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Easterncedar
(3,736 posts)39. Just had an emergency eye exam
I suddenly developed a swirling gray and black scrim in my formerly better eye and was concerned abour having retinal damage. Dr says I de-velcroed my eyeball, as I had previously done to the other one, generating lots of debris, that is, floaters. She wants to check the retina again in a month, but otherwise there is nothing to be done. She says that laser treatment just turns a big floater into dozens of little ones, and that the victrectomy is rarely attempted as it can damage the eye badly.
So its another dam thing to live with.
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One reason: Hi Carbs! Cut down bar code carbs! Eat natural carbs and more keto-like meals. n/t
MartyTheGreek
Jul 2024
#3
You're welcome. It worked for me and some fasting helped me ditch my readers! And, that's common among Fasters n/t
MartyTheGreek
Jul 2024
#8
And those reasons are ... ? I know there are reports of it helping memory. nt
eppur_se_muova
Jul 2024
#14
I take the AREDS2 with low zinc. I use 'Focus Select', you can get it on Amazon
Joinfortmill
Jul 2024
#17
Try One A Day multiple vitamins - Adult Triple Immune Support.... high in copper and chromium.
magicarpet
Jul 2024
#6
* Options may include surgery to remove the vitreous or a laser to disrupt the floaters,
elleng
Jul 2024
#7
Has your eye doctor done a laser yag on you? Easy procedure and helps get rid of floaters
FloridaBlues
Jul 2024
#10
"yag"? Also, how bad do floaters need to be before this is the recommended procedure?
Beartracks
Jul 2024
#33
Frequently throughout the day. Hard to give numbers. Enough to interfere with vision
FloridaBlues
Jul 2024
#37
Interesting... But how can they target a floater, which is usually, y'know... moving???
Beartracks
Jul 2024
#38
I copied a bit of information from the advice but didn't save the actual tweet.
chowder66
Jul 2024
#23