If its happening to so many people at some point why is there no PSA every time you see eye doc If it's no big deal I guarantee am not letting any doc who has them operate on us you are too blind to do it
“You’ll get used to them.” is the most frustrating and depressing advice. Floaters are constantly in the field of vision and are constantly moving around. It’s literally impossible to ignore them.
I suppose it depends a lot on the size and thickness floaters. I've had floaters since my teens, and if i take my glasses off and look (unfocusedly) at a light background i notice I have A LOT of them, in all different shapes and sizes floating around. BUT, I have never been bothered by them, I really don't notice them, even though they're "objectively" putting on quite a show when I pay attention.
There is SOME truth to that. It's a survival mechanism. The brain cannot be locked onto fixating on something benign in the eye such as a floater at the expense of missing something life-threatening in the environment. Consequently, it will "ignore" floaters when it can. If a floater itself limits vision the brain will not screen the floater out.
I am really sad to hear about your floater condition at such a young age, but really glad the surgery went well. Wish I could hug you to give you moral support.
I have had Cataract surgery, floater vitrectomy and DSEK cornea transplant all in 1 eye. And that eye is amazingly clear. And now doing the other eye. FOV is the best way to get rid of floaters. Quick and fast recovery
I have been watching cataract surgery and vitrectomy surgery videos for at least two weeks now; so it's hard to believe I didn't come across this sooner. I actually found your one-year out video first. It was so good, I decided to watch your first 93-month out) video--it was even better. You have done an excellent job of sharing with the viewer what debilitating floaters are like. Until now, I did not appreciate the different results that patients could have strictly based on age. I know from experience that a gigantic floater, hovering in the central eye area can be as debilitating as a cataract. Even more so, once the cataract is removed.
Thank you so much for posting this. I recently had retinal surgery to remove (or "peel") an epiretinal membrane. The procedure was successful, but what caused me SO MUCH stress was the thousands of things I saw in my eye later - flashes, dots, lines, squiggles, clouds, bubbly things, you name it - so it would have been nice if the doctor had warned me to expect these things and not worry about them. My vision is still terrible, but I've learned that eye surgery (as you pointed out) can require a really long recovery. Thanks for helping me understand my symptoms are not unusual, and I'm not crazy.
Thank you taking the time to make this video. I'm 15 days out from a combined cataract and floater only vitrectomy. I've been going nuts trying to find out about all the tiny "bubbles" I'm noticing in the eye gel moving around. They totally look different and act different from the floaters and are perfectly round and move differently. I had half of the gel removed and an air bubble that appeared at the bottom and gradually got smaller and smaller, so it's different than what you had. Also your determination to persist when you kept getting dismissed. It's hard to explain just how having grey mess in your field of vision moving around and how it impacts quality of life. You had a much more severe blockage of sight but the constant distraction and for me always feeling like gnats and mosquitos were flying by. I also had countless black specks that looked like pepper dots and some discolored eye gel It was enough for me to go ahead and get it taken care of as soon as possible. I am very lucky my retina doctor I began seeing for the PVD in both eyes was very comfortable to do this combined surgery. In fact, it was the easiest he did that day from what I heard. I've also got this long thing on the outer edge that the surgeon said is not a floater (inflammation?) but my vision is clear and If that thing doesn't go away, I'm still very happy because there was so much junk in my eye. Thank you for encouraging people to persist and not give up. The lens I got is awesome. Also people need to do their homework choosing a surgeon. It's very serious surgery but at this point have no regrets. I got stuck in the perfect outcome mindset at first. Waiting on doing the right eye until more healing has happened. Glad I got the worst eye done first.
Happy to hear it's going well for you! And yes I remember those bubbles after my surgery. I called it "the wash" and it steadily faded as the days and weeks went by.
@@KrisD007it’s a more complex surgery and supposed to be less risk than doing them separately. I’m still seeing the circles I saw after surgery but so glad to have the black blobs gone. My surgeon also removes lots of multi focal lenses put in by other surgeons so mine was the least complex that day.
@@spudboyfan1286hello there! I hope you’re doing well. I have cataract + floaters. I’m 27 and considering a combined surgery. How’s your vision now? Did you have any problems with your retina before or after the surgery? Thank you
Thank God you had the surgery and did so well ✌🏼 I’m not young and I had a big fat floater that I ignored for months like an idiot. I went for my regular eye exam and after many tests found I had a hole in my retina. Long story short I had vitrectomy surgery and I had the situation where they put a gas in your eye and you must be face down ( except for one hour a day ) for up to 6 weeks while the gas bubble slowly raises up in your eye and hopefully restores your vision. I was lucky bc the gas rose out of my vision in two weeks. It was a wild ride … as this goes on each day you get a teeny bit more vision and it’s like peering over a totally black wall and seeing perfect sunny vision on the other side. I’m grateful I have vision back but where the doctor closed the hole in my retina there is scar tissue so that when I see a vertical line it is squiggly. I can live with that bc I was losing my sight before. Good luck 😊
I am pumped your results were so solid. I am about to turn 31 and my floaters don’t seem nearly as bad as yours, but definitely depressing. I didn’t know what a difference it makes to have an older eye, so hopefully in the next 5-10 years mine doesn’t get much worse and new technologies are developed.
I am literally going through what you’ve gone through right now. Multiple retina specialists saying they aren’t comfortable with performing on my healthy eye. But these floaters are becoming detrimental on my life. I honestly look forward to it being dark now and wear sunglasses outside even when it’s raining/ pouring out. That shouldn’t be normal… I have an appointment for the Vitreolysis YAG procedure to hopefully help this one big black dot that just zips across my field of vision
Can't say much about the YAG laser since I never actually had the machine start for me. Best of luck. It seems like it's very hit or miss from what I read. Unlike vitrectomy which removes the majority or all of floaters, YAG is spot treatment
" Multiple retina specialists saying they aren’t comfortable with performing on my healthy eye." Probably because they know more than we out here do, furthermore, a study showed 31% of vitrectomy surgeries required cataract surgery less than 2 years later! you sign up for one surgery and then need TWO! Then there's the recovery period from both of those, time lost from work and all the rest.
Thank you very much for this video! I'm 34 years old and had this for like 10 years. I'm looking into a vitrectomy. Thank you for sharing your story and I hope it all works out !
Very good video, the younger sufferers really get screwed. I'm 26 years old with floaters that interfere with everything I do besides sleeping, but not as bad as what yours sounded like. You're right about doctors not taking it seriously enough, a few days ago I went to an ophthalmologist who told me no one should be bothered by floaters and that I just have a mental problem. I'm considering getting a FOV too but not anytime soon.
It's very difficult for a doctor to truly see exactly what you're seeing, the slit lamp only shows so much. My surgeon never got a real good look at the ring in my eye until he was actually inside my eye on the day of surgery.
I’m 26 and my floaters have been getting worse and worse for 5 years after getting flashed one day at work while welding. I’m been eating a lot of pineapple since November 20 and my floaters are starting to become much more transparent and are changing shape. Check out the study from Taiwan about the bromelain in pineapple and the correlation with reduction in eye floaters it’s about a 70% reduction in 3 months
@@sazidkhan9606 7 days ago my entire field of view was full of floaters of all types big clumps, small clumps, long strings that go all the way across my eye, small strings, small curly strings basically everywhere I looked my sight was blurred with floaters. A week ago I randomly came across the study from Taiwan that stated the group of people who ate the most pineapple per day, 70% of them reported that their floaters completely went away. Ive been eating on average 1 pineapple a day for the last 7 days and I’ve seen about a 30% decrease in my floaters and they have all become much more translucent and they no longer get settled in my line of sight and blur my vision. They seem much more fluid and move around a lot easier which is good because they fall very quickly to where I can’t see them until I move my eyes again and they get stirred up but quickly fall back down. It seems I have a significant less amount of small floaters. And the big ones seem much more pliable now and translucent than before. I can see them change shape as they move now, as opposed to before they would be in a fixed shape the entire time they moved around my eye. Im going to continue eating pineapple daily because im seeing amazing results.
Really glad you had a positive outcome from the vitrectomy! I’m in the U.K. and suffering with bad and worsening floaters in both eyes. My right eye is the biggest issue though due to a cobweb in my central vision. I’m 24 and debating whether to have this surgery, so much to consider
Hi Sam. Like you I have a large cobwebs rather like a lobster in my left eye and obscures my vision. I have very dense Asteroid Hyalosis and blurry vision. I have no alternative but to have a Vitrectomy. My eye is full of debris and have a video of it through dilation. It’s everywhere. I’m concerned about the op but since I mistook a car for a floater and almost got knocked over the operation wins!! Did you have trouble reading too and making numbers out? Take care friend.
