PVD and floaters...anybody else experience this ?

[SilentStalkr]

HA...I can't wait to show my wife that one LOL...well that "wearing off and being much worse" part sucks

True story. I never researched it but according to several different docs it was researched and most of the data pointed to people with higher IQs could see the floaters whereas those under a certain IQ could not. Again, I never research this lol. I just assumed one was trying to be funny until I heard that from multiple docs.

 

[Anointed1]

True story. I never researched it but according to several different docs it was researched and most of the data pointed to people with higher IQs could see the floaters whereas those under a certain IQ could not. Again, I never research this lol. I just assumed one was trying to be funny until I heard that from multiple docs.

Well the right side of my brain (behind my right eye) must be one smart SOB cuz my right eye is fricken full of em LMAO

 

[EddieNFL]

DO NOT SCREW AROUND.

I had a PVD and emergency laser surgery to tack the retina to the back of the eyeball to prevent the dropping vitreous from pulling it off. It was like the vision through that eye was looking through a set of binos with one lens covered with a thin film of gun oil. The floaters will eventually clear but you may have hazy night vision and see halos around street lights at night.

If the doc says no heavy-recoiling rifles for six weeks, follow his directions.

The Army has a priority of life-limb-eyesight for combat or stopping routine training to get immediate emergency medical care.

Blindness is no joke and is permanent.

Apparently, the vitreous detaching is common when you hit your 60s. I thought my right contact had heavy protein deposits or I was developing cataracts. Per my optometrist the good news is it gets better with time...bad news is it typically happens with to other eye.

 

[BytorJr]

Ahhh yes, floaters. I got my first floaters in my early 20's. Still have them. Some times they are worse than others and for me depend on the amount of sleep I've had.

Also, on computers I try to run a non-white background. It doesn't have to be "dark mode" but even something like a tan or wheat color will seriously knock down the annoyance.

 

[Anointed1]

bad news is it typically happens with to other eye.

Yeah I'm 60 so right on que...and I thought that was odd as well...both eyes within one day of each other

 

[Anointed1]

Also, on computers I try to run a non-white background. It doesn't have to be "dark mode" but even something like a tan or wheat color will seriously knock down the annoyance.

That makes a really big difference and actually how I've been checking the progression of the PVD...I look at my computer screen with a white background to see if there's any additional floaters =/....so far nothing directly in my FOV of my right eye so looking thru a scope should be ok...so far that is

 

[EddieNFL]

Yeah I'm 60 so right on que...and I thought that was odd as well...both eyes within one day of each other

Right eye went at 63. Knocking on the door of 65 and left is okay...so far.

 

[Anointed1]

I should have asked a second question in the title...how many have had it seriously affect or prevented them from shooting PRS =/

 

[rustyinbend]

Well that's good news about the floaters going away...and I'm assuming you are shooting so your vision is GTG as far as that's concerned. I'm not screwing around believe me...the retina detachment thing scared me a bit

Not so sure this is true. I've had floaters for about 5 years, mostly in my right eye, less in my left. They "change" over time, but never "leave". My ophthalmologist says that they "may" go away over years, or I might be seeing them for a very long time. I've just learned to live with them. Shooting with sunglasses helps, as the brighter the background, the more pronounced the floaters.

 

[Anointed1]

Not so sure this is true. I've had floaters for about 5 years, mostly in my right eye, less in my left. They "change" over time, but never "leave". My ophthalmologist says that they "may" go away over years, or I might be seeing them for a very long time. I've just learned to live with them. Shooting with sunglasses helps, as the brighter the background, the more pronounced the floaters.

Interesting...I guess what I'm really concerned with...other than the retina detaching of course...is having a floater end up exactly in the center of my vision so that it would block or obstruct a target. Having them off to the sides is annoying enough and eventually I'll stop swatting at non existent flys...but it would totally suck to have them interfere with PRS...I think there was only one person so far that indicated it had an effect on his shooting but it didn't stop him from competing.

 

[Strykervet]

Well, it's interesting you bring all this up.

A couple years ago, I started noticing shit. I went to the eye doc. Nothing. Went back. Nothing. Went again, this time to a retina specialist, and she squirted shit in my eyes and did more tests. She said my eyes are getting older and it can be natural, and that my retinas look fine right now too but that yeah, they can become a problem. It's just something I have to stay on top of.

That flashing of light CAN be detaching of retinas so stay on top of it if it gets worse and/or comes back. That's what she told me.

I apparently still have greater than 20/20 vision and short of finding problems, there isn't much they can say I guess?

But it's harder to focus on shit real close up, I used to be able to focus on a needle point like a couple inches away --can't do that anymore. I have an astigmatism, bright lights and red dots look like smudges (this is caused by changes in the surface of the retina, and I bet that fluid pressure affects this) --had to trade my MRO's for an Accupower (thanks!). I also have those damn floaters and I know what you're talking about with the peripheral flashes.

Well, the flashes seem to have subsided. I still have floaters but those come and go. They're usually there if I look into a bright light. They tend to respond to gravity though so...

I also get fuzzy vision and it takes a while to focus sometimes but generally resolves on its own.

Getting old certainly sucks.

