significantly obstructs your vision can be zapped with a laser and vaporized.

Like this one.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-29-2016, 09:26 AM

Just don't fart and set the place on fire.

Gravdigr · 11-29-2016, 02:13 PM

I get the occasional floater.

Clodfobble · 11-29-2016, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

apparently there are floaters and then there are floaters. A really big floater that significantly obstructs your vision can be zapped with a laser and vaporized.

Yeah, I went to see a guy who could do that. He told me that he could zap a big ball but not a bunch of cobwebs, which is what I have. It's like egg drop soup in there, I can see dozens moving around 100% of the time. There's a surgery you can have where they suck out all the fluid in your eye and replace it with saline, but I'm not quite ready for that yet. I'll probably get there at some point, though. I have "naturally degenerative" eyes and they say it will only get worse.

lumberjim · 11-30-2016, 05:11 PM

do you ever watch two of them and bet on which one will win the race to the edge of your vision?

Clodfobble · 11-30-2016, 09:59 PM

They don't make it to the edge. Most of them swirl because one end or the other is tied down somewhere. Like a baton twirler. The stick can spin in its little orbit but it can never really get farther away than her arm can reach.

I didn't really mean to launch into complaining though, I was just shocked to learn that Mr. Clod has no floaters, zero, and only has a loose idea of what they even are. I was trying to figure out which one of us is more of an anomaly.

View Poll Results: What's your floater situation?
None!	2	10.53%
Maybe one or two on occasion, but I never notice them	8	42.11%
Some tiny regulars, plus one or two big ones that are super annoying when they come up	4	21.05%
A whole bunch, I tune them out but sometimes it's hard	4	21.05%
A constant veil of hundreds that make the world constantly smeary and blurry	1	5.26%
Voters: 19. You may not vote on this poll

11-28-2016, 08:16 PM	#1
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Eye Floaters How many eye floaters do you have? How much do they bother you? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-28-2016, 08:22 PM	#2
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	None, but if I have ever had them I never noticed. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

11-28-2016, 08:30 PM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I can find floaters any time I try, and almost all of the time I can ignore them. Sometimes, I can't ignore them. I know the thread is young, but at the risk of setting it adrift, a more pressing vision problem I have from time to time has been described to me as a "visual migraine", or more precisely, acephalgic migraine, since I rarely experience the subsequent headache. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

11-28-2016, 08:52 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I have them and they usually don't bother me, but a couple months ago I bought some bananas at a farm stand and got infested with fruit flies. I spent a lot of times trying to kill floaters. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-28-2016, 09:01 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Have them. See them any time I decide to. Once the doc looking in my eye asked if they bothered me. Well, they didn't until you mentioned it.

11-28-2016, 09:03 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I was sitting by the water with my grandfather years ago. Just enjoying the day. Then he said that it would be perfect if it wasn't for that damn barking dog. The dog that I hadn't noticed but couldn't not hear after he mentioned it.

11-28-2016, 09:06 PM	#7
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	nor the humming of the fluorescent lights, too, right? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

11-29-2016, 03:23 AM	#8
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	I have floaters and they're a wretched nuisance. I had an eye test a couple of weeks ago and got the usual advice that they're only a real problem if there's a sudden increase in the damn things. Anyway, needed new specs so opted for the 'two pairs offer' as I stand a reasonable chance of not losing both pairs at the same time. It's funny that I am able to see the optometrist's bill in super high definition clarity. Without the aid of specs. __________________

11-29-2016, 06:06 AM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Very rare for me. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-29-2016, 08:45 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	apparently there are floaters and then there are floaters. A really big floater that significantly obstructs your vision can be zapped with a laser and vaporized. Like this one.

11-29-2016, 09:26 AM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Just don't fart and set the place on fire. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-29-2016, 02:13 PM	#12
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I get the occasional floater. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

11-30-2016, 05:11 PM	#14
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	do you ever watch two of them and bet on which one will win the race to the edge of your vision? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-30-2016, 09:59 PM	#15
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	They don't make it to the edge. Most of them swirl because one end or the other is tied down somewhere. Like a baton twirler. The stick can spin in its little orbit but it can never really get farther away than her arm can reach. I didn't really mean to launch into complaining though, I was just shocked to learn that Mr. Clod has no floaters, zero, and only has a loose idea of what they even are. I was trying to figure out which one of us is more of an anomaly. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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