My Floaters, SAA; SAA, My Floaters.

In an attempt to come to terms with my floaters and induce in myself a
grudging acceptance of their existence, I've given names to the most
prominent among them and I'm pleased to introduce them to you now:

Curly.
Straight Man.
Mr. Dot.
Frankie-Baby.

May they live long and prosper. Not.

-Skip

(Skip Freeman) writes:

In an attempt to come to terms with my floaters and induce in myself a
grudging acceptance of their existence, I've given names to the most
prominent among them and I'm pleased to introduce them to you now:

Curly.
Straight Man.
Mr. Dot.
Frankie-Baby.

May they live long and prosper. Not.

-Skip
Dangit. I have finally decided to quit trying to figure this out. So I
come to you humbled and ashamed to ask, what the heck is a "floater" no
coments from the audience please?

-Al A.
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Skip Freeman wrote:
In an attempt to come to terms with my floaters and induce in myself a
grudging acceptance of their existence, I've given names to the most
prominent among them and I'm pleased to introduce them to you now:

Curly.
Straight Man.
Mr. Dot.
Frankie-Baby.

May they live long and prosper. Not.

-Skip

Whiskey will remove them "post-haste." After a good toot, they will have
to be renamed..g

"Al Arduengo" wrote in message
...
(Skip Freeman) writes:

what the heck is a "floater"

Al--

well, perhaps i'm the audience, but i'll give you a civil answer. they're
the bits of detritus that most of us see floating through our vision from
time to time. at higher mag's (ie, with smaller eyepiece exit pupils), the
affect becomes more pronounced. for most folks they're a minor nuisance.
however, for some folks they can be quite large, everpresent and
distracting. obviously, this is not desirable when using a telescope.
here's more info:

http://www.allaboutvision.com/condit...potsfloats.htm

clear, dark skies--

mark d.

Curly and Mr. Dot are already spoken for, they're my floaters...but you can
have them.

Al


"Skip Freeman" wrote in message
m...
In an attempt to come to terms with my floaters and induce in myself a
grudging acceptance of their existence, I've given names to the most
prominent among them and I'm pleased to introduce them to you now:

Curly.
Straight Man.
Mr. Dot.
Frankie-Baby.

May they live long and prosper. Not.

-Skip

Well, Al, if you don't know what a floater is, you must be on the young side
of 40. Nevertheless, don't worry about them. When you get your own, and
you will, you will surely know when they arrive.

Al


"Al Arduengo" wrote in message
...
(Skip Freeman) writes:

In an attempt to come to terms with my floaters and induce in myself a
grudging acceptance of their existence, I've given names to the most
prominent among them and I'm pleased to introduce them to you now:

Curly.
Straight Man.
Mr. Dot.
Frankie-Baby.

May they live long and prosper. Not.

-Skip
Dangit. I have finally decided to quit trying to figure this out. So I
come to you humbled and ashamed to ask, what the heck is a "floater" no
coments from the audience please?

-Al A.
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~/.signature

Al Arduengo wrote:

Dangit. I have finally decided to quit trying to figure this out. So I
come to you humbled and ashamed to ask, what the heck is a "floater" no
coments from the audience please?

See:

http://www.allaboutvision.com/condit...potsfloats.htm
http://interservicesnetwork.tripod.com/floaters/
http://www.floaters.net/fworld.html

Although I know Skip was trying to make light of his floater problems,
and his comments are [vitreous] humorous, I would instead counsel anyone
who has having problems with them to first make sure they are not a sign
of a detached retina, and if not, instead work hard on ignoring them.

I've `suffered' from floaters for most of my adult life and while my
case may not be as bad as others, by learning to ignore them --
intellectually and emotionally -- their impact has lessened considerably
over the last 30 years.

I know it seems like a pat answer, and difficult to do, but at least one
key to acceptance is just realizing they are benign and that they can be
'overcome' if you just accept them as you would your own body height.
Just a visual hand you were dealt. And if you let them bother you, I can
almost assure you they will. Conversely, if you don't let them bother
you they won't. And, FWIW, this type of cognitive behavioral
modification is usually a process that takes time. In my case, it
probably took a few years, but my floaters are just as or even more
prominent today than they were when they first 'appeared' but they only
very rarely ever bother me in the least.

Naturally, they can be a PITA when using the scope, but considering some
of the really serious visual complications that people are sometimes
handed, floaters are just a minor nuisance, and ultimately something one
can accept and live with quite comfortably. Don't obsess about them,
name them, and/or feel damaged in any way due to them. You really do
have to learn to live with them in many cases, and you /really/ can.

So ends my little floater pep talk.

Good luck!
--
-John Steinberg

P.S. Spontaneous floater remission is not unheard of, but I wouldn't
count on it. If it happens, great, but if it doesn't practice ignoring
them every day. Eventually your brain will colloborate with your optic
nerve and eyes to make them _practically_ invisible.



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--Sir Bedevere

"mark d. doiron" wrote

Al--

well, perhaps i'm the audience, but i'll give you a civil answer. they're
the bits of detritus

THAT'S disgusting.

"mark d. doiron" wrote

they're the bits of detritus

"Howard Lester" wrote in message
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THAT'S disgusting.

Howard--

is that tongue in cheek or do you have something against debris (or bits of
rock)? :-)

clear, dark skies--

mark d.

"mark d. doiron"


they're the bits of detritus


THAT'S disgusting.

Howard--

is that tongue in cheek or do you have something against debris (or bits
of
rock)? :-)

Keeping that detritus off my tongue and out of my cheek is the most
difficult part. *ptooey!*

(I have NO idea what that means.)

Howard