Thanks for that. I'm 53 and have always had them. But recently my left eye just experienced a posterior vitreous detachment and my vision was obstructed all of a sudden by a number percent. I'm really debating a vitrectomy.
Joseph thanks a trillion for all the information. I on the other hand am much older (63) than you. One day I could see out of my right eye the next day my eye site was scary bad - darkness. I went to the ER - thought I was having a stroke. Saw an eye doctor 3days later. Then I was referred to a retina specialist. The specialist sent me to a different ER hospital. And now I'm scheduled for surgery (vitrectomy) for this coming Monday (Oct 30th 2023). Hopefully I can remember to post after surgery experience on your feed.
@CT-lo9ot So I didn't have the vitrectomy. Floaters pretty much cleared up by surgery day. Only had laser work done to tears on the retina. Although just recently, I had another episode of lost eyesight to my right eye. Again I ended up at the ER. Thank God floaters are starting to clear up. Saw my eye Dr a couple of days after the 2nd recent ER incident. The exam went well no new tears the laser work done back in Oct 2023 is holding up well. Still crossing my fingers that I won't have to go through surgery (vitrectomy). My follow up is this June 13th.
@@SlimGlynn1@CT-lo9ot So I didn't have the vitrectomy. Floaters pretty much cleared up by surgery day. Only had laser work done to tears on the retina. Although just recently, I had another episode of lost eyesight to my right eye. Again I ended up at the ER. Thank God floaters are starting to clear up. Saw my eye Dr a couple of days after the 2nd recent ER incident. The exam went well no new tears the laser work done back in Oct 2023 is holding up well. Still crossing my fingers that I won't have to go through surgery (vitrectomy). My follow up is this June 13th.
I know the hell all too well. No one will understand unless you live it. I've seen everything under the sun. PVD in both eyes at once but that is a major surgery. I"ve slowly gotten well enough to drive and function. I'm happy for you. You have a whole life of wanting to go outside.
Thanks for the info. I've got a floater in my left eye that impedes my vision, (I'm trying to find a good Laser mechanic). And have macular pucker in my right eye, which will require surgery. My road should be easier as I'm 75 years old. Learning as much about this as I can. Eye doctors haven't changed. They still don't take floaters seriously, and tell you you'll get used to them. Again thanks for taking the time to explain what to expect.
Sorry about your situation. And that's just infuriating. I was hoping in the last two years it would have become more accepted in ophthalmology that floaters are a legitimate affliction.
Thank you for sharing your experience with all necessary details. You cannot imagine how much you helped. I wish all the remaining side effects and the blood frill will be gone in near future. Thank you again.
Thanks for explaining ,each and every point on floaters you were experiencing before your surgery and after completion of your surgery .your surgery was successful ,may your future life will be with full of joy and happiness .thanks for uploading this video and sharing your personal experience with viewers
I’m glad you brought this subject up. I am a pilot who was short sighted. I had minor cataract issues and had both eyes done. However the floaters I got after the operations have increased in size and was told the same as you that we would become used to it. I have flown a couple of times since and use Rayban sunglasses but the floaters block my vision enough that I’m not confident to continue. I’m trying some options before surgery but I’m hoping that I could avoid the knife. Thanks again and all the best.
Would you consider sharing this video and story with the VDM project? I have watched many FOV testimonials and your backstory about how you got floaters, what they do, and how they are largely ignored by ophthalmologists are exactly what the project is looking for.
I follow them on Facebook. I saw this video was shared on the page shortly after I posted it by someone. If you want to share it again, that's fine. Thank you!
Congratulations and best wishes, enjoy your clear vision now! I (41 years of age) suddenly developed floaters like over night in February 2002, and I am still having them. At least, I needed about 3 years to learn to accept them and to live on. Concerning the sunglasses you mentioned, I always wear them outside and I got used to them finally. Your description of living with floaters is very accurate and visual. What a brave decision you have made to get through the operation!
happy to hear the outcome of the surgery is successful! May I ask if you have Visual snow (static vision) before doing the surgery and if the the answer is yes is it gone after?
Thanks for sharing your story… I am 60 and has PVD’s in both eyes following Len’s replacement surgery… it’s left me with annoying floaters … I have to make a decision about a vitrectomy …. Although scary it’s good to know what sort of post surgery things will happen… it sounds a lot more traumatic than I expected
I have hundreds of floaters. Thank you for sharing. Sounds a tad scary. I will probably just live in my snow globe until I develop PVD .....then consider the surgery. I will add you to my evening Rosary for healing and joy in your life.
Thank you for your experience and heads up. I am glad that your eye sight has gotten better. My floaters sudddenly appeared last week on my right eye luckily it was just specks and that it was not too bothersome. Mine is mainly due to age. Looking forward to your next follow up video and I hope your eyesight gets better as times goes by.
Dont you feel you're a bit over exaggerating at 18:50? It's a less invasive 25 or 27 gauge surgery with a success rate of 99%. Basically just as safe as cataract surgery. You're selling it as it's a 50/50 eye surgery. I don't know what informed you but let's stop the fear spreading on vitrectomies in 2021 here, it's relatively very safe and effective.
Thank you. You just told me everything I needed to know. To remove my floaters will actually be about my 15th eye surgery. I am blind in by left eye and my right has floaters beyond belief. I have been saving for months to get this done. You walked it down to give me hope. I would give my left... uh... shirt sleeve to raise a beer with you. Thank you.
As an aside, I have many husks of dead white blood cells in my eye. I see the world like looking though a shower screen. I'm going to do it now. You have alleviated any doubt and fear.
Please do not take my video as a recommendation. It is not. Because you only have one functioning eye, I'd be surprised if a doctor would consider surgery. Because the very real risks could leave you completely blind. Please talk to your doctor and also get second opinions. I'm sorry about how bad your situation is.
@@josephlandingjr.4927 I will likely be referred to a specialist in the Seattle area. I currently have 2 competent opthamologists working with me. I praise your video for being an informative testimony not persuasive direction. You seem to have your marbles together. I hope it enlightens more people as to this disorder.
Thanks for the video I had floaters in my eyes pretty badly from a young age. I went to ophthalmologist when I was like 10 for floaters and he said he wouldn't work on them and I didn't understand why until recently. I am in my late 40s and 3 months ago I had cataracts in both eyes which the doctor said it was kind of young for me to have so I got the cataract surgery done. I don't know if it was because of that but I then had detached retinas in both eyes 1 month later. So I had to have vitrectomy in both eyes the same day. I am on week 8 and my gas bubbles are almost gone. Long story short my floaters are gone because of my vitrectomy. I would have never had the vitrectomy just to get rid of the floaters because my floaters were bad but not as bad as yours or not as much in the center as yours. It was amazing to not see floaters that I had in my eye for 30 years it's like somebody took out my eyeball and cleaned it and put it back in.
Thank you for having the courage to tell your story. After your vitrectomy, did you have to do face down positioning? Most vitrectomy surgeons require their patients to sit or lie face down using a table that resembles a massage table. I have a cervical fusion and do not believe I would be able to lie face down for any length of time.
I’m sorry you have had to deal with this at such a young age but you’re one brave guy. I want to get it but too afraid of the outcome. I got these cruddy floaters about 2 years ago and they suck but I’m dealing. Mine are bad but not quite as bad as yours. I keep hoping for something to develop with maybe the gold nano particle stuff or some other break through. I’m 51 in May. God bless you and thank you for the details. I’m very appreciative. I pray you have continued success.
Thank you so much for this video. I recently acquired a lot of floaters, but they slosh around and are mostly semi-trasparent. It's really, really annoying, but this video really puts into perspective that a vitrectomy is too invasive for my problem. Of course, they'll only get worse, but down in Brazil, at almost 18, I have no options. I'll be waiting to see what XFloater is up to in the next five years. If they ever get as bad as yours, I'll definitely be considering this procedure, but hopefully that's not going to happen. Anyway, thank you, hope the remaining blood is gone soon!
Thanks a lot for your time to explain what happened to you. Just one question: I have heard a doctor say that if you have a vitrectomy, then for sure, you'll develop cataract within a couple of years max. Mind you, this was a doctor who specialises in laser treatment for floaters, so maybe that was his way to drum up business for the laser camp...Your thoughts?
