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Help please. I see a black spot...(floater)
« on: Apr 20th, 2005, 3:35pm » |
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What the hell is wrong with my head now. Last year I had a full blown cluster season. Apr-Jul. Usualy I have a 3 year break. I'm 26, it's been the same pattern since I was 14. I get them for three months every three years with nothing in between. However, this year is different. I'm shadowing.... BAD...... They're knocking me off my feet. And now I have this black floater in my right eye. (My left side is my cluster side) I have a dr. appt. tomorrow with a new eye doctor.... ( not looking forward to explaining clusters to a new dr....... again.....) Anyone have an idea what the hell is wrong with my head now? Do you think it's cluster related?
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(float
« Reply #1 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 3:50pm » |
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Floaters come and go. It will eventually heal on its own, and it's not an emergency. If you begin to see bright flashes of light, it indicates a detached retina, and that's an emergency.
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(floater)
« Reply #2 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 4:04pm » |
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Ok.. no flashes of light... but my eye balls hurt. lol that sounds funny. Thanks for the hug.. I feel much better!
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(floater)
« Reply #3 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 4:33pm » |
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I get them all the time. I know this sound stupid but try not to look at it. Looking at it will only make your eyes hurt more. 
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(floater)
« Reply #4 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 4:35pm » |
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Why do we get them?
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(float
« Reply #5 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 4:36pm » |
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I don't remember... I read about them some time ago...
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(floater)
« Reply #6 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 4:37pm » |
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I get floaters every now and then, usually from fatty foods.
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(floater)
« Reply #7 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 4:42pm » |
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I think they are cluster related, a lot of us have floaters and eye twitches.
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(floater)
« Reply #8 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 4:51pm » |
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fatty foods huh.......
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(floater)
« Reply #9 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 5:06pm » |
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That black spot isn't a floater, it's our old friend Dannyboy who showed up in another thread!
I always have floaters in both eyes.
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(floater)
« Reply #10 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 6:31pm » |
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I always have floaters in both eyes, too.
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(floater)
« Reply #11 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 6:48pm » |
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Quote:Do you think it's cluster related?
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I doubt it.
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(float
« Reply #12 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 6:50pm » |
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on Apr 20th, 2005, 6:48pm, don wrote:
Ditto
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(float
« Reply #13 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 7:24pm » |
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I have so many floaters it is scary, looking up at the blue sky shows them all in 3D. Of course having a cataract at age 30 was worse, so far I can still see, ask the doc, but probably nothing to worry about. My last eye check up, the doc was concerned about my cluster eye, it being so red, so she gave me eye drops, but they did nothing
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(float
« Reply #14 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 7:27pm » |
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on Apr 20th, 2005, 7:24pm, Opus wrote:
Ok, whats his phone number?
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It is up to YOU to educate yourself and then help your doctor plan your treatment. If you just sit down in front of your doctor and say "make me better" you are setting yourself up for a great deal of pain.
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(floater)
« Reply #15 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 7:38pm » |
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Depends on the floater.
Floaters can be an ominous sign for some sort of damage to your eye. I'd have to dig out my notes or do a search for what to do when you have floaters, unless it is just keeping an eye (no pun intended!) on it.
I forget where you live. Have an eye hospital nearby? I hope your new doc can determine whether it is neurological in nature or opthamological in nature. You may need to see an opthamologist as opposed to an optometrist. It depends!
Not trying to scare you, but I'm glad you are going to the doctor tomorrow!
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(float
« Reply #16 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 7:45pm » |
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on Apr 20th, 2005, 7:27pm, Jonny wrote:
Ok, whats his phone number?
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(float
« Reply #17 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 7:58pm » |
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on Apr 20th, 2005, 7:45pm, Opus wrote:
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(floater)
« Reply #18 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 8:04pm » |
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Dang. I only opened this because I thought it was going to be a bathroom joke.
on Apr 20th, 2005, 3:35pm, psycofemale0403 wrote:Anyone have an idea what the hell is wrong with my head now? Do you think it's cluster related?
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(float
« Reply #19 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 11:04pm » |
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I have all them dam floaters too like Opus mentiond......good grief ya look at the sun and all ya see is sqiggles and dots.....freaks me out sumtimes !!!! Sum look like sum sorta parasite under a microscope !!! Sumtimes when bored I try to follow them cuz they seem to move for a few seconds when you move your eye and am sure if someone seen me do it they'd think I was surely NUTS like watching things that aren't there for anyone but me. I think they are just particles that get lost in your eye fluid.....not had alot of damage to my eyes that I know of but then I was hard on myself thru the 70's and 80's. The eyes have it Pam
PS: I'm not a ch'r either by the way.........so it can't be related unless it causes more of them for you maybe ?
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(float
« Reply #20 on: Apr 20th, 2005, 11:05pm » |
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I went to see the opthmologist, my eye was incredibly bloodshot, and it was starting to hurt. It had been like this for weeks. This was right before my very first cycle.
The opthamologist gave me steroid eye drops, after he told me the pain was nuerological in his opinion. Didn't work for the redness, and little did I know at the time, that it was a precursor to subsequent cycles. First the redness, then the pain.
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(floater)
« Reply #21 on: Apr 21st, 2005, 4:11am » |
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ditto as in nope.
I have a black spot too. Been there ever since I can remember. Resembles a blind spot which we all have. It disappears when I turn my thick head.
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Re: Help please. I see a black spot...(floater)
« Reply #22 on: Apr 21st, 2005, 11:25am » |
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on Apr 20th, 2005, 8:04pm, BobG wrote:
Dang. I only opened this because I thought it was going to be a bathroom joke.
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