I can imagine.
I ended up going in for a check when a particularly visible one came into my vision. Got a check-up and the diagnosis that everything was fine, followed by a week of noticing every floater in my vision.
― mh, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:56 (ten years ago) link
I notice mine when I'm reaaaaalllly tired
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:58 (ten years ago) link
^^^ (although I only have to be fairly tired)
― Camp Macaroni Style (snoball), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:13 (ten years ago) link
Mrs. Redd just had one looked at today but apparently it was nothing serious, as you seem to indicate.
― Blue Yodel No. 9 Dream (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:16 (ten years ago) link
sometimes I see floaters when I eat a lot of kale or other similarly fibrous vegetables
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:17 (ten years ago) link
i get the protozoa shaped ones
― am0n, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:18 (ten years ago) link
I feel like I have this when I get stuff on my contact lenses but I don't think I've ever actually had them. Of course now I'm gonna start checking for the immediately and will probably notice 10 within the half hour.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:20 (ten years ago) link
The ones in my right eye evidently wanted some company, so now I've got them in the left eye too. These are somewhat different--instead of the hanging-string effect (which I eventually got used to and never thought about anymore), it's more like a sudden flicker. I was worried that I was seeing flashes of light--more serious--but I went back to the eye doctor, and she says there's no pulling away from the retina that she can detect.
I am wondering if, before it ever gets to that stage, I should go and have preemptive laser surgery, which is supposed to be fairly mild. I dread to think I'll be driving along one day on the highway, and suddenly the one eye goes dark.
― clemenza, Thursday, 13 February 2020 05:47 (four years ago) link
I have them and have for years and unless someone points them out to me, I barely even notice them anymore.
that's scary with the flickers. good that there's no sign of detachment - might have been just a temporary anomaly.
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 February 2020 05:49 (four years ago) link
Thanks. Freaked me out a bit because of the difference from what I was used to, but I assume the optometrist would have taken action immediately if necessary.
― clemenza, Thursday, 13 February 2020 05:55 (four years ago) link
Hate these shitters
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 13 February 2020 05:56 (four years ago) link
What’s to hate?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZklwTGZutc
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 13 February 2020 07:20 (four years ago) link