I’m really watching different video’s of people who underwent this surgery. Me myself I’m gonna do this surgery in a month time after suffering for more then 10 years of floaters. And I’m just 23 years old. The floaters were cos by “toxoplasmosis ocular”. This sickness and other type sicknesses and causes of getting floaters are really not taking serious enough. I think you have to experience this yourself to really understand the impact this has on you’re life and with everything you do in your life. I’m glad and sad at the same time that I’m reading so many comments of people who are actually suffering because of this. Glad because I’m not the only one and that I’m not “crazy”. I just pray for every person who’s going trough this will find a solution so they can start to live a normal life.
how did you get diagnosed wiht toxoplasmosis ocular? I know this is a weird question but did you ever have moments where you could "see" your toxoplasmosis?
What kind of floaters do you have? And how long did it take to ignore them? Can you explain it a little bit :) this would be so helpful. Because at the beginning the whole life changes, when you got really bad ones :/ ..
@@sonnenblumeg.9570 my floaters look like squiggly worms floating around several of them, some bunched together. Also some grey shadows floating around. I ignore them 95 % of the time and just attempt they are a part of me. Occasionally i will focus on them and think how bad they are. Doesnt last long. I go back to not focusing my attention to them. When i look at lights its a floater show. Sometimes when im bored i watch them do their dance. I hate them, but we have learned to live together.
@@jeffrogerspaul thank you so much. I have a lot of small ones, which I would accept. But I have a very, very long black line (visible also at dim light) it is so hard to accept it and I lost a lot in my life because of them. Did you saw yours at the behoben also inside (dim light, with sunglasses). They move also soooo fast it’s so hard to ignore them. So your floaters are the same all the years? Never settled down to the bottom? I hope somedays there will be a cure Thanks again so much
@@sonnenblumeg.9570 They are just apart of my life. So many people have problems way worse then my vision distractions. I remind myself of that when i think about them. I can still see the world. That i am grateful for. Hang in there...
I’ve had a major floater for over a year now and I can tell you there’s no way to ignore it, it’s like a windshield wiper that is constantly crossing my field of vision if I look right it goes left if I look left it goes right and has completely ruined my tennis game because of the distraction so I got a vitrectomy the other day and hope it takes care of the problem.
One more thing. I tried just about every supplement, home remedy and other recommended vegetable, fruit or pill out there to cure the floaters. None had any effect whatsoever.
Hey did you say you see blood cells, or tiny dots.., they look like transparent gray dots, as small as a punctuation period? Just asking because I have regular floaters, but a month ago I started seeing a few dots, exactly like you described maybe ten floating around...and it caught my attention when you said something about ghost cells...My doctors didn't know what they were...
@@monicab7809 Tiny red blood cells is what they were/are according to the doctor. They've greatly reduced in the last three months as the free standing blood in my eye has reduced.
I have very dense Asteroid Hyalosis in my eye and affects everything and very blurry vision and cannot see numbers correctly and words! Did you ? People don’t realise floaters affect your well being! I’m waiting for Vitrectomy and your experience is so helpful. Thank you.
1 week ago I notice that I had an eye floaters..so many many dots and very tiny like a dust.then only yesterday there 2 floaters form like a cloud.i am so worried right now..
Thank you so much for your video you gave me hope I am 17 and I have PVD in both eyes it all happened so suddenly always had 20/15 vision now it’s making my vision distorted with hundreds of small floaters and a lot of big ones I see them even at night my vision dropped to 20/25 and the doctors are telling me you ll get used to it but I don’t think so my night vision is so bad with a lot of glare and really bad contrast sensitivity and it’s getting worse .
Excellent video. I believe you had what is termed a Weiss ring, which I had also. OMG, 40-50 is not old however. And while PVDs are fairly common in later age, it’s more like 60+. To corroborate your statement about YAG laser vitreolysis, it was a waste of time for me, and what was worse, the dummy put a hole in my natural lens. I waited quite a while, but finally had a vitrectomy and cataract replacement. I am in the early stages of recovery and am hoping for a great result. I’m so sorry that you had to go through this at such a young age, but I’m in total agreement, severe floaters are a nightmare. One major question remains on addressed; vitrectomy almost always accelerates the formation of cataracts of the lens.
I’m 25, have had three surgeries to correct a retinal detachment in the last two months. Seriously do not do this type of procedure unless necessary. But my case is more serious. When the detachment really broke through to my vision (started on the edge so who knows when it actually occurred) I was losing all vision within a few days, like a curtain closing over my left eye. It was the pretty scary stuff when you’re looking ahead at 50 more years of life (knock on wood). But you’re right, floaters are not something you can really “get used to”. I had to deal with them after my first procedure because of bleeding. Sometimes it would feel like I saw movement out of the corner of my eye like someone was in my apartment! And you just can’t look around them easily. It’s very hard to focus on things in the peripheral of your vision when somethings blocking it in the center. Driving it’s the worst too. And using one eye is legal but feels unsafe as your depth perception is way off. Unfortunately my detachment was stealth for years and was pretty damaged at the site of initial detachment. But so far I’ve got zero floaters and a full field of vision, though I will need contacts or glasses moving forward. Doing well now and hoping that the worst is behind us both for awhile!
I'm 25 and have 2 big spots and like 20-30 small-medium floaters, mostly in my left eye. Do you think your surgeon Mr King would allow me to undergo the same surgery as you did? I relate to all the descriptions you made about the sunglasses and going to the beach.
Thank you for sharing your experience. I had a similar experience where I saw a prominent black dot and then it has increasingly gotten worse to the point where I can't see clearly out of my right eye. My opthalmologist told me they couldn't do anything and to just name them.. I was not eligible for the YAG treatment because my bothersome floaters are too close to my retina. I'm considering getting the surgery. I know the risks and although those risks are a bit frightening, living like this is already quite debilitating.
Thanks for sharing your story. I've always had floaters since I was 16 or so. Now I'm 46 and have a slow blob in the left eye that interferes with my reading. I don't have central vision in my right eye. So I am seriously thinking about what to do about it .
Thanks for your video, I pray time shows you made the correct choice. I would also recommend you look up COLLAGEN & the Vitreous Humor, this will help you understand what was actually sucked out of your eye. * Think of a cotton ball that formed over time and deterioration of collagen fibers.
Hi i have floaters exactly 1 week and 2 days now i was really scared thinking i will get blind because of what i see in some other videos, thank you for sharing it made me feel a bit okay for now.
I’m on a waiting list for a vitrectomy due to a large floater. Your video story is informative, I’m wondering did you through the course of treatment have to rest face down due to an apparent bubble which disappears over time. I don’t sleep face down, so bothered I might be doing myself harm, after surgery. Did you experience the fact of having to manage that bubble? Thanks for your time, and insight into your surgery.
Hopefully in the future this mess gets cleared our human body needs a big update we have all types of big issues in our body such as cancers, eye floaters, tumor, blood types those things are almost impossible to be cured man I wish these things gets cured
Omg this is my eye I am 60 had these have been for years But it’s me know going to see a surgeon I hope he can do something But I’m know I’m diabetic I have Cataracts not big ones I felt u in this video Thank you 🙏
I have floaters too so how do I get rid of them. I'm just like you were I have dozens of the things in front of my eyes. I just want them GONE!!!! I've been to a doctor that said that it wasn't serious so I didn't get any help with my eyes. So what the hell can I do????
Hi Lisa, I'm very sorry to hear about your bad floaters. You need to seek out a Retinal Specialist. Regular eye doctors will just hand wave away floaters since they STILL are not recognized as a legitimate affliction in medicine.
Im glad the outcome was positive! Im happy for you! Hope you get rid of the blood soon! Can you tell us the name of your doctor who did the surgery? And what clinic/hospital. Thank you! :)
Your floaters soud like you got a tear in your Retina. I got a tear had surgery last week. Me before i had floaters and cloudy spot floating around. I was told this was the eye flliud was pulling on rental. Then i got a tear now recovery
Hi bro i so glad watching you testimony, i have a los of floaters specialy my is like a spider web , i just do have a good job but i quit because my floaters get me frustration, is there any chance i can contact you so we talk and can recommend me the doctor did for you, i am struggling with same i went many eyes doctor in new York and they keeps saying i will just to it, i stope doing many things do to this
Hi Wilson, I'm so sorry to hear your story. As far as I know there are only a few surgeons who perform the surgery in America. Mine was done at Charleston Retina Center. I don't know any in New York but you could try searching specifically for Vitreo-Retinal Surgeons or Retinal Specialists and see if they can do an evaluation on you and give advice. Best of luck!
