# I've got a Floater.  Damn.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-floater-damn/214179>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 19, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-floater-damn/214179 "2003-11-19T20:56:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-floater-damn/214179/21 "2003-11-20T12:47:18Z")

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I have one in each eye, and they’ve been there for a long, long, long time. Probably 20 years or more. If they’re an actual medical problem that should be corrected, I’d be mighty surprised.

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-floater-damn/214179/22 "2003-11-20T13:18:13Z")

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I have one in the upper-right side of my right eye–just a little greyish dot. It’s been there for about 10 years now. I don’t usually notice it anymore unless I’m looking at something that’s white or very pale colored that makes it stand out.

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**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-floater-damn/214179/23 "2003-11-20T16:20:03Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Winston\_Smith \*  
> \*\*The cool thing about the visit to the eye doctor was…
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> He did a retinal scan, and I got to see the images of the back of my eyes. It was very interesting. He was nice enough to point out the major landmarks back there, so it was educational, too. And only $15 USD (my insurance doesn’t cover the procedure). (Bastards). \*\*

That’s the thing they do instead of the old dilate your eyes, then you wander around with giant old lady sunglasses on for the rest of the day, right? Cause I paid for it and it was well worth it.

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**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-floater-damn/214179/24 "2003-11-20T17:32:55Z")

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I have one in my right eye that looks like a short tailed [ebola](http://www.shodor.org/master/biomed/epidemio/sir/ebola.gif). Best seen on a white background, like snow. I too, can do the lno trick, and move my eye around and watch it slowly catch up. I haven’t named it yet.

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**Author:** ![T.Slothrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@T.Slothrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Slothrop)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-floater-damn/214179/25 "2003-11-21T08:05:38Z")

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I have many. whenever they dilate my eyes and look inside they say: “wow, you have a lot of floaters.”

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