"You're getting old. Get used to it." Yep, heard the same thing. After a while, you don't notice it. You'll be too worried about other parts of your body cracking and flaking off. ;-)
In a couple of hours your eyes should go back to normal.
I'm kind of pissed at hubby for getting all "You need to see a doctor" the minute I told him about the floaters. Sure there was an itsy-bitsy chance it MIGHT have been something serious, but I probably should have stuck to my guns and not run off to a doctor quite so soon.
It wasn't the "Avatar" ones that just look like little insects flying around that had me worried as much as one sort of donut looking guy on my left side who seems to be there all the time.
Well... I dunno, having serious issues with one of my eyes at the moment myself, I have to say: whenever you see weird things floating in and out your field of vision - no matter what you think: go see a doc immediately. (Even if they tell you it's the age; concerning the eyes it's ALWAYS better to be safe than sorry.) Especially if it looks a bit like falling stars or something, or blurry floating lines. Because chances are if you're unlucky, these things might be the last ones you see. Eyes are always serious business.
Oh and the dilation might a very long time, but it won't hinder you as much after about two to three hours, especially in darker environments.
I've got a whole array of floaty things. Sometimes it's like watching Avatar. The one that sent me to the doctor is a sort of ring-shaped formation usually seen on the far side of my left eye.
He agreed it was worth having checked out because it could have been macular degeneration, but was "only" a separated vitreous.
I was able to see ok after about 4 hours, and luckily the office wasn't too busy.
I hope your eye issues turn out ok. The other reason I went was the terror of blindness. Which is utterly paranoid, but since my vision is so bad that I'm virtually useless without my glasses, I really did have to be sure.
As I said, it's always worth checking it out when eyes are concerned, because otherwise it might be too late, especially when you see things that aren't there - because worse and faster than macula degeneration is so called retinal detachment when it comes to causes of blindness. They told us in a lecture that when you have retinal detachment something that's described to look like falling stars in your field of vision might be last thing you see if it's not treated asap.
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Yep, heard the same thing. After a while, you don't notice it. You'll be too worried about other parts of your body cracking and flaking off. ;-)
In a couple of hours your eyes should go back to normal.
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I'm kind of pissed at hubby for getting all "You need to see a doctor" the minute I told him about the floaters. Sure there was an itsy-bitsy chance it MIGHT have been something serious, but I probably should have stuck to my guns and not run off to a doctor quite so soon.
It wasn't the "Avatar" ones that just look like little insects flying around that had me worried as much as one sort of donut looking guy on my left side who seems to be there all the time.
Anyway, the dilation does seem to be wearing off.
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Because chances are if you're unlucky, these things might be the last ones you see. Eyes are always serious business.
Oh and the dilation might a very long time, but it won't hinder you as much after about two to three hours, especially in darker environments.
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He agreed it was worth having checked out because it could have been macular degeneration, but was "only" a separated vitreous.
I was able to see ok after about 4 hours, and luckily the office wasn't too busy.
I hope your eye issues turn out ok. The other reason I went was the terror of blindness. Which is utterly paranoid, but since my vision is so bad that I'm virtually useless without my glasses, I really did have to be sure.
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