Im 24 and i have surgery next week for a FOV on my right eye I have a giant worm floater with a cobweb and 20 mini floaters. My only problems is it’s my only good eye my retina detached 7 years ago on it
I am 67 and am going to an eye surgeon to talk about yhis. I' ve always had the squigly dark eye floaters always. I got the vitgeous detachment and it looked liike a dark snow storm in my right eye. This lumped together and turned into casper the friendly ghost that clouds over my vision as i moved mt eye. I also had a racing flash of light that raced around the other right edge. A year latter, this week it happened in my left eye. It hasnt clumped together yet so it is cloudy. Yes, i can see but it is hard to read road signs etc. Ni was told that after the replacement surgery, i could expect cataract surgery in 2 years, scary. Again, do i risk it .probably i will and i probably do one eye as dt a time.
Great vid. I'm 68 and scheduled for a FOV in a month, but am having some 2nd thoughts. Maybe I can live with what I have. It's not as bad as yours, but my vision has deteriorated quite a bit, especially in 1 eye. I really appreciate your honesty here concerning all the things to expect. I got nothing but peaches and cream from my surgeon when I asked him about it and I wondered if he wasn't sugar coating it. I had refractive lens exchange in both eyes about 8 years ago and it was miserable for a long time afterwards, but eventually got better about a year later. I'm guessing this will be similar. Thanks again. Much appreciated.
@@stephanietrezza4233 I bailed out and did not go through with it. As bad as the floaters are and the bad vision, I decided I'd stop trusting my eyes to doctors and just live with it. I might change my mind if there is some new breakthrough someday, or not.
Hi Joseph, thanks so much for sharing your experience. I was wondering, did you develop a cataract at some point after the vitrectomy. I am really scared of that. I hear it is so common? Thank you
@@josephlandingjr.4927 thanks so much Joseph!! and so glad to hear. I know the cataract would probably be a minor issue compared to the floaters but just out of curiousity were you concerned that if you get it the new lense in your eye might cause some sort of other visual issues that could be similarly annoying/distracting as the floaters. not sure if you did any research into it. Are you still floater free? Thank you again and greetings from Australia, Isabelle
@@easytravels1 Hey Isabelle, so cool that you're all the way in Australia! I extensively researched this, got second opinions from other retinal specialists to vet my surgeon, and even took several months just to "think about it" after being offered the surgery. I accepted the possibility of any and all complications, and weighed that against the 100% guarantee that my awful vision would continue to deteriorate if I did nothing.
@@josephlandingjr.4927 thank you! Gotcha. You did really well in preparing for the surgery. I have got a floater from a stupid accident and it's right in the middle of my vision, so annyoing. Your video was super useful. Again greetings from the other side of the world. keep up your good health!
The problem is, a study cited by a doctor in another video showed 31% of vitrectomy surgeries result in needing cataract surgery less than 2 years later, I don't feel that is an acceptable risk for anything other than retina repair or similar where surgery is required to save the eye. I cancelled my June 28th consultation appointment
Thank you for this video. Now i feel better about one large transparent floater in my left eye that is not quite in the centre of my vision. One question, did you have eye strain or headaches when you had floaters? Also dry eyes? I've started to experience that recently and my doctors are saying everything is fine...
Hi Joseph. Very good of you to share your experience of your floater/vitrectomy journey. I’m 26 and in a very similar situation to what you were pre surgery. Have you experienced a condition called visual snow? A condition where it looks like it’s constantly raining or sleeting. Not sure if it’s related to the vitreous degeneration, or something else. Many thanks.
@@josephlandingjr.4927yes visual snow syndrome caused by anxiety of floaters. If you don't think about static vision you will not notice them. It's neurological
I started having eye floater in 2015(12 years old ) I couldn’t even explain what it is ..but it was so annoying.. I went to the doctor and she explained it to me that “sometimes it stays sometimes it goes away”but now I’m (20 years old ) in 2024 and I still have it but all they can say is “IGNORE IT” nothing they can do about it 😢😢😢 (Try eating pineapples) 🍍
How do you prepare for the possibility of blindness. Someone could say they are prepared to told they've lost sight in an eye but to actually lose sight. No one could be prepared for that.
Did you have to lie face down 16 hours a day, similar to retinal reattachment surgery? Just got a first floater last week - annoying blob clear but now turning beige/yellow. Was told post vitr detachmt andceventually fliaters will drop to bottom. Thanks for your story - hope you continue to eventually improve.
Thanks for shareing this video I am considering getting this surgery done here in the UK. But i been told the risks of getting cataracts after the surgery within a few years is quite high. Alot of people are saying if you have cataract surgery done then you will lose your vision accomodation with close up and your long distance vision?....
The doctors and whoever say "You'll get used to them" has apparently never suffered with them.
And no cure also
If its happening to so many people at some point why is there no PSA every time you see eye doc
If it's no big deal I guarantee am not letting any doc who has them operate on us you are too blind to do it
“You’ll get used to them.” is the most frustrating and depressing advice.
Floaters are constantly in the field of vision and are constantly moving around. It’s literally impossible to ignore them.
I suppose it depends a lot on the size and thickness floaters. I've had floaters since my teens, and if i take my glasses off and look (unfocusedly) at a light background i notice I have A LOT of them, in all different shapes and sizes floating around. BUT, I have never been bothered by them, I really don't notice them, even though they're "objectively" putting on quite a show when I pay attention.
There is SOME truth to that. It's a survival mechanism. The brain cannot be locked onto fixating on something benign in the eye such as a floater at the expense of missing something life-threatening in the environment. Consequently, it will "ignore" floaters when it can. If a floater itself limits vision the brain will not screen the floater out.
I had a snowstorm going on in my eyes. Cataract surgery made it worse. Got one eye fixed, soon the next!
I am really sad to hear about your floater condition at such a young age, but really glad the surgery went well. Wish I could hug you to give you moral support.
I have had Cataract surgery, floater vitrectomy and DSEK cornea transplant all in 1 eye. And that eye is amazingly clear. And now doing the other eye. FOV is the best way to get rid of floaters. Quick and fast recovery
I have been watching cataract surgery and vitrectomy surgery videos for at least two weeks now; so it's hard to believe I didn't come across this sooner. I actually found your one-year out video first. It was so good, I decided to watch your first 93-month out) video--it was even better. You have done an excellent job of sharing with the viewer what debilitating floaters are like. Until now, I did not appreciate the different results that patients could have strictly based on age. I know from experience that a gigantic floater, hovering in the central eye area can be as debilitating as a cataract. Even more so, once the cataract is removed.
For someone without loads of UA-cam videos, you are incredibly easy to listen to. Great video mate.
Thanks! I'd love to do more videos, but I don't have the time to produce and edit them due to work. Maybe one day.
Young man, thank you for the info. I just had scleral buckle surgery. Your testimony has helped me so much! Thanks!!
Thanks for this video man, we really need better treatment options for young people with bad floaters
I have Weiss ring's in both eyes from PVD. Your video has definitely helped me to make a decision. Thanks dude
This was really scary for you. You are so brave.
Thank you so much for posting this. I recently had retinal surgery to remove (or "peel") an epiretinal membrane. The procedure was successful, but what caused me SO MUCH stress was the thousands of things I saw in my eye later - flashes, dots, lines, squiggles, clouds, bubbly things, you name it - so it would have been nice if the doctor had warned me to expect these things and not worry about them. My vision is still terrible, but I've learned that eye surgery (as you pointed out) can require a really long recovery. Thanks for helping me understand my symptoms are not unusual, and I'm not crazy.
