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Richard_GB

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10. I just got my first floaters and flashes after xmas

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Sun Jan 12, 2025, 06:46 PM

Jan 12

This is all new to me I was told to wait 6 weeks to see what happens. I will be assigned a specialist doctor as I am diabetic. I am 64 now. It is not good to hear they may get worse. The only good news is that as I am over 60 all treatment is free of charge.

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Any one had any success getting rid of FLOATERS? [View all] BOSSHOG Jan 12 OP

mine are better since my cataract surgery. I had no idea that could be a side benefit nt yellowdogintexas Jan 12 #1

Interesting BOSSHOG Jan 12 #5

Now that it's been mentioned, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 12 #2

No. Only time helps as my ophthalmologist said nothing could be done surfered Jan 12 #3

How long did that take? 2naSalit Jan 12 #7

A month or two. surfered Jan 12 #9

Thanks. 2naSalit Jan 12 #11

Mine were cleared by a simple laser procedure after cataract surgery. sinkingfeeling Jan 12 #4

Thx BOSSHOG Jan 12 #6

No, if I remember, they were a couple of months apart. sinkingfeeling Jan 12 #8

I just got my first floaters and flashes after xmas Richard_GB Jan 12 #10

I've had them about five years BOSSHOG Jan 12 #12

My ophthalmologist told me that you can only wait them out. I had some new, really bad ones ... eppur_se_muova Jan 12 #13

Thank You Very Much BOSSHOG Jan 12 #14

I just flush a few more times and that seems to do the trick. Elessar Zappa Jan 13 #15

Fisetin and Luteolin. 58Sunliner Jan 13 #16