mo and the floaters (NGC)

[trippah]

Like fine wine, the aging process continues.  cataract surgery in Jan and Feb left me with great distance vision -first time in my life I can ride without wearing corrective lenses.  Last month, flashes, floaters and gazillion dots like a vision of volcanic ash led me to eye doc asap.  All is pretty good except the floaters often seem like mosquitoes flying near my face.  While opening WG this eve I got two bites, it actually is a mosquito in the room arrrg!  Didn't hear any buzzing, hmmm.  Cant wait to see what else fall apart.

[Chuck in Indiana]

BTDT, got the t shirt.  Most, not all of them will go away. If you're deciding to get old, you better suck it up. It doesn't get any easier..

[sib]

Cataract surgery, best invention since circumcision.  Now, if I can find a cure for my recent upshifting-induced big toe pain, I'll be all set for another 75 years.  The latter was first misdiagnosed as gout, then as "mild" osteoarthritis, then as "mild" hallux valgus (that's bunion for the rest of us), now working toward some kind of dislocation explanation.  Boots with hard toe area protection help a lot, but some days I still can't do any walking.  Ain't aging great?

[mtiberio]

Floaters? Had em for years. One looks like a ring with long hairy threads radiating off it. I should give it a pet name.

[normzone]

Mo and the Floaters ?

I have their first album on vinyl, but got rid of my turntable gear years ago when the amp developed a short. I have it on CD also, but I miss the vinyl sound.

It's too bad they don't come to this part of the country when they tour.

[canuguzzi]

Floaters? Flush twice, they will eventually go away.

Hey, as long as the hairy looking ones aren't really just falling from the top of your hear, ignore them.

[Robert]

Floaters don't cause any problems until I am trying to focus on the front sight and squeeze.

So I look up and down and around real quick, trying to move those viscous buggers off to the side to get a clear sight picture.

Old age ain't for sissies!

[O]

...Last month, flashes, floaters...

Be proactive if you see any more flashes.  My eye doctor told me that they can be the first sign of a torn or detaching retina. Thankfully for me it's just the floaters, but I'm just a kid compared to you distinguished gentlemen. 

[trippah]

Fun isn't it.  Yeah, I remembered that flashes were considered big deal in the cataract paperwork so when I saw the light, I called the eye folks who said come in immediately.  Can't find the mosquito, who has enough of my blood in him to be eligible as legal offspring in my income tax filing.

As an aside to this aside, the 50ish yr old  lady supposedly buying my house asked her realtor to ask my realtor if I would clean the gutters as she saw what was two small branches that looked like itsy bitsy trees growing in one gutter.  My realtor responded- for god's sake, my guy is 69 yrs old and your lady has two high school sons...clean the gutters, really.

[stmike]

The floaters are due to a vitreous detachment.  About 85% of people past the age of 60 get them.  The Lightning flashes usually just last a week or so, and the cobweb floaters are things that the brain learns to ignore in a fairly short time.  They're not generally dangerous, but could cause a small hole in the back of the eye, which can be "welded" shut in a five minute laser procedure. Very rarely will they lead to a retinal detachment, but if you begin to see a sort of curtain closing in your affected eye, get to the hospital quickly and you vision can be saved.  No, I'm not an ophthalmologist, but I have done some research in this area.

[Chuck in Indiana]

The floaters are due to a vitreous detachment.  About 85% of people past the age of 60 get them.  The Lightning flashes usually just last a week or so, and the cobweb floaters are things that the brain learns to ignore in a fairly short time.  They're not generally dangerous, but could cause a small hole in the back of the eye, which can be "welded" shut in a five minute laser procedure. Very rarely will they lead to a retinal detachment, but if you begin to see a sort of curtain closing in your affected eye, get to the hospital quickly and you vision can be saved. No, I'm not an ophthalmologist, but I have done some research in this area.

this

[kirby1923]

The floaters are due to a vitreous detachment.  About 85% of people past the age of 60 get them.  The Lightning flashes usually just last a week or so, and the cobweb floaters are things that the brain learns to ignore in a fairly short time.  They're not generally dangerous, but could cause a small hole in the back of the eye, which can be "welded" shut in a five minute laser procedure. Very rarely will they lead to a retinal detachment, but if you begin to see a sort of curtain closing in your affected eye, get to the hospital quickly and you vision can be saved. 

That is a sign of retinal detachment and as the man says go IMEADIATELY  for an exam and they will put un in the hospital prpbably in less than 24 hours. Been thru it with friends (caused by crash/ ejection)
Chance of going blind in the effected eye is near 100% if not treated (laser).

[ohiorider]

Right eye developed 'curtain' and large floaters almost instantly after I hit a frost heave that practically launched me and my now-departed T100 skyward.  Met with doc at Cleveland Clinic who performed surgery that afternoon ..... sucked out all the vitreous fluid, made a laser repair of the horseshoe tear, then replaced the removed fluid with an inert gas.  Gas was in turn replaced by a fluid generated by the eye.  Right eye has been 20/20 since I had Toric lenses installed (corrected astigmatism,) and had the tear repaired.  Left eye starting to act up, doc is keeping an eye on it.

Amazing stuff.