Thank you taking the time to make this video. I'm 15 days out from a combined cataract and floater only vitrectomy. I've been going nuts trying to find out about all the tiny "bubbles" I'm noticing in the eye gel moving around. They totally look different and act different from the floaters and are perfectly round and move differently. I had half of the gel removed and an air bubble that appeared at the bottom and gradually got smaller and smaller, so it's different than what you had. Also your determination to persist when you kept getting dismissed. It's hard to explain just how having grey mess in your field of vision moving around and how it impacts quality of life. You had a much more severe blockage of sight but the constant distraction and for me always feeling like gnats and mosquitos were flying by. I also had countless black specks that looked like pepper dots and some discolored eye gel It was enough for me to go ahead and get it taken care of as soon as possible. I am very lucky my retina doctor I began seeing for the PVD in both eyes was very comfortable to do this combined surgery. In fact, it was the easiest he did that day from what I heard. I've also got this long thing on the outer edge that the surgeon said is not a floater (inflammation?) but my vision is clear and If that thing doesn't go away, I'm still very happy because there was so much junk in my eye. Thank you for encouraging people to persist and not give up. The lens I got is awesome. Also people need to do their homework choosing a surgeon. It's very serious surgery but at this point have no regrets. I got stuck in the perfect outcome mindset at first. Waiting on doing the right eye until more healing has happened. Glad I got the worst eye done first.
Happy to hear it's going well for you! And yes I remember those bubbles after my surgery. I called it "the wash" and it steadily faded as the days and weeks went by.
You had a cataract surgery and a vitrectomy at the same time? I wish my dr would do both at one time!!!
@@KrisD007it’s a more complex surgery and supposed to be less risk than doing them separately. I’m still seeing the circles I saw after surgery but so glad to have the black blobs gone. My surgeon also removes lots of multi focal lenses put in by other surgeons so mine was the least complex that day.
@@spudboyfan1286hello there! I hope you’re doing well. I have cataract + floaters. I’m 27 and considering a combined surgery. How’s your vision now? Did you have any problems with your retina before or after the surgery? Thank you
@@EnglishNerdI had no retina issues before or after
Thank God you had the surgery and did so well ✌🏼 I’m not young and I had a big fat floater that I ignored for months like an idiot. I went for my regular eye exam and after many tests found I had a hole in my retina. Long story short I had vitrectomy surgery and I had the situation where they put a gas in your eye and you must be face down ( except for one hour a day ) for up to 6 weeks while the gas bubble slowly raises up in your eye and hopefully restores your vision. I was lucky bc the gas rose out of my vision in two weeks. It was a wild ride … as this goes on each day you get a teeny bit more vision and it’s like peering over a totally black wall and seeing perfect sunny vision on the other side. I’m grateful I have vision back but where the doctor closed the hole in my retina there is scar tissue so that when I see a vertical line it is squiggly. I can live with that bc I was losing my sight before. Good luck 😊
Same happen for me after surgery I started to see wavy vision distorted vision ? After while
Still
Same
Or better ??
Great video. You are helping a lot of people.
I am happy that you are better.
I have them too just not that bad.
Be strong.
I am pumped your results were so solid. I am about to turn 31 and my floaters don’t seem nearly as bad as yours, but definitely depressing. I didn’t know what a difference it makes to have an older eye, so hopefully in the next 5-10 years mine doesn’t get much worse and new technologies are developed.
VDM Project is our only hope at the moment.
Germany is developing a new lower energy lazer which is safer to use for floater treatment. Should be ready on the next 2 years hopefully
do ypu meam xfloater project?
I am literally going through what you’ve gone through right now. Multiple retina specialists saying they aren’t comfortable with performing on my healthy eye. But these floaters are becoming detrimental on my life. I honestly look forward to it being dark now and wear sunglasses outside even when it’s raining/ pouring out. That shouldn’t be normal… I have an appointment for the Vitreolysis YAG procedure to hopefully help this one big black dot that just zips across my field of vision
Can't say much about the YAG laser since I never actually had the machine start for me. Best of luck. It seems like it's very hit or miss from what I read. Unlike vitrectomy which removes the majority or all of floaters, YAG is spot treatment
I did Yag and didnt work at all for me, because i have floaters very close to the retina..
" Multiple retina specialists saying they aren’t comfortable with performing on my healthy eye."
Probably because they know more than we out here do, furthermore, a study showed 31% of vitrectomy surgeries required cataract surgery less than 2 years later! you sign up for one surgery and then need TWO! Then there's the recovery period from both of those, time lost from work and all the rest.
Thank you very much for this video! I'm 34 years old and had this for like 10 years. I'm looking into a vitrectomy. Thank you for sharing your story and I hope it all works out !
Best of luck! Please always get your advice and recommendations from your doctor. This video is merely my testimony, not a recommendation or advice.
Very good video, the younger sufferers really get screwed. I'm 26 years old with floaters that interfere with everything I do besides sleeping, but not as bad as what yours sounded like. You're right about doctors not taking it seriously enough, a few days ago I went to an ophthalmologist who told me no one should be bothered by floaters and that I just have a mental problem. I'm considering getting a FOV too but not anytime soon.
It's very difficult for a doctor to truly see exactly what you're seeing, the slit lamp only shows so much. My surgeon never got a real good look at the ring in my eye until he was actually inside my eye on the day of surgery.
I just turn 27 and I'm having this since 3 years almost I'm myopic
@@9859660581 Sher me your experience
I’m 26 and my floaters have been getting worse and worse for 5 years after getting flashed one day at work while welding. I’m been eating a lot of pineapple since November 20 and my floaters are starting to become much more transparent and are changing shape. Check out the study from Taiwan about the bromelain in pineapple and the correlation with reduction in eye floaters it’s about a 70% reduction in 3 months
@@sazidkhan9606 7 days ago my entire field of view was full of floaters of all types big clumps, small clumps, long strings that go all the way across my eye, small strings, small curly strings basically everywhere I looked my sight was blurred with floaters. A week ago I randomly came across the study from Taiwan that stated the group of people who ate the most pineapple per day, 70% of them reported that their floaters completely went away. Ive been eating on average 1 pineapple a day for the last 7 days and I’ve seen about a 30% decrease in my floaters and they have all become much more translucent and they no longer get settled in my line of sight and blur my vision. They seem much more fluid and move around a lot easier which is good because they fall very quickly to where I can’t see them until I move my eyes again and they get stirred up but quickly fall back down. It seems I have a significant less amount of small floaters. And the big ones seem much more pliable now and translucent than before. I can see them change shape as they move now, as opposed to before they would be in a fixed shape the entire time they moved around my eye. Im going to continue eating pineapple daily because im seeing amazing results.
Really glad you had a positive outcome from the vitrectomy! I’m in the U.K. and suffering with bad and worsening floaters in both eyes. My right eye is the biggest issue though due to a cobweb in my central vision. I’m 24 and debating whether to have this surgery, so much to consider
Hi Sam. Like you I have a large cobwebs rather like a lobster in my left eye and obscures my vision. I have very dense Asteroid Hyalosis and blurry vision. I have no alternative but to have a Vitrectomy. My eye is full of debris and have a video of it through dilation. It’s everywhere. I’m concerned about the op but since I mistook a car for a floater and almost got knocked over the operation wins!! Did you have trouble reading too and making numbers out? Take care friend.
Thanks for that. I'm 53 and have always had them. But recently my left eye just experienced a posterior vitreous detachment and my vision was obstructed all of a sudden by a number percent. I'm really debating a vitrectomy.
Terribly sorry that happened to you. Best of luck.
Joseph thanks a trillion for all the information. I on the other hand am much older (63) than you. One day I could see out of my right eye the next day my eye site was scary bad - darkness. I went to the ER - thought I was having a stroke. Saw an eye doctor 3days later. Then I was referred to a retina specialist. The specialist sent me to a different ER hospital. And now I'm scheduled for surgery (vitrectomy) for this coming Monday (Oct 30th 2023). Hopefully I can remember to post after surgery experience on your feed.
Best of luck to you!
How are you doing now?
How are you doing?
@CT-lo9ot So I didn't have the vitrectomy. Floaters pretty much cleared up by surgery day. Only had laser work done to tears on the retina. Although just recently, I had another episode of lost eyesight to my right eye. Again I ended up at the ER. Thank God floaters are starting to clear up. Saw my eye Dr a couple of days after the 2nd recent ER incident. The exam went well no new tears the laser work done back in Oct 2023 is holding up well. Still crossing my fingers that I won't have to go through surgery (vitrectomy). My follow up is this June 13th.
@@SlimGlynn1@CT-lo9ot So I didn't have the vitrectomy. Floaters pretty much cleared up by surgery day. Only had laser work done to tears on the retina. Although just recently, I had another episode of lost eyesight to my right eye. Again I ended up at the ER. Thank God floaters are starting to clear up. Saw my eye Dr a couple of days after the 2nd recent ER incident. The exam went well no new tears the laser work done back in Oct 2023 is holding up well. Still crossing my fingers that I won't have to go through surgery (vitrectomy). My follow up is this June 13th.
