My Floater Only Vitrectomy: Three Month Follow Up

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  • @TonyGarrett-p1c
    @TonyGarrett-p1c 6 месяцев назад +18

    The doctors and whoever say "You'll get used to them" has apparently never suffered with them.

    • @nonamechanell319
      @nonamechanell319 2 месяца назад +2

      And no cure also

    • @myobmyob2215
      @myobmyob2215 День назад

      If its happening to so many people at some point why is there no PSA every time you see eye doc
      If it's no big deal I guarantee am not letting any doc who has them operate on us you are too blind to do it

  • @jeremyjohnfauvel
    @jeremyjohnfauvel 2 года назад +55

    “You’ll get used to them.” is the most frustrating and depressing advice.
    Floaters are constantly in the field of vision and are constantly moving around. It’s literally impossible to ignore them.

    • @LadyBovine
      @LadyBovine 2 года назад +3

      I suppose it depends a lot on the size and thickness floaters. I've had floaters since my teens, and if i take my glasses off and look (unfocusedly) at a light background i notice I have A LOT of them, in all different shapes and sizes floating around. BUT, I have never been bothered by them, I really don't notice them, even though they're "objectively" putting on quite a show when I pay attention.

    • @andredarin8966
      @andredarin8966 Год назад +3

      There is SOME truth to that. It's a survival mechanism. The brain cannot be locked onto fixating on something benign in the eye such as a floater at the expense of missing something life-threatening in the environment. Consequently, it will "ignore" floaters when it can. If a floater itself limits vision the brain will not screen the floater out.

    • @KrisD007
      @KrisD007 5 месяцев назад +1

      I had a snowstorm going on in my eyes. Cataract surgery made it worse. Got one eye fixed, soon the next!

  • @TheRoarWithin
    @TheRoarWithin 3 года назад +11

    For someone without loads of RUclips videos, you are incredibly easy to listen to. Great video mate.

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  3 года назад +4

      Thanks! I'd love to do more videos, but I don't have the time to produce and edit them due to work. Maybe one day.

  • @angelaculley5045
    @angelaculley5045 Месяц назад +1

    I have been watching cataract surgery and vitrectomy surgery videos for at least two weeks now; so it's hard to believe I didn't come across this sooner. I actually found your one-year out video first. It was so good, I decided to watch your first 93-month out) video--it was even better. You have done an excellent job of sharing with the viewer what debilitating floaters are like. Until now, I did not appreciate the different results that patients could have strictly based on age. I know from experience that a gigantic floater, hovering in the central eye area can be as debilitating as a cataract. Even more so, once the cataract is removed.

  • @pensieri2596
    @pensieri2596 3 года назад +17

    I am really sad to hear about your floater condition at such a young age, but really glad the surgery went well. Wish I could hug you to give you moral support.

  • @dianecourtney2724
    @dianecourtney2724 Год назад +4

    Thank God you had the surgery and did so well ✌🏼 I’m not young and I had a big fat floater that I ignored for months like an idiot. I went for my regular eye exam and after many tests found I had a hole in my retina. Long story short I had vitrectomy surgery and I had the situation where they put a gas in your eye and you must be face down ( except for one hour a day ) for up to 6 weeks while the gas bubble slowly raises up in your eye and hopefully restores your vision. I was lucky bc the gas rose out of my vision in two weeks. It was a wild ride … as this goes on each day you get a teeny bit more vision and it’s like peering over a totally black wall and seeing perfect sunny vision on the other side. I’m grateful I have vision back but where the doctor closed the hole in my retina there is scar tissue so that when I see a vertical line it is squiggly. I can live with that bc I was losing my sight before. Good luck 😊

  • @Cyaa78
    @Cyaa78 3 года назад +18

    Thanks for this video man, we really need better treatment options for young people with bad floaters

  • @67Salaam
    @67Salaam 4 месяца назад +1

    Young man, thank you for the info. I just had scleral buckle surgery. Your testimony has helped me so much! Thanks!!

  • @mariadanezis5333
    @mariadanezis5333 Год назад +3

    This was really scary for you. You are so brave.

