I am 41 and also have numerous floaters. However, a huge floater in my left eye is particularly bad because it tends to hover in my line of sight and wreaks havoc on my quality of life.
This floater consists of a long, seemingly hinged string that rotates wildly in all three dimensions. On one side of the "hinge," the floater is almost clear; however, on the other side of the hinge, the floater is dark. The dark part of the floater consistently blacks out text when I'm reading, so I am constantly rolling my eyes to seek relief. I can get the floater to move, but it continually migrates back to a position in my line of sight.
My ability to read or to enjoy the outdoors on a beautiful day are both greatly compromised. Also,I am a geologist and have great difficulty picking out small details on a map because of those little bastards floating in my eyeballs.
Any ideas, anybody? Ophthalmologists I have seen are of little help. They tell me to get used to the floaters because surgery would be too risky. The medical profession needs to get to work on this problem! I'm about to the point where I'll have the surgery in spite of the risks.
Some research suggestions for the MDs in the crowd:
1) A surgical method using a miniature radar-guided laser that can lock on to floaters, follow them in "flight," and zap them.
2) A surgical method by which fluid in the eyeball can be removed, cleaned or "strained" of floaters, and returned.
3) A surgical method using microscopic instruments in order to literally pluck individual floaters from the eyeball.
4) Drugs or chemicals that can dissolve floaters.
If any credible doctor has an experimental method that has a good chance of working, I'm your guinea pig.
(Name withheld)