 

[Strykervet]

But yeah, now that you mention it, the flashes seem to have stopped. Thank god. Yeah, it was scary and I hope it doesn't come back --if it does, straight to the retina specialist. I'm not doing the blind thing, fuck that. My buddy was blind (shot himself in the head, another story) and I guess there is no substitute for vision because he would fuck the ugliest, fattest and most toothless women on Earth. Died in a house fire two years ago because he couldn't find the front door fast enough. At least he didn't get his vision back and have to see what he'd been fucking.

I tend to forget problems the moment they go away... I'm always breaking or tearing up something --Evel may have more broken bones but I for sure best his ass any day of the week on burns and lacerations.

So when the flashes went, I didn't think about 'em again until I read your post. Hopefully you'll get the same respite. Doc said it's pretty common when you get over 40. Just keep an "eye" on it, huh? Don't want you bedding down with the sows just yet.

Oh, she said to drink a lot of water. Could be the army/VA in her, could be a thing. Doesn't hut.

 

[tomcatmv]

But yeah, now that you mention it, the flashes seem to have stopped. Thank god. Yeah, it was scary and I hope it doesn't come back --if it does, straight to the retina specialist. I'm not doing the blind thing, fuck that. My buddy was blind (shot himself in the head, another story) and I guess there is no substitute for vision because he would fuck the ugliest, fattest and most toothless women on Earth. Died in a house fire two years ago because he couldn't find the front door fast enough. At least he didn't get his vision back and have to see what he'd been fucking.

I tend to forget problems the moment they go away... I'm always breaking or tearing up something --Evel may have more broken bones but I for sure best his ass any day of the week on burns and lacerations.

So when the flashes went, I didn't think about 'em again until I read your post. Hopefully you'll get the same respite. Doc said it's pretty common when you get over 40. Just keep an "eye" on it, huh? Don't want you bedding down with the sows just yet.

Oh, she said to drink a lot of water. Could be the army/VA in her, could be a thing. Doesn't hut.

Read my post a few back. You could be experiencing TIA events which could indicate an impending stroke. Don't fu8k around with this get checked and get a vascular doc to check out your carotids.

 

[Anointed1]

But yeah, now that you mention it, the flashes seem to have stopped. Thank god. Yeah, it was scary and I hope it doesn't come back --if it does, straight to the retina specialist. I'm not doing the blind thing, fuck that. My buddy was blind (shot himself in the head, another story) and I guess there is no substitute for vision because he would fuck the ugliest, fattest and most toothless women on Earth. Died in a house fire two years ago because he couldn't find the front door fast enough. At least he didn't get his vision back and have to see what he'd been fucking.

I tend to forget problems the moment they go away... I'm always breaking or tearing up something --Evel may have more broken bones but I for sure best his ass any day of the week on burns and lacerations.

So when the flashes went, I didn't think about 'em again until I read your post. Hopefully you'll get the same respite. Doc said it's pretty common when you get over 40. Just keep an "eye" on it, huh? Don't want you bedding down with the sows just yet.

Oh, she said to drink a lot of water. Could be the army/VA in her, could be a thing. Doesn't hut.

Geez...sorry about your buddy...lost for words on that one...hell of a way to go =/. Yeah the flashes of light get my attention no doubt...and your certainly right about the getting old aspect of it all.

So I looked out of curiosity...fairly new on the Hide so seeing where folks live is interesting to me...hell you're right next door...I'm in King County. So I certainly have a couple questions for you...well only really if the first one is a yes...are you in to PRS ?...I have a couple more quick questions if you are but I've come to realize not everyone here is.

 

[Anointed1]

Really it's just about where a good range might be and are there any PRS type events that ever happen in the area...that was really it.

 

[Jefe's Dope]

I've found with floaters and shooting that if they get in the way, which they do at times looking through a scope, I will look up and away very quickly and this will reposition the floaters our of my direct vision. But mostly I just try to look "though" them.

I've had them since my 20s and they definitely go away only to be replaced by more.

I sometimes entertain myself when I'm bored by trying to look at them directly and focus on them. This is how I learned to move them around. They always float right back though. It's very temporary.

Annoying as hell but as mentioned above, not a whole lot can be done about them. I have read recently there may be some fixes on the horizon.

 

[EddieNFL]

I should have asked a second question in the title...how many have had it seriously affect or prevented them from shooting PRS =/

Well, I had to give up prone position because of a spine injury, but vision was starting to take it's toll. I have trouble getting crisp reticles and some days a red dot is shaped like a cloverleaf.

 

[Anointed1]

I sometimes entertain myself when I'm bored by trying to look at them directly and focus on them. This is how I learned to move them around. They always float right back though.

Haha...I can see it already...

My eyes:...up left up right up left up right
My wife:....what the hell are you doing
My reply:...playing pong
My wife:....stop it, people are staring

I start channeling Jerry Lewis...

 

[Anointed1]

Well, I had to give up prone position because of a spine injury, but vision was starting to take it's toll. I have trouble getting crisp reticles and some days a red dot is shaped like a cloverleaf.

Bah that sucks =/

 

[EddieNFL]

Bah that sucks =/

...like a $20 whore.