  • @iamtheonlygod1
    @iamtheonlygod1 3 года назад +11

    I am pumped your results were so solid. I am about to turn 31 and my floaters don’t seem nearly as bad as yours, but definitely depressing. I didn’t know what a difference it makes to have an older eye, so hopefully in the next 5-10 years mine doesn’t get much worse and new technologies are developed.

    • @imnotsurewhy
      @imnotsurewhy 3 года назад

      VDM Project is our only hope at the moment.

    • @Jean69100
      @Jean69100 3 года назад

      Germany is developing a new lower energy lazer which is safer to use for floater treatment. Should be ready on the next 2 years hopefully

    • @Bigjuergo
      @Bigjuergo 2 года назад +1

      do ypu meam xfloater project?

  • @chriscipolloni4064
    @chriscipolloni4064 Год назад +7

    I am literally going through what you’ve gone through right now. Multiple retina specialists saying they aren’t comfortable with performing on my healthy eye. But these floaters are becoming detrimental on my life. I honestly look forward to it being dark now and wear sunglasses outside even when it’s raining/ pouring out. That shouldn’t be normal… I have an appointment for the Vitreolysis YAG procedure to hopefully help this one big black dot that just zips across my field of vision

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  Год назад +1

      Can't say much about the YAG laser since I never actually had the machine start for me. Best of luck. It seems like it's very hit or miss from what I read. Unlike vitrectomy which removes the majority or all of floaters, YAG is spot treatment

    • @alejandrog.sillero8871
      @alejandrog.sillero8871 Год назад

      I did Yag and didnt work at all for me, because i have floaters very close to the retina..

    • @HobbyOrganist
      @HobbyOrganist Год назад +1

      " Multiple retina specialists saying they aren’t comfortable with performing on my healthy eye."
      Probably because they know more than we out here do, furthermore, a study showed 31% of vitrectomy surgeries required cataract surgery less than 2 years later! you sign up for one surgery and then need TWO! Then there's the recovery period from both of those, time lost from work and all the rest.

  • @michaelfinger7302
    @michaelfinger7302 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you so much for posting this. I recently had retinal surgery to remove (or "peel") an epiretinal membrane. The procedure was successful, but what caused me SO MUCH stress was the thousands of things I saw in my eye later - flashes, dots, lines, squiggles, clouds, bubbly things, you name it - so it would have been nice if the doctor had warned me to expect these things and not worry about them. My vision is still terrible, but I've learned that eye surgery (as you pointed out) can require a really long recovery. Thanks for helping me understand my symptoms are not unusual, and I'm not crazy.

  • @Islamdawahcotto
    @Islamdawahcotto 3 года назад +7

    Thank you very much for this video! I'm 34 years old and had this for like 10 years. I'm looking into a vitrectomy. Thank you for sharing your story and I hope it all works out !

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  3 года назад +2

      Best of luck! Please always get your advice and recommendations from your doctor. This video is merely my testimony, not a recommendation or advice.

  • @JohnGrove310
    @JohnGrove310 2 года назад +6

    Thanks for that. I'm 53 and have always had them. But recently my left eye just experienced a posterior vitreous detachment and my vision was obstructed all of a sudden by a number percent. I'm really debating a vitrectomy.

  • @private2371
    @private2371 3 года назад +5

    I have hundreds of floaters. Thank you for sharing. Sounds a tad scary. I will probably just live in my snow globe until I develop PVD .....then consider the surgery. I will add you to my evening Rosary for healing and joy in your life.

  • @CobainGrohlFan
    @CobainGrohlFan 3 года назад +15

    Really glad you had a positive outcome from the vitrectomy! I’m in the U.K. and suffering with bad and worsening floaters in both eyes. My right eye is the biggest issue though due to a cobweb in my central vision. I’m 24 and debating whether to have this surgery, so much to consider

    • @cliveroberts2875
      @cliveroberts2875 3 года назад +3

      Hi Sam. Like you I have a large cobwebs rather like a lobster in my left eye and obscures my vision. I have very dense Asteroid Hyalosis and blurry vision. I have no alternative but to have a Vitrectomy. My eye is full of debris and have a video of it through dilation. It’s everywhere. I’m concerned about the op but since I mistook a car for a floater and almost got knocked over the operation wins!! Did you have trouble reading too and making numbers out? Take care friend.

