Floaters in eyes?

Can any of you old geezers relate to the following? I sure can. Good thing I don't volunteer to count migratory birds in the fall or else there'd be a lot more migrating birds reported than the actual number.

http://home-brewed-concoctions.com/sw-6-05.htm

On occasion unfortunately yes I can relate.
If it happens a lot have your eyes checked out.

Old geezers?!?

Damn, I'm doomed. And here all along, I thought it was just dust particles floating on the surface of my eye. I'm 34, had them since I was in the single digits... *sigh*

-Keith (blind as a bat, shooting pics anyway!)

I have a long skinny floater in my right and a round one in my left eye.

I get those if i have bright light refelecting into my eye in a certain way.

Like Keefyboy, I've had them for 40 or 50 years now. Sometimes they look like a petri dish full of microbes.
It is a normal (at least for some) situation that comes and goes.

I'm 67 and so far it hasn't affected my life to any degree, except I fathered daughters instead of sons.

Another vote for it being perfectly normal... as far as I understand it it's just the lubricant on the outside of your eyes - when you have one it'll "scroll" down if you don't keep flicking it upwards in your vision.. and if you have your head upside down it'll scroll up

These things are INSIDE the front chamber of the eye, between the iris / pupil and the cornea. they don't do any harm, which is just as well as they are not removeable. They are just strands of protein. I've had them all my life. and they cause less trouble than a bit of dust on a sensor.

Jon, The Elder wrote in post #2310489
Like Keefyboy, I've had them for 40 or 50 years now. Sometimes they look like a petri dish full of microbes.
It is a normal (at least for some) situation that comes and goes.

I'm 67 and so far it hasn't affected my life to any degree, except I fathered daughters instead of sons.

If that's what floaters look like...It happens all the time to me. I tried explaining it to my mom. I thought I was an X-Men and could see microscopic particles floating across my pupils!

Shutter22 wrote in post #2312975


If that's what floaters look like...It happens all the time to me. I tried explaining it to my mom. I thought I was an X-Men and could see microscopic particles floating across my pupils!

The only Town in PA, huh? Then you must be from AllenTOWN.

An interesting and timely discussion....

My BIL is an optometrist, and he happens to be visiting this weekend. I've been aware of a couple floaters recently and asked him about them. 'Perfectly normal,' he says. Quite consistent with my age. From what I can tell, they're not bad compared to what some people experience, and they're only a minor distraction.

PacAce wrote in post #2313106
The only Town in PA, huh? Then you must be from AllenTOWN.

No! They're just wannabees. Actually Bloomsburg. We have signs when you come into town that say

"Welcome to Bloomsburg, The Only Town in Pennsylvania!"

This time of year, underneath it says...

"Like Coming Home For the Holidays!"



We're pretty conceited.

Shutter22 wrote in post #2313152
No! They're just wannabees. Actually Bloomsburg. We have signs when you come into town that say

"Welcome to Bloomsburg, The Only Town in Pennsylvania!"

This time of year, underneath it says...

"Like Coming Home For the Holidays!"



We're pretty conceited.

Well, I guess they meant it literally since Allentown is a city instead of a town as the name might suggest.

BTW, since Allentown is the #3 city in PA, the only thing they wanna-be is bigger than Philly or Phittsburg.

belmondo wrote in post #2313116
An interesting and timely discussion....

My BIL is an optometrist, and he happens to be visiting this weekend. I've been aware of a couple floaters recently and asked him about them. 'Perfectly normal,' he says. Quite consistent with my age. From what I can tell, they're not bad compared to what some people experience, and they're only a minor distraction.

While you were at it, did you ask him about the red ring around the green right around your pupils?

I've had 'em since birth (so I've been told...) - I started asking about them at about the age of 7; apparrently my retina partially detached very early on in development. They're always there, but I rarely notice them anymore. They develop in a lot of people later in life, but aren't a real nuisance.