@@hunkyhaggis2161. It was done by Dr. Mehta from Grand Blanc, MI. Not sure if the cost because still waiting to see how much the total bill will be. The national average is around $10,000, but the range is $7500 - $15,000. My procedure is covered by Medicare and my Supplement insurance.
@@jackmcdowell3677 can you please let us know which doctor or institute and where it's located? I can't find any specialist that's willing to do it. I'll fly overseas if I have to
Swedish guy here who has death anxiety after I discovered this on myself at the beginning of April. Every day is a pain and all the attention is only about these horrible things. Right now I'm ready to go to the ends of the earth to get these removed, or lay down and die. My doctor said it never goes away completely, but people get used to it. I didn't want to believe him. Here is my question for you. Did your floaters really go away after the treatment, or did you just get used to it?
I’ve had them for 3 years now since. I got them at 26 and they still look the same. I had a laser vitrectomy twice and didn’t see a difference. I’m going to try this
I had a lot of floaters in my left eye. My doctor here in Germany made a core vitrectomy. He removed the centre. A lot of them are gone and he will remove the rest in the new year. My right eye is next up in december. A lot of them are in my right eye :)
@@s33wI had also a vitrectomy for floaters on my left eye. I will be done the right eye in december. I’m 29. So in my case there is only one worm left. Before they where a dusty fog wall in here and the worm 😅.
I've had floaters my whole life which have been steadily getting worse. Used to be I could only see them against plain settings like a blue sky but now it's just a constant moving constellation against any background. I talked to various doctors over the years about it; I was always mystified how they seemed to just ignore my complaints. One finally said yeah you can do a vitrectomy and I was like ha, yeah, nah. I was hoping there'd be a pill or eye drops or something reasonable. Yeah nah you're not sticking a needle in my eye and draining my eye juice GTFO LOL.
The eye is a closed system. Meaning nothing goes in it and nothing goes out. Whatever floaters are in your eye will be there until you die. The only way to get rid of them is to literally go in and suck them out. "a pill?" lmao yeah dream on buddy. No such thing exists. And wtf would eye drops do?... floaters are INSIDE of your eye. Eyedrops aren't gonna do anything.
@@lasalachats5251 Interesting. Never heard of that approach, watched the video. I've gotten used to it at this point and my brain seems to be keeping up with just screening it out of my mind for the most part but it's nice to know there's something short of the most egregious invasiveness as an option if I get to the point I can't stand it anymore.
Had my cataracts removed last April and now I have a long floater in the center of my vision in my right eye it makes everything blurry how hard is it to deal with this
I had a vitrectomy in each eye when I was 53 after dealing with floaters for 40 years. They were really bad. Both vitrectomies were successful, but then I got cataracts when I was 65 (my dad, who never had vitrectomies, had cataracts when he was 65 also, so I don't really blame those on the vitrectomies). Anyway, when I got my cataracts fixed, ie, surgery, I got really bad floaters in each eye again. Now I want to get another vitrectomy.
Mam I really struggle the eye floaters for 3 years what to do retina is normal glucoma is fine vision is clear but disturbance my daily routine what do mam
I just had a vitrectomy with success! I will have the other eye done in a few months.
Where and how much did it cost?
@@hunkyhaggis2161. It was done by Dr. Mehta from Grand Blanc, MI. Not sure if the cost because still waiting to see how much the total bill will be. The national average is around $10,000, but the range is $7500 - $15,000. My procedure is covered by Medicare and my Supplement insurance.
@@jackmcdowell3677 can you please let us know which doctor or institute and where it's located? I can't find any specialist that's willing to do it. I'll fly overseas if I have to
Swedish guy here who has death anxiety after I discovered this on myself at the beginning of April. Every day is a pain and all the attention is only about these horrible things. Right now I'm ready to go to the ends of the earth to get these removed, or lay down and die. My doctor said it never goes away completely, but people get used to it. I didn't want to believe him. Here is my question for you. Did your floaters really go away after the treatment, or did you just get used to it?
@@jonasbjornhager1046 My floaters went completely away and my eye sight is great. No complications at all after surgery.
I’ve had them for 3 years now since. I got them at 26 and they still look the same. I had a laser vitrectomy twice and didn’t see a difference. I’m going to try this
I had a lot of floaters in my left eye. My doctor here in Germany made a core vitrectomy. He removed the centre. A lot of them are gone and he will remove the rest in the new year. My right eye is next up in december. A lot of them are in my right eye :)
Successfully had it last year. Will probably do the other eye in the months to come.
All floats gone?
@@s33w every single one.
@@joebill3400how old at the time of surgery? Thanks
@@s33wI had also a vitrectomy for floaters on my left eye.
I will be done the right eye in december. I’m 29. So in my case there is only one worm left. Before they where a dusty fog wall in here and the worm 😅.
Thanks doc how long vitractomy last usually with out having much complications.
I've had floaters my whole life which have been steadily getting worse. Used to be I could only see them against plain settings like a blue sky but now it's just a constant moving constellation against any background. I talked to various doctors over the years about it; I was always mystified how they seemed to just ignore my complaints. One finally said yeah you can do a vitrectomy and I was like ha, yeah, nah. I was hoping there'd be a pill or eye drops or something reasonable. Yeah nah you're not sticking a needle in my eye and draining my eye juice GTFO LOL.
There's just no way. Just accept doing Vitrectomy or forget about getting rid of them
@@ggg9ggI accepted it. There's worse things in life.
The eye is a closed system. Meaning nothing goes in it and nothing goes out. Whatever floaters are in your eye will be there until you die. The only way to get rid of them is to literally go in and suck them out. "a pill?" lmao yeah dream on buddy. No such thing exists. And wtf would eye drops do?... floaters are INSIDE of your eye. Eyedrops aren't gonna do anything.
How about low dose atropine? Check out the floater doctor here on TH-cam.
@@lasalachats5251 Interesting. Never heard of that approach, watched the video. I've gotten used to it at this point and my brain seems to be keeping up with just screening it out of my mind for the most part but it's nice to know there's something short of the most egregious invasiveness as an option if I get to the point I can't stand it anymore.
Ive had one done - easy. And the other eye in a month - Nothign else works but this and its safe and easy.
How old were you at the time? Glad you are doing well
My Weiss ring floater was zapped with a yag laser, 4 months ago. It completely disappeared.
Had my cataracts removed last April and now I have a long floater in the center of my vision in my right eye it makes everything blurry how hard is it to deal with this
I had a vitrectomy in each eye when I was 53 after dealing with floaters for 40 years. They were really bad. Both vitrectomies were successful, but then I got cataracts when I was 65 (my dad, who never had vitrectomies, had cataracts when he was 65 also, so I don't really blame those on the vitrectomies). Anyway, when I got my cataracts fixed, ie, surgery, I got really bad floaters in each eye again. Now I want to get another vitrectomy.
Mam I really struggle the eye floaters for 3 years what to do retina is normal glucoma is fine vision is clear but disturbance my daily routine what do mam
Remove them. I removed mine 2 months ago. I will do the other eye in december :)