Saturday, I was just sitting on the couch having some coffee when all of a sudden my left eye filled up with a dark swirling cloud. It cleared up slightly and was a lot less Sunday morning. I was still seeing a smaller swirly cloud and when looking at brightness, it would look like gray snow falling. I just got home from the eye Dr. What has happened is my vritnious has pulled away from my retina in a spot in my left eye. Dr said there's no treatment but it will get a lot better over 3 to 4 months. Common from getting older. If something like this happens to any of you , get to an eye Dr , because if it was detached retina it needs immediate attention. Don't play around with your eyes.
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mark james
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Been there, done that. My brother had a partially detached retina at age 62. I had massive floaters and circular flashing at age 62. My Doc says my retina is OK, but will need to monitor every 6 months. I have lost 30% of clear vision. Several IAP members have reached out to me on this - not uncommon with aging as you noted, but very concerning as it happens. This is the main reason I am getting back into segmenting slowly.
Be well Ken, my thoughts are with you.
Be well Ken, my thoughts are with you.
Arnold
Member
As ken said, "don't play around with your eyes". I have been going to an eye doctor every six months for twenty years due to high eye pressure...
Wishing you the best Ken...
Wishing you the best Ken...
MedWoodWorx
Member
get well soon, i work in a pharmacy and i often hear of similar health problems & the frustration that results. i would also like to share this video which reminds us of how powerful the human will can be.cheers
Blind woodturner: I don't want my eyesight back
Chris Fisher taught himself woodturning by listening to about 600 hours of YouTube videos.
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Sly Dog
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Ah, isn't getting older fun? I'm (only) 62. One sunny afternoon two summers ago I had a sudden onset of a cobweb floater with many many peppercorns in my right eye. Took me 5 days to get into an eye doc and he saw a partial tear of the retina. He sent me immediately to a surgeon. Had a cryo procedure the next morning to repair the tear (a procedure that literally took less than a minute). I was told by doc #1 that I was lucky the retina didn't detach in the intervening 5 days and that I should have treated it more as an emergency (separate frustrating story). The floaters fade and you adapt, but mine have never completely gone.
Similar symptoms occurred in my left eye last summer. Got right in. No tear, just a burst capillary.
As you indicated, vitreous detachment and floaters are common as we age, but any sudden onset of floaters that are unusual for you, especially accompanied by flashing, or a dark shroud/curtain, should be treated as an emergency.
May your floaters fade quickly, Ken.
. That just may be my new toast.
Similar symptoms occurred in my left eye last summer. Got right in. No tear, just a burst capillary.
As you indicated, vitreous detachment and floaters are common as we age, but any sudden onset of floaters that are unusual for you, especially accompanied by flashing, or a dark shroud/curtain, should be treated as an emergency.
May your floaters fade quickly, Ken.
. That just may be my new toast.Good advice, virtually the same advice the eye DR gave me.Ah, isn't getting older fun? I'm (only) 62. One sunny afternoon two summers ago I had a sudden onset of a cobweb floater with many many peppercorns in my right eye. Took me 5 days to get into an eye doc and he saw a partial tear of the retina. He sent me immediately to a surgeon. Had a cryo procedure the next morning to repair the tear (a procedure that literally took less than a minute). I was told by doc #1 that I was lucky the retina didn't detach in the intervening 5 days and that I should have treated it more as an emergency (separate frustrating story). The floaters fade and you adapt, but mine have never completely gone.
Similar symptoms occurred in my left eye last summer. Got right in. No tear, just a burst capillary.
As you indicated, vitreous detachment and floaters are common as we age, but any sudden onset of floaters that are unusual for you, especially accompanied by flashing, or a dark shroud/curtain, should be treated as an emergency.
May your floaters fade quickly, Ken.
monophoto
Member
My horror story is quite similar. I awoke one morning to find that I had lost vision in one eye. Turns out that I had a tear in the retina, and as far as I can recall, there was nothing that should have alerted me to a pending problem. This happened when I was 3500 miles away from home and in another country. I was able to get an appointment with my regular eye doctor on the way home from the airport. He diagnosed the problem and sent me to a local retina specialist the next morning, which was Friday; I was scheduled for surgery the following Monday. Two-hour surgery went reasonably well (other than the minor issue that they didn't give me enough anesthetic, and I woke up in the middle of the procedure in extreme pain).
Anyway, five weeks later I had a second tear, and was scheduled for a second surgery. The doctor started the procedure, and then stopped when he found that there was a lot of scar tissue on the retina from the previous surgery. He referred me to the Harkness Eye Center n NYC, but it took about six weeks to get an appointment there. They scheduled me for a third surgery that lasted five hours. And a year later, I had to have a fourth followup surgery.
Bottom line is that I have essentially no vision in one eye. I've learned to live with the handicap, but I'm also very aware that I don't have a lot of margin for something else going wrong. After having cataract surgery on my good eye, I only really need glasses to read, but at the suggestion of a very wise Optometrist, I wear glasses all the time to provide physical protection for my good eye.
