I see a gray spot in my vision, wtf????? - GoFuckYourself.com

Lane · 05-13-2003, 10:09 AM

I see a little gray spot with my right eye, which moves with my eye when I look around. I can't always notice it, but when it's bright outside or when i look at a window on the screen with white background, i can see it more clearly. It's been like a week since I had it.

I tried to open a white page, looked at the center and tried to mark where the spot is. but actually it moves. for example i mark it, then i rotate my eye to far right, and i look again, it moves towards left, same happens visa versa.. also when i look up as high as i can, it moves down, etc...

maybe i'm gonna go see a doctor, but i'm so busy these days..

anyone had something similar before?

chupacabra · 05-13-2003, 10:12 AM

detached retina... go to an occular-sawbones soon..!

a420 · 05-13-2003, 10:13 AM

smoke a blunt.

PR_Phil · 05-13-2003, 10:14 AM

busy or not, I think you better take the time to go see the doc!

MattO · 05-13-2003, 10:14 AM

man, don't take a chance go to a doctor asap!!

FillmoreSlim · 05-13-2003, 10:15 AM

might be glaucoma. go check now. diagnosis can be made early...

[Labret] · 05-13-2003, 10:29 AM

You have whats called a "floater"

http://www.sjeyeassociates.com/floater_&_flashes.htm

Lane · 05-13-2003, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by [Labret]
You have whats called a "floater"

http://www.sjeyeassociates.com/floater_&_flashes.htm

it doesnt mention there but are they permanent?

jake2000xp · 05-13-2003, 10:41 AM

could be : DSB

Deadly Sperm Build-up

go take care of yourself, if that doesent work..get into see a doctor, dont mess around..

DarkJedi · 05-13-2003, 10:42 AM

lay off the acid.

suer · 05-13-2003, 10:43 AM

Don't fool around when it comes to your eyes
Go To The Doctor...

alias · 05-13-2003, 10:44 AM

yeah floaters suck ballZ

I switched from 2 crt monitors to 1 lcd but I don't know how much difference it makes.

I think computer use could cause people to get them earlier in life due to the radiation.

Cheshire · 05-13-2003, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lane
it doesnt mention there but are they permanent?

Yes, and annoying ~ but harmless.

You won't notice it after a while.

KRL · 05-13-2003, 10:48 AM

Yeh, seriously Lane, don't mess with the eyes, you only have two. Get to the eye doc ASAP.

My ex-wife wore contacts. Was putting on her makeup, getting ready for a new years party. One of her contacts slipped out. She didn't wash her hands before reinserting it. Women's makeup often is loaded with germs and bacteria. By not washing she inserted psuedomonus into her eye. 5 hours later her eye was itching and irritated.

It was New Years and we were in Malibu. Drove over to UCLA Medical Center, but with the holiday there were no eye specialists on duty in the ER. The doofus who wasn't even a doctor just put a patch over her eye and said to come back on Monday morning.

I said shouldn't you put some antibiotics in there or something. He said he couldn't do prescriptions and by then the place was getting loaded with drunk driving incident people and shit so we left.

By Monday morning the psuedomonus bacteria colonized in her cornea. We went to the Jules Stein eye institute and the doctor looked at it and said she needed to be admitted immediately and that there would be permenant scaring on her eye and she might even loose her vision completely.

She was in the hospital for a week. Didn't loose her eyesight but did suffer a permenant scar over her cornea so she could never see well out of that eye again. Had to stay in a darkened room for a solid month with no exposure to sunlight. And then had a 6 month period where she was so light sensitive it would cause her pain like crazy.

So don't mess with eye stuff. What you can't see going on could be very dangerous if not detected and treated promptly.

Cheshire · 05-13-2003, 11:00 AM

I understand your concern KRL, considering the horrifying experience you and your wife had. Sounds like it was really scary!
Everyone should certainly see an optomotrist regularly for eye health checks (once a year) as well as for an Rx, but what Lane is experiencing now is a perfectly normal phenomenon described by the link posted by labret.

Lane · 05-13-2003, 11:08 AM

I just did a little research on floaters on google.. It exactly describes the situation. and they all suggest that I should go see an eye doctor. I might even go to the ER tonite.

thanks everyone

Fletch XXX · 05-13-2003, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lane
I just did a little research on floaters on google.. It exactly describes the situation. and they all suggest that I should go see an eye doctor. I might even go to the ER tonite.

thanks everyone

If you happen to keep having re adjust or focus your eyes, yes, this will eventually lead to strain on your eye and most likely headaches and shit, I'd see a doctor, sight is one thing I would NOT want to lose.

asuna · 05-13-2003, 11:19 AM

Don't fuck around, especially when it comes to you eyes

Cheshire · 05-13-2003, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lane
I just did a little research on floaters on google.. It exactly describes the situation. and they all suggest that I should go see an eye doctor. I might even go to the ER tonite.

thanks everyone

What?