All the Best for your Eyes and your Vision !!! :-) I have also Hard Floaters and thinking about Vitrectomy
I know the hell all too well. No one will understand unless you live it. I've seen everything under the sun. PVD in both eyes at once but that is a major surgery. I"ve slowly gotten well enough to drive and function. I'm happy for you. You have a whole life of wanting to go outside.
Thanks for the info. I've got a floater in my left eye that impedes my vision, (I'm trying to find a good Laser mechanic). And have macular pucker in my right eye, which will require surgery. My road should be easier as I'm 75 years old. Learning as much about this as I can. Eye doctors haven't changed. They still don't take floaters seriously, and tell you you'll get used to them. Again thanks for taking the time to explain what to expect.
Sorry about your situation. And that's just infuriating. I was hoping in the last two years it would have become more accepted in ophthalmology that floaters are a legitimate affliction.
Thank you for sharing your experience with all necessary details. You cannot imagine how much you helped. I wish all the remaining side effects and the blood frill will be gone in near future. Thank you again.
Thanks! Best of luck to you.
Thanks for explaining ,each and every point on floaters you were experiencing before your surgery and after completion of your surgery .your surgery was successful ,may your future life will be with full of joy and happiness .thanks for uploading this video and sharing your personal experience with viewers
Thanks!
very informative video brother, Evan I have eye floaters in both eyes, I pray to God that your Eyes problem will go away 🙏
GOD BLESS YOU. GOD PROTECT YOU ALWAYS.
I’m glad you brought this subject up. I am a pilot who was short sighted. I had minor cataract issues and had both eyes done. However the floaters I got after the operations have increased in size and was told the same as you that we would become used to it. I have flown a couple of times since and use Rayban sunglasses but the floaters block my vision enough that I’m not confident to continue. I’m trying some options before surgery but I’m hoping that I could avoid the knife. Thanks again and all the best.
Hi Kim, I'm terribly sorry about your ordeal. Being a pilot with floaters sounds horrible. I wish you the absolute best.
No knife just 3 little pin pricks
How was your floaters kim
Very thankyou from India, appreciate your step for describing issues.
Would you consider sharing this video and story with the VDM project? I have watched many FOV testimonials and your backstory about how you got floaters, what they do, and how they are largely ignored by ophthalmologists are exactly what the project is looking for.
I follow them on Facebook. I saw this video was shared on the page shortly after I posted it by someone. If you want to share it again, that's fine. Thank you!
Congratulations and best wishes, enjoy your clear vision now! I (41 years of age) suddenly developed floaters like over night in February 2002, and I am still having them. At least, I needed about 3 years to learn to accept them and to live on. Concerning the sunglasses you mentioned, I always wear them outside and I got used to them finally. Your description of living with floaters is very accurate and visual. What a brave decision you have made to get through the operation!
Thanks! Best of luck to you. I'll be doing a seven month follow up shortly.
happy to hear the outcome of the surgery is successful! May I ask if you have Visual snow (static vision) before doing the surgery and if the the answer is yes is it gone after?
I do not know much about visual snow. I think it's a neurological condition but I'm not sure.
I also have visual snow and many many floaters I am just 17 😕
@@NISHANTSingh-if4kk i have visual snow and floaters too
I have floaters flashesh nd visual snow too
I have floaters visual snow too
Good video, man !
You are brave...
Thanks for sharing your story… I am 60 and has PVD’s in both eyes following Len’s replacement surgery… it’s left me with annoying floaters … I have to make a decision about a vitrectomy …. Although scary it’s good to know what sort of post surgery things will happen… it sounds a lot more traumatic than I expected
I wanted to be as transparent as possible with everything it involved! Best of luck for you.
I have hundreds of floaters. Thank you for sharing. Sounds a tad scary. I will probably just live in my snow globe until I develop PVD .....then consider the surgery. I will add you to my evening Rosary for healing and joy in your life.
Thank you for your experience and heads up. I am glad that your eye sight has gotten better. My floaters sudddenly appeared last week on my right eye luckily it was just specks and that it was not too bothersome. Mine is mainly due to age. Looking forward to your next follow up video and I hope your eyesight gets better as times goes by.
Dont you feel you're a bit over exaggerating at 18:50? It's a less invasive 25 or 27 gauge surgery with a success rate of 99%. Basically just as safe as cataract surgery. You're selling it as it's a 50/50 eye surgery. I don't know what informed you but let's stop the fear spreading on vitrectomies in 2021 here, it's relatively very safe and effective.
Thank you. You just told me everything I needed to know. To remove my floaters will actually be about my 15th eye surgery. I am blind in by left eye and my right has floaters beyond belief. I have been saving for months to get this done. You walked it down to give me hope. I would give my left... uh... shirt sleeve to raise a beer with you. Thank you.
As an aside, I have many husks of dead white blood cells in my eye. I see the world like looking though a shower screen. I'm going to do it now. You have alleviated any doubt and fear.
Please do not take my video as a recommendation. It is not. Because you only have one functioning eye, I'd be surprised if a doctor would consider surgery. Because the very real risks could leave you completely blind. Please talk to your doctor and also get second opinions. I'm sorry about how bad your situation is.
@@josephlandingjr.4927
I will likely be referred to a specialist in the Seattle area. I currently have 2 competent opthamologists working with me. I praise your video for being an informative testimony not persuasive direction. You seem to have your marbles together. I hope it enlightens more people as to this disorder.
@@stevenstockham6577 I wish you the best of luck!
@@stevenstockham6577How did it go? I am looking for a specialist in the Portland area. Seattle is not far away for something this important.
Thanks for the video I had floaters in my eyes pretty badly from a young age. I went to ophthalmologist when I was like 10 for floaters and he said he wouldn't work on them and I didn't understand why until recently.
I am in my late 40s and 3 months ago I had cataracts in both eyes which the doctor said it was kind of young for me to have so I got the cataract surgery done. I don't know if it was because of that but I then had detached retinas in both eyes 1 month later. So I had to have vitrectomy in both eyes the same day.
I am on week 8 and my gas bubbles are almost gone.
Long story short my floaters are gone because of my vitrectomy. I would have never had the vitrectomy just to get rid of the floaters because my floaters were bad but not as bad as yours or not as much in the center as yours. It was amazing to not see floaters that I had in my eye for 30 years it's like somebody took out my eyeball and cleaned it and put it back in.
Happy for you!!
talented for explaining everything clear! thank you so much!
Sure thing! Best of luck!
Thank you for the video
Thank you for having the courage to tell your story. After your vitrectomy, did you have to do face down positioning? Most vitrectomy surgeons require their patients to sit or lie face down using a table that resembles a massage table. I have a cervical fusion and do not believe I would be able to lie face down for any length of time.
@commishg I didn't have a gas bubble so there was no need to lie down.
I’m sorry you have had to deal with this at such a young age but you’re one brave guy. I want to get it but too afraid of the outcome. I got these cruddy floaters about 2 years ago and they suck but I’m dealing. Mine are bad but not quite as bad as yours. I keep hoping for something to develop with maybe the gold nano particle stuff or some other break through. I’m 51 in May. God bless you and thank you for the details. I’m very appreciative. I pray you have continued success.
Get well soon bro
Thank you for the video. Im really considering having mine done
Great video. Thanks
Thank you so much for this video. I recently acquired a lot of floaters, but they slosh around and are mostly semi-trasparent. It's really, really annoying, but this video really puts into perspective that a vitrectomy is too invasive for my problem.
Of course, they'll only get worse, but down in Brazil, at almost 18, I have no options. I'll be waiting to see what XFloater is up to in the next five years. If they ever get as bad as yours, I'll definitely be considering this procedure, but hopefully that's not going to happen. Anyway, thank you, hope the remaining blood is gone soon!
Look into Atropine eye drops.
Opa, como você está hoje?
Thank you for the video.
Be grateful.
Thanks a lot for your time to explain what happened to you. Just one question: I have heard a doctor say that if you have a vitrectomy, then for sure, you'll develop cataract within a couple of years max. Mind you, this was a doctor who specialises in laser treatment for floaters, so maybe that was his way to drum up business for the laser camp...Your thoughts?
