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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 539673" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Donna a year ago on Mother's Day I woke with what looked like lightning bolts going off in my eye and a veil with cobwebs and floaters all throughout my vision. I was terrified just like you. I had to wait until the next day and called my optomotist who called the Retina experts and got me an appointment that day. Of course that freaked me out even moreso that they thought it was do important I go that day. The good news was that it turned out I had a vitreous separation and it was not a detached retina thank goodness. The bad news was tha the flaoters and cobwebs were there to stay. Like you I kept trying to brush them out of my eye and it was very annoying. The dr told me many people get this and it is not serious other than annoying but if got more lightning bolts or more floaters I had to call right away. I had to go back every three months for a while and now just yearly so he can watch it. </p><p></p><p>He did tell me that I would get use to the floaters and my brain would eventually start ignoring them and the cobwebs and I thought right, no way. Thank goodness I did get use to it, some of the floaters went away but I have one I can see if I look at something white or solid. The cobwebs are better, not gone but not nearly as bad. I was terrified I was going blind.</p><p></p><p>I just went back for my year checkup and he said it looked good, no further seperation and the other eye was fine. He explained it's the gel part of the eye that starts to get dry and pull away and happens to us after a certain age....just another reason why it stinks to get old.</p><p></p><p>I hope this is what you have because it is the best alternative.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 539673, member: 59"] Donna a year ago on Mother's Day I woke with what looked like lightning bolts going off in my eye and a veil with cobwebs and floaters all throughout my vision. I was terrified just like you. I had to wait until the next day and called my optomotist who called the Retina experts and got me an appointment that day. Of course that freaked me out even moreso that they thought it was do important I go that day. The good news was that it turned out I had a vitreous separation and it was not a detached retina thank goodness. The bad news was tha the flaoters and cobwebs were there to stay. Like you I kept trying to brush them out of my eye and it was very annoying. The dr told me many people get this and it is not serious other than annoying but if got more lightning bolts or more floaters I had to call right away. I had to go back every three months for a while and now just yearly so he can watch it. He did tell me that I would get use to the floaters and my brain would eventually start ignoring them and the cobwebs and I thought right, no way. Thank goodness I did get use to it, some of the floaters went away but I have one I can see if I look at something white or solid. The cobwebs are better, not gone but not nearly as bad. I was terrified I was going blind. I just went back for my year checkup and he said it looked good, no further seperation and the other eye was fine. He explained it's the gel part of the eye that starts to get dry and pull away and happens to us after a certain age....just another reason why it stinks to get old. I hope this is what you have because it is the best alternative. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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