Please tell me where you were told it was an emergency, I'm really surprised!

I worked for eye doctors for 3 years, and we never sent anyone to an Ophthalmologist or the er for a floater.

kaylacam · 05-13-2003, 11:24 AM

I ran an optometry clinic for the USAF for 4 years...go see an optometrist and be prepared for a possible referral to an ophthalmalogist...might be a floater, might be macular degeneration setting in...several things that it could be. Some are treatable if caught early enough. The fact that it moves with you is a good sign.

goBigtime · 05-13-2003, 11:35 AM

Millions of people have floaters.. usually later in life.

Floaters are thought by some to be caused/aggravated by liver toxicity. If you do any drugs or drinking you might lay off a little bit, you might also stay way from sugar for a bit.

Your optometrist or GP wont say or agree with this though. They'll switch on their Dr. Roboto voice and say something like: "floaters are caused by vitreous degeneration. As we age, the vitreous gel begins to degenerate into clumps of proteinaceous material which floats in the eye, it's uncureable - pay me now.

Western Medicine is cool

But just to be on the safe side you should go have your vision checked real quick to make sure its not a problem with your vision like a detached retina.

Buff · 05-13-2003, 11:37 AM

Hope it's nothing serious.
Good Luck.

kaylacam · 05-13-2003, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by goBigtime
Millions of people have floaters.. usually later in life.

Floaters are thought by some to be caused/aggravated by liver toxicity. If you do any drugs or drinking you might lay off a little bit, you might also stay way from sugar for a bit.

Your optometrist or GP wont say or agree with this though. They'll switch on their Dr. Roboto voice and say something like: "floaters are caused by vitreous degeneration. As we age, the vitreous gel begins to degenerate into clumps of proteinaceous material which floats in the eye, it's uncureable - pay me now.

Western Medicine is cool

But just to be on the safe side you should go have your vision checked real quick to make sure its not a problem with your vision like a detached retina.

There is another school of thought that says <i>some</i> floaters may actually be left over vien from while we were forming in our mothers wombs. As the cornea itself has no vessels, it draws its oxygen straight from the air while our eyes are open. During development, this was not possible, it is thought, that the vein that was necessary during development breaks apart and stays suspended in the vitreous. As we age, the consistency of our vitreous humor changes slightly, causing this once unseen piece of biological 'garbage' to now be seen when it gets between the retena/lenticular lens....not a sure thing, just a school of thought.

Then again, what do I know? I am a cam girl.

michaelw · 05-13-2003, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lane
I see a little gray spot with my right eye, which moves with my eye when I look around. I can't always notice it, but when it's bright outside or when i look at a window on the screen with white background, i can see it more clearly. It's been like a week since I had it.

I tried to open a white page, looked at the center and tried to mark where the spot is. but actually it moves. for example i mark it, then i rotate my eye to far right, and i look again, it moves towards left, same happens visa versa.. also when i look up as high as i can, it moves down, etc...

maybe i'm gonna go see a doctor, but i'm so busy these days..

anyone had something similar before?

youre going to die man!
seriously, check that out - you can never be too careful especially when it comes to your eyes

Lane · 05-13-2003, 12:12 PM

it suddenly appeared, one day, out of nowhere

sometimes i focus too much on something, like coding or playing a game.. maybe i even forget to blink for long periods, i'm not sure.. i used hold my breath when i got excited, but i kinda got over that..
anyway, i dunno if it might have happened due to too much stress on my eyes, because sometimes they become so red. (and no, i dont smoke)

i called the univ. hospital, i'll see the doc tomorrow morning.. i thought they were gonna schedule it a lot later than that, and i got a little paranoid after reading all the stuff about retinal detachment etc.., that's why i was thinking about going to ER, but i'll just wait till tomorrow morning..

floaters arent too common on young people, hopefully it isnt serious.

dig420 · 05-13-2003, 12:15 PM

it means you have eyeball cancer

Lane · 05-13-2003, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dig420
it means you have eyeball cancer

I don't find this funny at the moment

JimW · 05-13-2003, 12:37 PM

floaters suck,

I got invaded when I was 18.

its a genetic condition as well, mother had them, grandfather had them...

rowan · 05-13-2003, 12:47 PM

Are floaters like a spot that doesn't exactly move with your eyes? Rather than just a static blind spot in your vision, it's actually a little spot that 'catches up' when you move your eyes? I've had one of those in my right eye for a couple of years...