  • @bebopcola4643
    @bebopcola4643 3 года назад +9

    Would you consider sharing this video and story with the VDM project? I have watched many FOV testimonials and your backstory about how you got floaters, what they do, and how they are largely ignored by ophthalmologists are exactly what the project is looking for.

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  3 года назад +5

      I follow them on Facebook. I saw this video was shared on the page shortly after I posted it by someone. If you want to share it again, that's fine. Thank you!

  • @ishanperera1282
    @ishanperera1282 3 года назад +19

    If only the VDM project is successful

  • @jeffrogerspaul
    @jeffrogerspaul 3 года назад +9

    Ive had major floaters since age 13. Now 60. I just learned to ignore them. About all you can do. Ignore them.

    • @sonnenblumeg.9570
      @sonnenblumeg.9570 3 года назад

      What kind of floaters do you have? And how long did it take to ignore them?
      Can you explain it a little bit :) this would be so helpful. Because at the beginning the whole life changes, when you got really bad ones :/ ..

    • @jeffrogerspaul
      @jeffrogerspaul 3 года назад +1

      @@sonnenblumeg.9570 my floaters look like squiggly worms floating around several of them, some bunched together. Also some grey shadows floating around. I ignore them 95 % of the time and just attempt they are a part of me. Occasionally i will focus on them and think how bad they are. Doesnt last long. I go back to not focusing my attention to them. When i look at lights its a floater show. Sometimes when im bored i watch them do their dance. I hate them, but we have learned to live together.

    • @sonnenblumeg.9570
      @sonnenblumeg.9570 3 года назад

      @@jeffrogerspaul thank you so much.
      I have a lot of small ones, which I would accept. But I have a very, very long black line (visible also at dim light) it is so hard to accept it and I lost a lot in my life because of them.
      Did you saw yours at the behoben also inside (dim light, with sunglasses). They move also soooo fast it’s so hard to ignore them.
      So your floaters are the same all the years? Never settled down to the bottom?
      I hope somedays there will be a cure
      Thanks again so much

    • @jeffrogerspaul
      @jeffrogerspaul 3 года назад +2

      @@sonnenblumeg.9570 They are just apart of my life. So many people have problems way worse then my vision distractions. I remind myself of that when i think about them. I can still see the world. That i am grateful for. Hang in there...

    • @billprezioso3677
      @billprezioso3677 Год назад +3

      I’ve had a major floater for over a year now and I can tell you there’s no way to ignore it, it’s like a windshield wiper that is constantly crossing my field of vision if I look right it goes left if I look left it goes right and has completely ruined my tennis game because of the distraction so I got a vitrectomy the other day and hope it takes care of the problem.

  • @tammygravis1462
    @tammygravis1462 3 года назад +3

    I know the hell all too well. No one will understand unless you live it. I've seen everything under the sun. PVD in both eyes at once but that is a major surgery. I"ve slowly gotten well enough to drive and function. I'm happy for you. You have a whole life of wanting to go outside.

  • @sunethsilva2720
    @sunethsilva2720 4 месяца назад +1

    Get well soon bro

  • @spyross2391
    @spyross2391 11 месяцев назад +2

    Great video. You are helping a lot of people.
    I am happy that you are better.
    I have them too just not that bad.
    Be strong.

  • @sureshkant4208
    @sureshkant4208 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for explaining ,each and every point on floaters you were experiencing before your surgery and after completion of your surgery .your surgery was successful ,may your future life will be with full of joy and happiness .thanks for uploading this video and sharing your personal experience with viewers

  • @ashishlakhani5722
    @ashishlakhani5722 3 года назад +2

    very informative video brother, Evan I have eye floaters in both eyes, I pray to God that your Eyes problem will go away 🙏

  • @curtismcnabb8119
    @curtismcnabb8119 Год назад +2

    I have Weiss ring's in both eyes from PVD. Your video has definitely helped me to make a decision. Thanks dude

  • @kimkeam2094
    @kimkeam2094 3 года назад +5

    I’m glad you brought this subject up. I am a pilot who was short sighted. I had minor cataract issues and had both eyes done. However the floaters I got after the operations have increased in size and was told the same as you that we would become used to it. I have flown a couple of times since and use Rayban sunglasses but the floaters block my vision enough that I’m not confident to continue. I’m trying some options before surgery but I’m hoping that I could avoid the knife. Thanks again and all the best.

