Post by ade on Jan 30, 2005 17:19:51 GMT -5
For some reason I have a compelling urge to spell "hello" as "hellow" when typing - for why do I feel the need to add the "W", d**n the curs-ed "double-ewe"!!!!!!!!
Ahem. Anyway, thought I would post, as I have not been here for a while. My story in brief, I developed floaters end July 04, I did the worst possible thing and looked on the internet for what may have caused them, got incredibly scared and depressed about pretty much all kinds of eye diseases and problems you could think of.
I took great comfort from the kindly words of people on this site and reading the experiences of other people going through the same thing - that much has always been a real help. For the past 3-4 months I haven't been on any of these sites, as I have found a kind of peace/understanding with what I now see, which incidentally, has not changed, fortunately (fortunately as in, it hasn't gotten any worse, don't think I'm sitting here thinking it wouldn't be nice if they went away!!!).
I have two large floaters in my right eye and one large strand in my left, with a knot in the middle. They're the most intrusive into my daily life, when taken unawares (usually sat in my conservatory, admiring my decorating talents - why did I paint the d**n place a light green, large plain walls, no pictures, almost blank canvass like, unwittingly, I have made this the ultimate place for seeing floaters!!! **DOH!** ), I have countless other transparent strands, dots and twirls, scattered in both eyes. I do not believe they have changed since they first "appeared", at one point I thought they had gotten worse, but now I realise that I have just become ultra critical of my vision and acutely aware of everything that I see.
I think I have managed to get used to them, to a certain extent, I sometimes sit there playing with them, not really thinking about anything, rather than trying to avoid them, thinking about retinal detachment and sight loss - I guess they have become a daydreaming tool, and believe me, I didn't need any help there!
Not really sure of the point of this post, I guess I just thought I'd share my "6 months later" story - in summary, nothings changed, but that's OK. If someone had told me at the time that things would be no different by jan 2005 I'd have been moritified, wondering how I would cope. But it doesn't matter now, there's a lot of important things in life AND DA FLOATS WON'T GET ME DOWN!
Here's hoping they don't get any worse, for any of us.
Here's also hoping that no medical research facility announces that BEER causes floaters, now there would be a serious problem!!
Sleep easy, you control your dreams ....
Ahem. Anyway, thought I would post, as I have not been here for a while. My story in brief, I developed floaters end July 04, I did the worst possible thing and looked on the internet for what may have caused them, got incredibly scared and depressed about pretty much all kinds of eye diseases and problems you could think of.
I took great comfort from the kindly words of people on this site and reading the experiences of other people going through the same thing - that much has always been a real help. For the past 3-4 months I haven't been on any of these sites, as I have found a kind of peace/understanding with what I now see, which incidentally, has not changed, fortunately (fortunately as in, it hasn't gotten any worse, don't think I'm sitting here thinking it wouldn't be nice if they went away!!!).
I have two large floaters in my right eye and one large strand in my left, with a knot in the middle. They're the most intrusive into my daily life, when taken unawares (usually sat in my conservatory, admiring my decorating talents - why did I paint the d**n place a light green, large plain walls, no pictures, almost blank canvass like, unwittingly, I have made this the ultimate place for seeing floaters!!! **DOH!** ), I have countless other transparent strands, dots and twirls, scattered in both eyes. I do not believe they have changed since they first "appeared", at one point I thought they had gotten worse, but now I realise that I have just become ultra critical of my vision and acutely aware of everything that I see.
I think I have managed to get used to them, to a certain extent, I sometimes sit there playing with them, not really thinking about anything, rather than trying to avoid them, thinking about retinal detachment and sight loss - I guess they have become a daydreaming tool, and believe me, I didn't need any help there!
Not really sure of the point of this post, I guess I just thought I'd share my "6 months later" story - in summary, nothings changed, but that's OK. If someone had told me at the time that things would be no different by jan 2005 I'd have been moritified, wondering how I would cope. But it doesn't matter now, there's a lot of important things in life AND DA FLOATS WON'T GET ME DOWN!
Here's hoping they don't get any worse, for any of us.
Here's also hoping that no medical research facility announces that BEER causes floaters, now there would be a serious problem!!
Sleep easy, you control your dreams ....