HairToStay · 05-13-2003, 12:58 PM

Had a detached retina 13 years ago, lost 90% of the vision in my right eye as I 'ignored' the floaters, the grey screen over the vision, etc .. out of fear. I was very stupid.

Don't put it off, go see a retinal specialist, they can correct it in-office with laser surgery. Don't wait until it's too late like I did.

Don't go to the ER, you'll wait 10 hours to be told you need to see an eye specialist, which is what you need. They use special equipment to see into the eye and behind it and can detect what's wrong.

twistyneck · 05-13-2003, 01:01 PM

If Thy Right Eye Offends Thee, Pluck it out, and cast it from Thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

DarkJedi · 05-13-2003, 01:04 PM

Mom has always said that if one masturbates too much, he will get blind

Marc P · 05-13-2003, 01:08 PM

I have a floater in my right eye, it was diagnosed last year and I was told it is genetic, and it is permanent. However he said I would get so used to it that I would eventually not see them any longer.

It's been about one year and when it's sunny, out it comes

But day to day, I don't really notice it anymore.

Good luck

Houdini · 05-13-2003, 01:18 PM

Post what happens at the doctor tomorrow. I have the same thing. I noticed it a few weeks ago when I was swimming and opening my eyes underwater. I already know within a year or two I'm going to need glasses. I can't see shit far-away anymore. I spend way too much time on the computer.

05-13-2003, 10:09 AM	#1
Lane Will code for food... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Buckeye, AZ Posts: 8,496	I see a gray spot in my vision, wtf????? I see a little gray spot with my right eye, which moves with my eye when I look around. I can't always notice it, but when it's bright outside or when i look at a window on the screen with white background, i can see it more clearly. It's been like a week since I had it. I tried to open a white page, looked at the center and tried to mark where the spot is. but actually it moves. for example i mark it, then i rotate my eye to far right, and i look again, it moves towards left, same happens visa versa.. also when i look up as high as i can, it moves down, etc... maybe i'm gonna go see a doctor, but i'm so busy these days.. anyone had something similar before? __________________

05-13-2003, 10:14 AM	#4
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05-13-2003, 10:48 AM	#14
KRL Entrepreneur Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 31,429	Yeh, seriously Lane, don't mess with the eyes, you only have two. Get to the eye doc ASAP. My ex-wife wore contacts. Was putting on her makeup, getting ready for a new years party. One of her contacts slipped out. She didn't wash her hands before reinserting it. Women's makeup often is loaded with germs and bacteria. By not washing she inserted psuedomonus into her eye. 5 hours later her eye was itching and irritated. It was New Years and we were in Malibu. Drove over to UCLA Medical Center, but with the holiday there were no eye specialists on duty in the ER. The doofus who wasn't even a doctor just put a patch over her eye and said to come back on Monday morning. I said shouldn't you put some antibiotics in there or something. He said he couldn't do prescriptions and by then the place was getting loaded with drunk driving incident people and shit so we left. By Monday morning the psuedomonus bacteria colonized in her cornea. We went to the Jules Stein eye institute and the doctor looked at it and said she needed to be admitted immediately and that there would be permenant scaring on her eye and she might even loose her vision completely. She was in the hospital for a week. Didn't loose her eyesight but did suffer a permenant scar over her cornea so she could never see well out of that eye again. Had to stay in a darkened room for a solid month with no exposure to sunlight. And then had a 6 month period where she was so light sensitive it would cause her pain like crazy. So don't mess with eye stuff. What you can't see going on could be very dangerous if not detected and treated promptly. __________________ If you would like to develop your domains, you can lease inexpensive foreign labor from the leaders in the field at iWebmasters.com TO LOWER YOUR COSTS AND INCREASE YOUR PRODUCTION! * * * * * * * * * * * * Domains Adult News KRL's Newsletter Biz Tips Just Listed Domains

05-13-2003, 11:00 AM	#15
Cheshire Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Rosen-Villin Posts: 5,738	I understand your concern KRL, considering the horrifying experience you and your wife had. Sounds like it was really scary! Everyone should certainly see an optomotrist regularly for eye health checks (once a year) as well as for an Rx, but what Lane is experiencing now is a perfectly normal phenomenon described by the link posted by labret. __________________ just a little bit naughty

05-13-2003, 10:12 AM	#2
chupacabra Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,626	detached retina... go to an occular-sawbones soon..!

05-13-2003, 10:13 AM	#3
a420 Confirmed User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 89	smoke a blunt.

05-13-2003, 10:14 AM	#5
MattO The O is for Oohhh Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: AUSTIN TEJAS Posts: 10,861	man, don't take a chance go to a doctor asap!!