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  3 года назад +4

      Hi Kim, I'm terribly sorry about your ordeal. Being a pilot with floaters sounds horrible. I wish you the absolute best.

    • @waynepayne9875
      @waynepayne9875 11 месяцев назад

      No knife just 3 little pin pricks

  • @mariamajarju6658
    @mariamajarju6658 2 года назад +1

    I’m really watching different video’s of people who underwent this surgery. Me myself I’m gonna do this surgery in a month time after suffering for more then 10 years of floaters. And I’m just 23 years old. The floaters were cos by “toxoplasmosis ocular”. This sickness and other type sicknesses and causes of getting floaters are really not taking serious enough. I think you have to experience this yourself to really understand the impact this has on you’re life and with everything you do in your life. I’m glad and sad at the same time that I’m reading so many comments of people who are actually suffering because of this. Glad because I’m not the only one and that I’m not “crazy”. I just pray for every person who’s going trough this will find a solution so they can start to live a normal life.

    • @bebopcola4643
      @bebopcola4643 2 года назад

      how did you get diagnosed wiht toxoplasmosis ocular? I know this is a weird question but did you ever have moments where you could "see" your toxoplasmosis?

  • @kklum6998
    @kklum6998 3 года назад +5

    Thank you for your experience and heads up. I am glad that your eye sight has gotten better. My floaters sudddenly appeared last week on my right eye luckily it was just specks and that it was not too bothersome. Mine is mainly due to age. Looking forward to your next follow up video and I hope your eyesight gets better as times goes by.

  • @dr.stefanrenebuzanich6439
    @dr.stefanrenebuzanich6439 3 года назад +3

    Congratulations and best wishes, enjoy your clear vision now! I (41 years of age) suddenly developed floaters like over night in February 2002, and I am still having them. At least, I needed about 3 years to learn to accept them and to live on. Concerning the sunglasses you mentioned, I always wear them outside and I got used to them finally. Your description of living with floaters is very accurate and visual. What a brave decision you have made to get through the operation!

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  3 года назад

      Thanks! Best of luck to you. I'll be doing a seven month follow up shortly.

  • @kazesensei4840
    @kazesensei4840 3 года назад +2

    Hopefully in the future this mess gets cleared our human body needs a big update we have all types of big issues in our body such as cancers, eye floaters, tumor, blood types those things are almost impossible to be cured man I wish these things gets cured

  • @mariadanezis5333
    @mariadanezis5333 Год назад +2

    GOD BLESS YOU. GOD PROTECT YOU ALWAYS.

  • @stevenstockham6577
    @stevenstockham6577 3 года назад +2

    Thank you. You just told me everything I needed to know. To remove my floaters will actually be about my 15th eye surgery. I am blind in by left eye and my right has floaters beyond belief. I have been saving for months to get this done. You walked it down to give me hope. I would give my left... uh... shirt sleeve to raise a beer with you. Thank you.

    • @stevenstockham6577
      @stevenstockham6577 3 года назад +2

      As an aside, I have many husks of dead white blood cells in my eye. I see the world like looking though a shower screen. I'm going to do it now. You have alleviated any doubt and fear.

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  3 года назад +2

      Please do not take my video as a recommendation. It is not. Because you only have one functioning eye, I'd be surprised if a doctor would consider surgery. Because the very real risks could leave you completely blind. Please talk to your doctor and also get second opinions. I'm sorry about how bad your situation is.

