Misc NFT: Eye floaters... - Page 2

Stewie · 03-20-2015, 04:00 PM

How many people here have "eye floaters?" I've just recently noticed them in my peripheral vision. Little, tiny thread-like strands that float around. New to me, but apparently they're common as you get older.

Stewie · 03-20-2015, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish

I have an Africa shaped floater in my right eye, from an ice pick accident when I was a kid. I slipped with an icepick and jabbed myself in the eyeball, requiring internal and external stitches on the white part of my eye just below the pupil.

Last year I was diagnosed with glaucoma in that eye.

Have you always had it? If you also notice bright lightning flashes when you cough or sneeze real hard, or if you start getting tunnel vision, you might want to get it tested. That's evidence of your optic nerve detaching from your retina.

Since I've done research I've noticed a flash in my left eye when I do rigorous eye movement. It's kind of hard to see if it's different since that wasn't a routine test. My right eye has no symptoms. Back to the eye doctor.

KC Hawks · 03-20-2015, 04:33 PM

I got one in each eye about a year and a half ago. Used to drive me crazy, but I've gotten used to them.

Chieficus · 03-20-2015, 04:37 PM

I've had one, a transparent dot in the left side of my vision for as long as I can remember. At 34yo now, a few more small ones have appeared. I somehow developed a small cataract in my left eye in my early 20s, but other than that my yearly eye exams turn out fine, so the floaters have never been an issue connected to anything.

Zebedee DuBois · 03-20-2015, 04:45 PM

Your are falling apart from the inside out.

Stewie · 03-20-2015, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Zebedee DuBois

Your are falling apart from the inside out.

I know! What the hell?

Zebedee DuBois · 03-20-2015, 04:50 PM

You should have never taken that trip to Bangkok.

**Baby Lee** · 03-20-2015, 04:53 PM

I'm a little superstitious about my eyesight. I've abused the hell out of it, reading like a mofo every day since I was 8 or so, usually small type.

My day was born nearsighted and my mom has old lady farsightedness, but so far I plug along with no deficits, from near to far, low light, color blindness, etc.

That's what freaked me out about the sleep aid shit, until I realized it went away after I slept.

Toadkiller · 03-20-2015, 04:55 PM

I started getting them then went to the eye doctor. Turns out a vein blew up in the back of my retina. Now I get ****ing eye shots every 6 weeks to try to fix it.

scho63 · 03-20-2015, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Stewie

Since I've done research I've noticed a flash in my left eye when I do rigorous eye movement. It's kind of hard to see if it's different since that wasn't a routine test. My right eye has no symptoms. Back to the eye doctor.

You need to make sure you are not suffering a retinal tear from detachment of your vitreous sac . I have suffered two that required emergency surgery. One tear in the right eye in June 2002 and two tears in the left eye in May 2004.

I have scleral buckles on both eyes.

I have a ton of floaters and left over vitreous

Hog's Gone Fishin · 03-20-2015, 06:09 PM

I thought a floater was when you take a dump and check to see if it floats.

ghak99 · 03-20-2015, 09:05 PM

I have one that floats around on the right side of my left eye. Just figured it had something to do with getting knocked out a time or three.

TLO · 03-20-2015, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

I've had them for as long as I can remember.

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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

I get tracers sometimes too...

Same

TLO · 03-20-2015, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

I've had them for as long as I can remember.

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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

I get tracers sometimes too...

Same.

My tracers are worst when I'm right on the edge of being awake and being asleep. I don't have them very often beyond that.

Strongside · 03-20-2015, 09:24 PM

Had them my whole life.

**lewdog** · 03-20-2015, 09:26 PM

I get them from time to time. Usually with a heavy flow.

03-20-2015, 04:00 PM
Stewie MVP Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West of the Equator Casino cash: $1999901	NFT: Eye floaters... How many people here have "eye floaters?" I've just recently noticed them in my peripheral vision. Little, tiny thread-like strands that float around. New to me, but apparently they're common as you get older.
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03-20-2015, 04:33 PM	#17
KC Hawks Veteran Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The West Side Casino cash: $1594310	I got one in each eye about a year and a half ago. Used to drive me crazy, but I've gotten used to them.
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03-20-2015, 04:37 PM	#18
Chieficus infralapsarianism Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: West MO Casino cash: $2085728	I've had one, a transparent dot in the left side of my vision for as long as I can remember. At 34yo now, a few more small ones have appeared. I somehow developed a small cataract in my left eye in my early 20s, but other than that my yearly eye exams turn out fine, so the floaters have never been an issue connected to anything.
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03-20-2015, 04:45 PM	#19
Zebedee DuBois Veteran Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: floating in a tin can Casino cash: $1975199	Your are falling apart from the inside out. __________________ What am I even doing here?
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03-20-2015, 04:50 PM	#21
Zebedee DuBois Veteran Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: floating in a tin can Casino cash: $1975199	You should have never taken that trip to Bangkok. __________________ What am I even doing here?
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03-20-2015, 04:53 PM	#22
Baby Lee Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $6838598	I'm a little superstitious about my eyesight. I've abused the hell out of it, reading like a mofo every day since I was 8 or so, usually small type. My day was born nearsighted and my mom has old lady farsightedness, but so far I plug along with no deficits, from near to far, low light, color blindness, etc. That's what freaked me out about the sleep aid shit, until I realized it went away after I slept. __________________ We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics - E.W.
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03-20-2015, 04:55 PM	#23
Toadkiller Garlic make my feet stank! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Washougal, WA Casino cash: $5904921	I started getting them then went to the eye doctor. Turns out a vein blew up in the back of my retina. Now I get ****ing eye shots every 6 weeks to try to fix it.
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03-20-2015, 06:09 PM	#25
Hog's Gone Fishin Fish are scared of me Join Date: Nov 2001 Casino cash: $1790477	I thought a floater was when you take a dump and check to see if it floats.
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03-20-2015, 09:05 PM	#26
ghak99 MVP Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Missouri Casino cash: $2012250	I have one that floats around on the right side of my left eye. Just figured it had something to do with getting knocked out a time or three.
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03-20-2015, 09:24 PM	#29
Strongside Mahomes or GTFO Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: KC Casino cash: $6174282	Had them my whole life.
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03-20-2015, 09:26 PM	#30
lewdog Mod Team Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Valley of the hot as **** Casino cash: $1991900	I get them from time to time. Usually with a heavy flow.
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