05-13-2003, 10:15 AM	#6
FillmoreSlim Confirmed User Join Date: May 2003 Location: streetz Posts: 1,236	might be glaucoma. go check now. diagnosis can be made early...

05-13-2003, 10:29 AM	#7
[Labret] Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: Са́нкт-Петербу́рг Posts: 10,945	You have whats called a "floater" http://www.sjeyeassociates.com/floater_&_flashes.htm

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jake2000xp Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 434	could be : DSB Deadly Sperm Build-up go take care of yourself, if that doesent work..get into see a doctor, dont mess around..

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05-13-2003, 11:08 AM	#16
Lane Will code for food... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Buckeye, AZ Posts: 8,496	I just did a little research on floaters on google.. It exactly describes the situation. and they all suggest that I should go see an eye doctor. I might even go to the ER tonite. thanks everyone __________________

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kaylacam Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Less camgirl than porn chickie...conveniently located in Porn Central. Posts: 2,745	I ran an optometry clinic for the USAF for 4 years...go see an optometrist and be prepared for a possible referral to an ophthalmalogist...might be a floater, might be macular degeneration setting in...several things that it could be. Some are treatable if caught early enough. The fact that it moves with you is a good sign. __________________ SPANK! Kayla Quinn http://www.TushyCash.com

05-13-2003, 11:35 AM	#21
goBigtime Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 7,761	Millions of people have floaters.. usually later in life. Floaters are thought by some to be caused/aggravated by liver toxicity. If you do any drugs or drinking you might lay off a little bit, you might also stay way from sugar for a bit. Your optometrist or GP wont say or agree with this though. They'll switch on their Dr. Roboto voice and say something like: "floaters are caused by vitreous degeneration. As we age, the vitreous gel begins to degenerate into clumps of proteinaceous material which floats in the eye, it's uncureable - pay me now. Western Medicine is cool But just to be on the safe side you should go have your vision checked real quick to make sure its not a problem with your vision like a detached retina.

05-13-2003, 11:37 AM	#22
Buff GFY Assassin Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,993	Hope it's nothing serious. Good Luck.

05-13-2003, 12:12 PM	#25
Lane Will code for food... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Buckeye, AZ Posts: 8,496	it suddenly appeared, one day, out of nowhere sometimes i focus too much on something, like coding or playing a game.. maybe i even forget to blink for long periods, i'm not sure.. i used hold my breath when i got excited, but i kinda got over that.. anyway, i dunno if it might have happened due to too much stress on my eyes, because sometimes they become so red. (and no, i dont smoke) i called the univ. hospital, i'll see the doc tomorrow morning.. i thought they were gonna schedule it a lot later than that, and i got a little paranoid after reading all the stuff about retinal detachment etc.., that's why i was thinking about going to ER, but i'll just wait till tomorrow morning.. floaters arent too common on young people, hopefully it isnt serious. __________________

05-13-2003, 12:15 PM	#26
dig420 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 9,240	it means you have eyeball cancer

05-13-2003, 12:37 PM	#28
JimW Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 422	floaters suck, I got invaded when I was 18. its a genetic condition as well, mother had them, grandfather had them...

05-13-2003, 12:47 PM	#29
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Are floaters like a spot that doesn't exactly move with your eyes? Rather than just a static blind spot in your vision, it's actually a little spot that 'catches up' when you move your eyes? I've had one of those in my right eye for a couple of years...

05-13-2003, 12:58 PM	#30
HairToStay Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Southcoast, Mass. Posts: 1,521	Had a detached retina 13 years ago, lost 90% of the vision in my right eye as I 'ignored' the floaters, the grey screen over the vision, etc .. out of fear. I was very stupid. Don't put it off, go see a retinal specialist, they can correct it in-office with laser surgery. Don't wait until it's too late like I did. Don't go to the ER, you'll wait 10 hours to be told you need to see an eye specialist, which is what you need. They use special equipment to see into the eye and behind it and can detect what's wrong. __________________ Make bank by giving your surfers free pics every day and it costs you NOTHING! Use POTD Sponsors to find adult sponsors in more than 75 niches who offer a POTD feature!

05-13-2003, 01:01 PM	#31
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05-13-2003, 01:08 PM	#33
Marc P Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Montreal Posts: 154	I have a floater in my right eye, it was diagnosed last year and I was told it is genetic, and it is permanent. However he said I would get so used to it that I would eventually not see them any longer. It's been about one year and when it's sunny, out it comes But day to day, I don't really notice it anymore. Good luck

05-13-2003, 01:18 PM	#34
Houdini Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,651	Post what happens at the doctor tomorrow. I have the same thing. I noticed it a few weeks ago when I was swimming and opening my eyes underwater. I already know within a year or two I'm going to need glasses. I can't see shit far-away anymore. I spend way too much time on the computer.