    • @stevenstockham6577
      @stevenstockham6577 3 года назад

      @@josephlandingjr.4927
      I will likely be referred to a specialist in the Seattle area. I currently have 2 competent opthamologists working with me. I praise your video for being an informative testimony not persuasive direction. You seem to have your marbles together. I hope it enlightens more people as to this disorder.

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  3 года назад +1

      @@stevenstockham6577 I wish you the best of luck!

    • @guitaristdotcom
      @guitaristdotcom Год назад

      ​@@stevenstockham6577How did it go? I am looking for a specialist in the Portland area. Seattle is not far away for something this important.

  • @rinoruzir6310
    @rinoruzir6310 3 года назад +2

    talented for explaining everything clear! thank you so much!

  • @SixShots5
    @SixShots5 3 года назад +5

    I'm having my 2nd fov in 2 days. Not looking forward to the surgery but the results are so worth it

    • @Cade_IV
      @Cade_IV 3 года назад

      How old are you if you don’t mind me asking? And how did your first surgery go?

    • @SixShots5
      @SixShots5 3 года назад +1

      @@Cade_IV 23. left eye done with perfect result, 2nd eye almost finished healing

    • @Cade_IV
      @Cade_IV 3 года назад

      @@SixShots5 how long did it take to get your vision back to where you’d say it was normal? And what doctor did your surgery?

    • @SixShots5
      @SixShots5 3 года назад

      @@Cade_IV vision improves quickly and is fully back to normal in 4-6 weeks. Niall patton google his name

    • @sonnenblumeg.9570
      @sonnenblumeg.9570 3 года назад

      @@SixShots5 what kind of floaters did you have?
      I am so happy everything went well for you wish you all the best

  • @anshulkeshri7011
    @anshulkeshri7011 2 года назад +2

    Very thankyou from India, appreciate your step for describing issues.

  • @PauliePizza
    @PauliePizza 2 года назад +4

    Thanks for the video I had floaters in my eyes pretty badly from a young age. I went to ophthalmologist when I was like 10 for floaters and he said he wouldn't work on them and I didn't understand why until recently.
    I am in my late 40s and 3 months ago I had cataracts in both eyes which the doctor said it was kind of young for me to have so I got the cataract surgery done. I don't know if it was because of that but I then had detached retinas in both eyes 1 month later. So I had to have vitrectomy in both eyes the same day.
    I am on week 8 and my gas bubbles are almost gone.
    Long story short my floaters are gone because of my vitrectomy. I would have never had the vitrectomy just to get rid of the floaters because my floaters were bad but not as bad as yours or not as much in the center as yours. It was amazing to not see floaters that I had in my eye for 30 years it's like somebody took out my eyeball and cleaned it and put it back in.

  • @danamuise4117
    @danamuise4117 2 года назад +5

    most ophthalmologist an have no idea what big floaters are like. They've never experienced them.

    • @KrisD007
      @KrisD007 5 месяцев назад

      Right? Always go to a retina specialist!

  • @ted1558
    @ted1558 2 года назад +3

    Good video, man !
    You are brave...

  • @ARKenMan
    @ARKenMan 2 года назад +1

    I’m sorry you have had to deal with this at such a young age but you’re one brave guy. I want to get it but too afraid of the outcome. I got these cruddy floaters about 2 years ago and they suck but I’m dealing. Mine are bad but not quite as bad as yours. I keep hoping for something to develop with maybe the gold nano particle stuff or some other break through. I’m 51 in May. God bless you and thank you for the details. I’m very appreciative. I pray you have continued success.

  • @KSchannel23
    @KSchannel23 2 года назад +1

    I’m 25, have had three surgeries to correct a retinal detachment in the last two months. Seriously do not do this type of procedure unless necessary. But my case is more serious. When the detachment really broke through to my vision (started on the edge so who knows when it actually occurred) I was losing all vision within a few days, like a curtain closing over my left eye. It was the pretty scary stuff when you’re looking ahead at 50 more years of life (knock on wood).
    But you’re right, floaters are not something you can really “get used to”. I had to deal with them after my first procedure because of bleeding. Sometimes it would feel like I saw movement out of the corner of my eye like someone was in my apartment! And you just can’t look around them easily. It’s very hard to focus on things in the peripheral of your vision when somethings blocking it in the center. Driving it’s the worst too. And using one eye is legal but feels unsafe as your depth perception is way off.
    Unfortunately my detachment was stealth for years and was pretty damaged at the site of initial detachment. But so far I’ve got zero floaters and a full field of vision, though I will need contacts or glasses moving forward. Doing well now and hoping that the worst is behind us both for awhile!