Having only one functioning eye limits your close-in depth perception, As a turner, that means that I need very bright light at the lathe to cast strong shadows. And as a fountain pen user who prefers bottled ink, I have to be very careful when filling my pens.
Anyway, five weeks later I had a second tear, and was scheduled for a second surgery. The doctor started the procedure, and then stopped when he found that there was a lot of scar tissue on the retina from the previous surgery. He referred me to the Harkness Eye Center n NYC, but it took about six weeks to get an appointment there. They scheduled me for a third surgery that lasted five hours. And a year later, I had to have a fourth followup surgery.
Bottom line is that I have essentially no vision in one eye. I've learned to live with the handicap, but I'm also very aware that I don't have a lot of margin for something else going wrong. After having cataract surgery on my good eye, I only really need glasses to read, but at the suggestion of a very wise Optometrist, I wear glasses all the time to provide physical protection for my good eye.
Having only one functioning eye limits your close-in depth perception, As a turner, that means that I need very bright light at the lathe to cast strong shadows. And as a fountain pen user who prefers bottled ink, I have to be very careful when filling my pens.
TellicoTurning
Member
I hate to hear stories like this... I'm more afraid of being blind than deaf or mute... I can go hours without talking and more often than not I watch You-Tube vides with the sound off. So far at 80 I've had no vision problems, but I am very conscious of my eyes and do protect them as much as possible... I do have a couple of small floaters and need glasses for reading and close work, but otherwise no vision problems yet.
My wife has had cataract surgery in both eyes, she has a large floater that does interfere with some of her vision, she's also had retinal surgery in one eye and takes drops every night for glaucoma.
My wife has had cataract surgery in both eyes, she has a large floater that does interfere with some of her vision, she's also had retinal surgery in one eye and takes drops every night for glaucoma.
Penultimate
Member
That's amazing it took so long to see a doctor. I spent the day at work years ago looking thru a haze in one eye. Called my eye doc on the way home she called a surgeon and he waited for me to get there. It was considered an emergency surgery. I had cryo in 3 places and laser in my other eye the next week. Scary stuff.Ah, isn't getting older fun? I'm (only) 62. One sunny afternoon two summers ago I had a sudden onset of a cobweb floater with many many peppercorns in my right eye. Took me 5 days to get into an eye doc and he saw a partial tear of the retina. He sent me immediately to a surgeon. Had a cryo procedure the next morning to repair the tear (a procedure that literally took less than a minute). I was told by doc #1 that I was lucky the retina didn't detach in the intervening 5 days and that I should have treated it more as an emergency (separate frustrating story). The floaters fade and you adapt, but mine have never completely gone.
Similar symptoms occurred in my left eye last summer. Got right in. No tear, just a burst capillary.
As you indicated, vitreous detachment and floaters are common as we age, but any sudden onset of floaters that are unusual for you, especially accompanied by flashing, or a dark shroud/curtain, should be treated as an emergency.
May your floaters fade quickly, Ken.
sbwertz
Member
I love working with the blind turners. They are truly amazing! I just found out we will reopen the blind turning project in May! I have really missed it.get well soon, i work in a pharmacy and i often hear of similar health problems & the frustration that results. i would also like to share this video which reminds us of how powerful the human will can be.cheers
Blind woodturner: I don't want my eyesight back
Chris Fisher taught himself woodturning by listening to about 600 hours of YouTube videos.
WriteON
Member
Gotta love people like you
MedWoodWorx
Member
I have no words, many kudos to you and anyone who helps, cheers
sbwertz
Member
Believe me, I take away much more than I give. This is probably the most rewarding project I've ever done in my life.
The same thing happened to me in my 20s...vitreous humour detatched in my right eye. I didn't know about it at first...eventually, this haziness started to occur, and when I went to the eye doc, they said it was a "diffuse cloudy mass", basically it was the clump of fibers that attach the vitreous to the wall of the eye. I think it was caused by stress on my eye due to wearing contacts. Needless to say, I stopped wearing them (over 15 years ago now), I just stick with glasses now (and, my vision has always been better with glasses, especially these days...they make these aspheric lenses that are insanely crisp, sharp, and ultra clear now.)
The cloudy mass has been a bit of a problem ever since...the darn thing floats around my eye, and periodically enters my field of view. Its expanded, become even more diffuse, so its not really "cloudy" anymore...the fibers seem to warp light a bit, and when its in the middle of my vision its really annoying. It may have happened to my left eye now (eye doc wasn't certain, just happened within the last year)...I seem to generally have the same problem there as well. Right now, it seems to be dead-center in my left eye...lot of little spots, some of them brownish in color, so annoying...
The cloudy mass has been a bit of a problem ever since...the darn thing floats around my eye, and periodically enters my field of view. Its expanded, become even more diffuse, so its not really "cloudy" anymore...the fibers seem to warp light a bit, and when its in the middle of my vision its really annoying. It may have happened to my left eye now (eye doc wasn't certain, just happened within the last year)...I seem to generally have the same problem there as well. Right now, it seems to be dead-center in my left eye...lot of little spots, some of them brownish in color, so annoying...