eye floaters

[Donna]

HI, I LIVE IN CONNECTICUT, I AM 53 YEARS OLD AND HAVE HAD FLOATERS FOR SOME 30 YEARS. I FIRST NOTICED THEM AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT WHERE I HAD WHIP LASH. THEY ARE BOTHERSOME AND ANNOYING AND I HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS IN CONCENTRATING ON LOOKING PAST THEM. BUT I HAVE NOTICED AS I STRESS OUT THERE SEEMS TO BE MORE OF THEM.
THE MOST ANNOYING PART IS SWATTING WHAT YOU THINK IS A GNAT AN IT'S THE FLOATER.I HAVE ASKED DOCTORS WHAT CAN BE DONE AND MOST SAY NOTHING , LIVE WITH IT. EVEN ONE OF MY FORMER EYE DOCTORS HAS THEM.THANKS FOR THIS SITE. GOD BLESS

[Moderator]

Hello Donna,

I'm glad that you've had some success on ignoring your floaters to an extent and totally understand what it's like.

One opthal I met casually said he has floaters too but obviously he means only 1 or 2 hardly noticeable strands. Many of us have 10-15 maybe even more . The more severe cases have floaters obstructing vision (which is only when most surgeons are comfortable doing and FOV - which is not so good for the rest of us because we have a lot of persuading to do).

Thanks for sharing your experiences Donna, take care!