Hi Cuties, first let me say I'm not asking for you to diagnose my condition, I just wanted your feedback if you are experiencing or have experienced this.
This week while sewing I started seeing little black dots in my vision. I first thought it was something on my glasses. Then I thought it was in the air, like little gnats. It's none of the above, so I did a search on google.Our eyeballs are normally filled with gel. However it seems, as we get older the gel turns to liquid and causes what they call floaters. Also, it says most ALL over 70 people experience this. Do you?
It says it takes the brain about a month to adjust to these dark spots so they aren't so distracting but it bothers the bgb's out of me!
One of my 80+ brother in laws told me he experiences this. Told me he even swatted at them, thinking it was gnats. I told him I did too, but we needn't tell our kids are they will have us committed!-lol
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Yes Toogie and they are noticeable in the summertime when its brighter outside. Something that I have just got used too. Sudden loss of sight should be seen to immediately or any other strange things happening with vision
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by toogie
10 Feb 2020
I'm trying to get used to it but have kept a headache for the last few days. Could be from this King quilt I'm trying to finish piecing, weather changes/sinus, eyes, who knows...
115776Toogie, yes, I have had them from time to time too. When I had my cataract surgery the eye doc told me if I started to get more or if they get big that he wanted me to come in........so far so good........
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261163I do all the time toogie. I was also concerned & ask my Ophthalmologist about them. She also said they are floaters & nothing to worry about, but they sure do bug me (sometimes).
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1169I got a devil of one 16 months ago. It was so big I thought something was coming over my right should and I went into Ninja mode defense. My eye doctor said they go away in 7-8 months or your brain adjusts to them and you don't see them anymore. Neither one true for me, but I hope it is for you. It has gotten smaller and I don't notice it as much, but it's still there.
I took a self defense class shortly afterward. ;)
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by toogie
10 Feb 2020
Good for you about the self defense, you may need that anyway but I hope not. Sorry to hear about your spot. Mine aren't too big but many of them.
Hope all is well with you.
158718Yes, Toogie, I have one. Looks like a tiny spider and was told I’m in early stages of macular degeneration. My daughter researched and yes, not uncommon in folks over 50. I noticed mine after I turned 60 and thought I wouldn’t get used to it but hardly notice it now after 5 years.. My 88 yr old momma has macular degeneration as well although I’ve never heard her mention floaters. She has to have shots administered through her pupil when she has bleeds behind the eye. Getting older stinks sometimes. Hope yours quit bothering you soon!!!
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by toogie
10 Feb 2020
We had a lady at church had MD and now her son has it. It must run in families and I know when I told my eye doctor about my sister's MD he checked me for it. Sorry to hear about you and your mom. Glad you still have her though. My mother lived until 81 and my husbands mom until 96. She still raked her property until she was 90!
3385My floaters started when I was 53 after cataract surgery. Have had them for about 15 years. I also have narrow angle glaucoma along with standard glaucoma. I had holes drilled with a laser in both my eyes to allow the fluid to drain out. Floaters go by varying degrees. Sometimes multiples, sometimes large, sometimes small. At first I thought they were black flies and swatted and tried to duck away from them. Caused everyone to laugh and think I had lost my mind. Now I am kind of used to them. They are very much annoying but I still have my eyesight so cannot complain. Just thankful for technology that saved my vision. Good luck and hope they dissipate soon. Hug and Blessings, Barba
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by toogie
09 Feb 2020
Oh your eye procedures sound painful, but I too am glad, for you to still have vision. The cataract surgery that my sister has had, has improved her vision some (she has Macular degeneration).She needs her other eye done now tho. I had cataract surgery in both eyes some time ago.
6279My sister had (or has) them. It drove her nuts for awhile, too, but she got used to them. She hasn't mentioned them lately so maybe they are gone. Hope yours clear up soon.
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5431Floaters--and you don't have to be 70 to have them! Mine appear as lint and are most noticeable when looking at a bright, light-colored background (computer screen) and quickly looking around. But, yes, you do get used to them. Let your optometrist know about them on your next visit.
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7208Yep!, One day daughter asked Mother what in the world are you doing? l said these pesky bugs are driving me crazy. I have found they are worse when I am very very tired They come and go and sometimes they stay away a week or two and then they show up again Been that way several years and eye Dr says floaters would go away. The jury is still out on that.
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145791Sorry Toogie, I am in my seventies and have not experienced anything like this. Most interesting.
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255054Hi Toogie, I've had some, but they disappear after a few days. But, I also have Glaucoma, so if it's really an issue I just ring my Optometrist and he checks me out straight away. They will go eventually. Love Chris
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234507Looks like there is a lot of us that share this problem, my eye specialist isn't concerned about them they are apparently common.
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45918The black spots are floaters.A few years ago I had them with flashes & I was sent immediately to the eye specialist.In my case it was probably caused by stress .Flashes could be a sign of something bad & should be checked out immediately. The floaters come & go, & you don't need to be over 70 to experience them.
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by toogie
09 Feb 2020
Thank goodness no flashes for me. I suppose you are right you can experience them before 70. Internet just said most all that have reached 70 have usually experienced floaters by that age.
25212yes, i get them all the time my eye doctor said the only time there bad is when u see a spider web with slimmers on it . If it attaches to your retina it will disconnect it . Happened to me a few times.Don't hurt and the laser it and that's it .I had so many i was going crazy and they zapped them off lasered them i mean.She said as we age the liquid turns to hard Jell and wee pieces brake off.Yes u get used to them lol
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360667Had floaters for 23 years now and it's real old. But, no one's committed me. More in PM.
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by toogie
09 Feb 2020
You only get committed if you’re swatting at them or things other people can’t see-😉😂
23 years!😳😳😳
66925I did experience floaters some years ago and they did drive me up a wall. Haven't had them since Lasik surgery which was also quite a few years ago...…………..I truly don't miss them...………...LOL
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by toogie
08 Feb 2020
What a thing to have in common! I am sure I won’t miss them either, just so they go.
766They come and they go. Right now no floaters They are a pain when they are active. Oh joy, all the things that happen to us as we get older
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109774Sounds like Macular problem.
Go and get your eyes tested to be sure.
I had a problem with flashes of light in one eye and thought I had something in it. You need to have the eye checked as they told me the Retina can some times come detached.
Don't mean to scare you but eyes need looking after.
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by toogie
08 Feb 2020
I know about it because my sister has macular degeneration. I went not too long ago and he tested me for that. Told him then every once in a while I’d see a spot or two but he didn’t seem concerned. Now there are more so it is distracting.
by lildoll2
08 Feb 2020
i 'll join the club, have it in rt eye, i notice it most when i really want to look at a certain spot, then it gets fuzzy then goes away. getting old sure is fun ai'nt it ??? doris xo
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