Post by Chris Floater on Mar 6, 2007 19:32:04 GMT -5
well I though I was the only one seeing these things! so I'm glad I stumbled across this board.
I have many floaters in both eyes and have had them for about 20 years (i'm 37) so I've learned to cope with them. In fact, when I'm on holiday laying on my back staring at a bright blue sky I get to examine them and found that they rarely change one year to the next.
Mine are mostly fixed or anchored at one end and swirl about this axis. They look like dead bacteria, in fact they look thin versions of this:
www.sacsplash.org/cimages/bacteria.jpg
scary huh!
Anyway during winter I mostly forget about them, it's only summer or really bright days that I can see them. I've given up reading laying on my back as they are really irritating but found laying on my front propped up on my elbows with a book laying on the bed is the best position as they mostly disappear and I am an establish book worm to say the least!
I fell 6 feet on to concrete head first when I was small and had another accident when I was 12 playing with friends when I was hit with force in the head by a flying piece of wood (kids eh?!)
So I wouldn't be surprised if some internal eye bits came away in the process of growing up.
If it helps anyone I have been using computers for 25 years and for some reason the typical computer CRT screen would show these floaters sometimes - with the advent of TFT I don't get this problem - thank heavens!
Also I am a vegetarian, don't drink, don't smoke, dont' do drugs and still have these things! so obviously diet and other personal habits aren't a factor here. I'll probably live with them till I'm too old to care. That's enough about me!
thanks
Chris
I have many floaters in both eyes and have had them for about 20 years (i'm 37) so I've learned to cope with them. In fact, when I'm on holiday laying on my back staring at a bright blue sky I get to examine them and found that they rarely change one year to the next.
Mine are mostly fixed or anchored at one end and swirl about this axis. They look like dead bacteria, in fact they look thin versions of this:
www.sacsplash.org/cimages/bacteria.jpg
scary huh!
Anyway during winter I mostly forget about them, it's only summer or really bright days that I can see them. I've given up reading laying on my back as they are really irritating but found laying on my front propped up on my elbows with a book laying on the bed is the best position as they mostly disappear and I am an establish book worm to say the least!
I fell 6 feet on to concrete head first when I was small and had another accident when I was 12 playing with friends when I was hit with force in the head by a flying piece of wood (kids eh?!)
So I wouldn't be surprised if some internal eye bits came away in the process of growing up.
If it helps anyone I have been using computers for 25 years and for some reason the typical computer CRT screen would show these floaters sometimes - with the advent of TFT I don't get this problem - thank heavens!
Also I am a vegetarian, don't drink, don't smoke, dont' do drugs and still have these things! so obviously diet and other personal habits aren't a factor here. I'll probably live with them till I'm too old to care. That's enough about me!
thanks
Chris