I’m really watching different video’s of people who underwent this surgery. Me myself I’m gonna do this surgery in a month time after suffering for more then 10 years of floaters. And I’m just 23 years old. The floaters were cos by “toxoplasmosis ocular”. This sickness and other type sicknesses and causes of getting floaters are really not taking serious enough. I think you have to experience this yourself to really understand the impact this has on you’re life and with everything you do in your life. I’m glad and sad at the same time that I’m reading so many comments of people who are actually suffering because of this. Glad because I’m not the only one and that I’m not “crazy”. I just pray for every person who’s going trough this will find a solution so they can start to live a normal life.
how did you get diagnosed wiht toxoplasmosis ocular? I know this is a weird question but did you ever have moments where you could "see" your toxoplasmosis?
its 2022 and they have nothing for floaters😢
Ive had major floaters since age 13. Now 60. I just learned to ignore them. About all you can do. Ignore them.
What kind of floaters do you have? And how long did it take to ignore them?
Can you explain it a little bit :) this would be so helpful. Because at the beginning the whole life changes, when you got really bad ones :/ ..
@@sonnenblumeg.9570 my floaters look like squiggly worms floating around several of them, some bunched together. Also some grey shadows floating around. I ignore them 95 % of the time and just attempt they are a part of me. Occasionally i will focus on them and think how bad they are. Doesnt last long. I go back to not focusing my attention to them. When i look at lights its a floater show. Sometimes when im bored i watch them do their dance. I hate them, but we have learned to live together.
@@jeffrogerspaul thank you so much.
I have a lot of small ones, which I would accept. But I have a very, very long black line (visible also at dim light) it is so hard to accept it and I lost a lot in my life because of them.
Did you saw yours at the behoben also inside (dim light, with sunglasses). They move also soooo fast it’s so hard to ignore them.
So your floaters are the same all the years? Never settled down to the bottom?
I hope somedays there will be a cure
Thanks again so much
@@sonnenblumeg.9570 They are just apart of my life. So many people have problems way worse then my vision distractions. I remind myself of that when i think about them. I can still see the world. That i am grateful for. Hang in there...
I’ve had a major floater for over a year now and I can tell you there’s no way to ignore it, it’s like a windshield wiper that is constantly crossing my field of vision if I look right it goes left if I look left it goes right and has completely ruined my tennis game because of the distraction so I got a vitrectomy the other day and hope it takes care of the problem.
I'm having my 2nd fov in 2 days. Not looking forward to the surgery but the results are so worth it
How old are you if you don’t mind me asking? And how did your first surgery go?
@@Cade_IV 23. left eye done with perfect result, 2nd eye almost finished healing
@@SixShots5 how long did it take to get your vision back to where you’d say it was normal? And what doctor did your surgery?
@@Cade_IV vision improves quickly and is fully back to normal in 4-6 weeks. Niall patton google his name
@@SixShots5 what kind of floaters did you have?
I am so happy everything went well for you wish you all the best
One more thing. I tried just about every supplement, home remedy and other recommended vegetable, fruit or pill out there to cure the floaters. None had any effect whatsoever.
Hey did you say you see blood cells, or tiny dots.., they look like transparent gray dots, as small as a punctuation period? Just asking because I have regular floaters, but a month ago I started seeing a few dots, exactly like you described maybe ten floating around...and it caught my attention when you said something about ghost cells...My doctors didn't know what they were...
@@monicab7809 Tiny red blood cells is what they were/are according to the doctor. They've greatly reduced in the last three months as the free standing blood in my eye has reduced.
I have very dense Asteroid Hyalosis in my eye and affects everything and very blurry vision and cannot see numbers correctly and words! Did you ? People don’t realise floaters affect your well being! I’m waiting for Vitrectomy and your experience is so helpful. Thank you.
1 week ago I notice that I had an eye floaters..so many many dots and very tiny like a dust.then only yesterday there 2 floaters form like a cloud.i am so worried right now..
Thank you so much for your video you gave me hope I am 17 and I have PVD in both eyes it all happened so suddenly always had 20/15 vision now it’s making my vision distorted with hundreds of small floaters and a lot of big ones I see them even at night my vision dropped to 20/25 and the doctors are telling me you ll get used to it but I don’t think so my night vision is so bad with a lot of glare and really bad contrast sensitivity and it’s getting worse .
Can i ask you
Thank you for sharing your experience, hope everything go well with you!! ;)
most ophthalmologist an have no idea what big floaters are like. They've never experienced them.
Right? Always go to a retina specialist!
Excellent video. I believe you had what is termed a Weiss ring, which I had also. OMG, 40-50 is not old however. And while PVDs are fairly common in later age, it’s more like 60+. To corroborate your statement about YAG laser vitreolysis, it was a waste of time for me, and what was worse, the dummy put a hole in my natural lens. I waited quite a while, but finally had a vitrectomy and cataract replacement. I am in the early stages of recovery and am hoping for a great result. I’m so sorry that you had to go through this at such a young age, but I’m in total agreement, severe floaters are a nightmare. One major question remains on addressed; vitrectomy almost always accelerates the formation of cataracts of the lens.
So sorry about the hole. The YAG laser is a joke and I wish more knew the truth. And regarding the cataract, when I get one I will get surgery for it.
Hello! I wish you a speedy recovery! Please, if possible keep us updated 🙏
I need your courage for my floaters
Good luck and my best wishes!
I have PDV and I’m only 26 and it’s a nightmare. Feel you bro.
I’m 25, have had three surgeries to correct a retinal detachment in the last two months. Seriously do not do this type of procedure unless necessary. But my case is more serious. When the detachment really broke through to my vision (started on the edge so who knows when it actually occurred) I was losing all vision within a few days, like a curtain closing over my left eye. It was the pretty scary stuff when you’re looking ahead at 50 more years of life (knock on wood).
But you’re right, floaters are not something you can really “get used to”. I had to deal with them after my first procedure because of bleeding. Sometimes it would feel like I saw movement out of the corner of my eye like someone was in my apartment! And you just can’t look around them easily. It’s very hard to focus on things in the peripheral of your vision when somethings blocking it in the center. Driving it’s the worst too. And using one eye is legal but feels unsafe as your depth perception is way off.
Unfortunately my detachment was stealth for years and was pretty damaged at the site of initial detachment. But so far I’ve got zero floaters and a full field of vision, though I will need contacts or glasses moving forward. Doing well now and hoping that the worst is behind us both for awhile!
THANK YOU !
Nice Story Brother
I'm 25 and have 2 big spots and like 20-30 small-medium floaters, mostly in my left eye. Do you think your surgeon Mr King would allow me to undergo the same surgery as you did? I relate to all the descriptions you made about the sunglasses and going to the beach.
Sorry to hear about your symptoms! I'd recommend seeing a doctor, like him, and getting their opinion!
Thank you for sharing, I have many but I can get them out of my sight by moving my eyes up and down
Very informative. Thank you. I am not so young but I make take the risk.
My floater is like a long windshield wiper that goes back and forth as I move my eyes. Scheduled for this procedure in July 2024.
How did it go?
Thank you for sharing your experience.
I had a similar experience where I saw a prominent black dot and then it has increasingly gotten worse to the point where I can't see clearly out of my right eye.
My opthalmologist told me they couldn't do anything and to just name them..
I was not eligible for the YAG treatment because my bothersome floaters are too close to my retina.
I'm considering getting the surgery. I know the risks and although those risks are a bit frightening, living like this is already quite debilitating.
Thanks for sharing your story. I've always had floaters since I was 16 or so. Now I'm 46 and have a slow blob in the left eye that interferes with my reading. I don't have central vision in my right eye. So I am seriously thinking about what to do about it .
Thanks for your video, I pray time shows you made the correct choice.
I would also recommend you look up COLLAGEN & the Vitreous Humor, this will help you understand what was actually sucked out of your eye. * Think of a cotton ball that formed over time and deterioration of collagen fibers.
Thanks!
Hi i have floaters exactly 1 week and 2 days now i was really scared thinking i will get blind because of what i see in some other videos, thank you for sharing it made me feel a bit okay for now.
How are you now?
I’m on a waiting list for a vitrectomy due to a large floater.
Your video story is informative, I’m wondering did you through the course of treatment have to rest face down due to an apparent bubble which disappears over time.
I don’t sleep face down, so bothered I might be doing myself harm, after surgery.
Did you experience the fact of having to manage that bubble?
Thanks for your time, and insight into your surgery.
@@richmondtigers1963 no I didn't have the bubble as part of the surgery. I even asked my surgeon beforehand and he was like "I don't do that"
Thanks for sharing
I’m so sorry to hear this! I thought i was young?!?? I was 35 when it started but i’m highly myopic and due to that is why I have all of the floaters.
Hopefully in the future this mess gets cleared our human body needs a big update we have all types of big issues in our body such as cancers, eye floaters, tumor, blood types those things are almost impossible to be cured man I wish these things gets cured
Omg this is my eye I am 60 had these have been for years
But it’s me know going to see a surgeon I hope he can do something
But I’m know I’m diabetic
I have Cataracts not big ones
I felt u in this video
Thank you 🙏
Lasik resulted in tons of floaters in both eyes. Give anything to take it back
Very sorry to hear about that. I've heard a lot of Lasik horror stories regarding floaters. Best of luck my friend.
Same here same
Thanks for sharing.
I have floaters too so how do I get rid of them. I'm just like you were I have dozens of the things in front of my eyes. I just want them GONE!!!! I've been to a doctor that said that it wasn't serious so I didn't get any help with my eyes. So what the hell can I do????
Hi Lisa, I'm very sorry to hear about your bad floaters. You need to seek out a Retinal Specialist. Regular eye doctors will just hand wave away floaters since they STILL are not recognized as a legitimate affliction in medicine.
Im glad the outcome was positive! Im happy for you! Hope you get rid of the blood soon! Can you tell us the name of your doctor who did the surgery? And what clinic/hospital. Thank you! :)
Charleston Retina Center
@@josephlandingjr.4927 thank you!
God bless you bro
Best of luck thank you for sharing
Your floaters soud like you got a tear in your Retina. I got a tear had surgery last week. Me before i had floaters and cloudy spot floating around. I was told this was the eye flliud was pulling on rental. Then i got a tear now recovery
Hi bro i so glad watching you testimony, i have a los of floaters specialy my is like a spider web , i just do have a good job but i quit because my floaters get me frustration, is there any chance i can contact you so we talk and can recommend me the doctor did for you, i am struggling with same i went many eyes doctor in new York and they keeps saying i will just to it, i stope doing many things do to this
Hi Wilson, I'm so sorry to hear your story. As far as I know there are only a few surgeons who perform the surgery in America. Mine was done at Charleston Retina Center. I don't know any in New York but you could try searching specifically for Vitreo-Retinal Surgeons or Retinal Specialists and see if they can do an evaluation on you and give advice. Best of luck!
Yep. My left eye floaters are horrendous! They get it the way of everything I do. Reading, walking, crossing roads etc. Very dangerous.
Im 24 and i have surgery next week for a FOV on my right eye I have a giant worm floater with a cobweb and 20 mini floaters. My only problems is it’s my only good eye my retina detached 7 years ago on it
I didn’t know you could get a retina detachment at such a young age.. only time I’ve heard of this was in boxing or any kind of physical accident
@@rexraptor4090 My retina detached because of a parasite called toxoplasmosis
how did it go!
How was surgery
I am 67 and am going to an eye surgeon to talk about yhis. I' ve always had the squigly dark eye floaters always. I got the vitgeous detachment and it looked liike a dark snow storm in my right eye. This lumped together and turned into casper the friendly ghost that clouds over my vision as i moved mt eye. I also had a racing flash of light that raced around the other right edge. A year latter, this week it happened in my left eye. It hasnt clumped together yet so it is cloudy. Yes, i can see but it is hard to read road signs etc. Ni was told that after the replacement surgery, i could expect cataract surgery in 2 years, scary. Again, do i risk it .probably i will and i probably do one eye as dt a time.
Great vid. I'm 68 and scheduled for a FOV in a month, but am having some 2nd thoughts. Maybe I can live with what I have. It's not as bad as yours, but my vision has deteriorated quite a bit, especially in 1 eye. I really appreciate your honesty here concerning all the things to expect. I got nothing but peaches and cream from my surgeon when I asked him about it and I wondered if he wasn't sugar coating it. I had refractive lens exchange in both eyes about 8 years ago and it was miserable for a long time afterwards, but eventually got better about a year later. I'm guessing this will be similar. Thanks again. Much appreciated.
How was the surgery?
@@stephanietrezza4233 I bailed out and did not go through with it. As bad as the floaters are and the bad vision, I decided I'd stop trusting my eyes to doctors and just live with it. I might change my mind if there is some new breakthrough someday, or not.
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Did you know if Blue light of screen and the sun could couse floaters?
yes, read my common above.
Hi Joseph, thanks so much for sharing your experience. I was wondering, did you develop a cataract at some point after the vitrectomy. I am really scared of that. I hear it is so common? Thank you
Nope! Might happen might not. If it does, I get cataract surgery.
@@josephlandingjr.4927 thanks so much Joseph!! and so glad to hear. I know the cataract would probably be a minor issue compared to the floaters but just out of curiousity were you concerned that if you get it the new lense in your eye might cause some sort of other visual issues that could be similarly annoying/distracting as the floaters. not sure if you did any research into it. Are you still floater free? Thank you again and greetings from Australia, Isabelle
@@easytravels1 Hey Isabelle, so cool that you're all the way in Australia! I extensively researched this, got second opinions from other retinal specialists to vet my surgeon, and even took several months just to "think about it" after being offered the surgery. I accepted the possibility of any and all complications, and weighed that against the 100% guarantee that my awful vision would continue to deteriorate if I did nothing.
@@josephlandingjr.4927 thank you! Gotcha. You did really well in preparing for the surgery. I have got a floater from a stupid accident and it's right in the middle of my vision, so annyoing. Your video was super useful. Again greetings from the other side of the world. keep up your good health!
@@easytravels1 Best of luck to you!
I understand your pain .I have floaters
The problem is, a study cited by a doctor in another video showed 31% of vitrectomy surgeries result in needing cataract surgery less than 2 years later, I don't feel that is an acceptable risk for anything other than retina repair or similar where surgery is required to save the eye. I cancelled my June 28th consultation appointment
But cataract surgery is very low risk too
If only the VDM project is successful
That's my only hope at the moment :(
Will it fuck.
Thank you for this video. Now i feel better about one large transparent floater in my left eye that is not quite in the centre of my vision. One question, did you have eye strain or headaches when you had floaters? Also dry eyes? I've started to experience that recently and my doctors are saying everything is fine...
Hi Joseph. Very good of you to share your experience of your floater/vitrectomy journey. I’m 26 and in a very similar situation to what you were pre surgery. Have you experienced a condition called visual snow? A condition where it looks like it’s constantly raining or sleeting. Not sure if it’s related to the vitreous degeneration, or something else. Many thanks.
Is visual snow neurological?
Do you have trouble seeing numbers and words?
I have floaters and visual snow syndrome too. Nd my life is like worst now 😥. What about you .?please reply
@@josephlandingjr.4927yes visual snow syndrome caused by anxiety of floaters. If you don't think about static vision you will not notice them. It's neurological
I started having eye floater in 2015(12 years old ) I couldn’t even explain what it is ..but it was so annoying.. I went to the doctor and she explained it to me that “sometimes it stays sometimes it goes away”but now I’m (20 years old ) in 2024 and I still have it but all they can say is “IGNORE IT” nothing they can do about it 😢😢😢
(Try eating pineapples) 🍍
Did they increase until now ?
@@SeraSan- no I still have the same till now
@@mirielle_m1342 thank you so much. If it won't increase , then not a problem for me
How do you prepare for the possibility of blindness. Someone could say they are prepared to told they've lost sight in an eye but to actually lose sight. No one could be prepared for that.
Did you have to lie face down 16 hours a day, similar to retinal reattachment surgery? Just got a first floater last week - annoying blob clear but now turning beige/yellow. Was told post vitr detachmt andceventually fliaters will drop to bottom. Thanks for your story - hope you continue to eventually improve.
@@astralartist4 No. That's when you have a gas bubble post surgery. Which I didn't.
@ Thank you - good to know. Lying face down 16 hrs a day would be rough!
Thanks for posting this! I think you mentioned it in the vid but now I can't find it - what was the name of your surgeon again?
Dr. King
Thanks for shareing this video I am considering getting this surgery done here in the UK. But i been told the risks of getting cataracts after the surgery within a few years is quite high. Alot of people are saying if you have cataract surgery done then you will lose your vision accomodation with close up and your long distance vision?....