  • @GallegosBestInk
    @GallegosBestInk 3 месяца назад

    One of my eyes was taken out by a violent assault and robbery…from that I have developed terrible floaters and eye tremors in my good eye. My life has been hell. Good luck and sending positivity to anyone suffering with eye issues.

  • @BrianCope-qt2zx
    @BrianCope-qt2zx Месяц назад

    Thank you for the video. Im really considering having mine done

  • @buffmay1666
    @buffmay1666 3 года назад +3

    Thanks for making this. I'm recovering now from a Vitrectomy 3 weeks ago. It is good to see someone that actually experienced it and how their recovery is going.

  • @loughrey101
    @loughrey101 Год назад +8

    I had a full PVD induced floater vitrectomy at 21 with 23G instruments. It was difficult to induce the PVD but my surgeon pulled it off, pun intended. Everything is perfect 13 years on

  • @imnotmelvin3
    @imnotmelvin3 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for the video.
    Be grateful.

  • @elterrifico9522
    @elterrifico9522 Год назад +3

    This must have been a psychological nightmare

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  10 месяцев назад

      I've read some horror stories of people suffering from severe depression and even contemplating suicide on the floater forums.

  • @michaelpelz2190
    @michaelpelz2190 3 года назад +2

    Great video. Thanks

  • @ComputerLI
    @ComputerLI 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for sharing your experience, hope everything go well with you!! ;)

  • @antothomas8488
    @antothomas8488 2 года назад +1

    I understand your pain .I have floaters

  • @michelzou2896
    @michelzou2896 2 года назад +2

    I need your courage for my floaters

  • @sylvanapopovic2940
    @sylvanapopovic2940 2 года назад

    I’m so sorry to hear this! I thought i was young?!?? I was 35 when it started but i’m highly myopic and due to that is why I have all of the floaters.

  • @gandalfdegrijze3144
    @gandalfdegrijze3144 2 года назад +4

    Dont you feel you're a bit over exaggerating at 18:50? It's a less invasive 25 or 27 gauge surgery with a success rate of 99%. Basically just as safe as cataract surgery. You're selling it as it's a 50/50 eye surgery. I don't know what informed you but let's stop the fear spreading on vitrectomies in 2021 here, it's relatively very safe and effective.

  • @Postivedeano
    @Postivedeano 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for the video

  • @jrfury2659
    @jrfury2659 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for your video, I pray time shows you made the correct choice.
    I would also recommend you look up COLLAGEN & the Vitreous Humor, this will help you understand what was actually sucked out of your eye. * Think of a cotton ball that formed over time and deterioration of collagen fibers.

  • @dinabutter9207
    @dinabutter9207 Год назад +1

    Very informative. Thank you. I am not so young but I make take the risk.

  • @DD-jm5ug
    @DD-jm5ug 5 месяцев назад

    Yep. My left eye floaters are horrendous! They get it the way of everything I do. Reading, walking, crossing roads etc. Very dangerous.

  • @sunsetareawesome7175
    @sunsetareawesome7175 2 года назад +1

    Hi i have floaters exactly 1 week and 2 days now i was really scared thinking i will get blind because of what i see in some other videos, thank you for sharing it made me feel a bit okay for now.

  • @thewarhenk
    @thewarhenk 5 месяцев назад

    Excellent video. I believe you had what is termed a Weiss ring, which I had also. OMG, 40-50 is not old however. And while PVDs are fairly common in later age, it’s more like 60+. To corroborate your statement about YAG laser vitreolysis, it was a waste of time for me, and what was worse, the dummy put a hole in my natural lens. I waited quite a while, but finally had a vitrectomy and cataract replacement. I am in the early stages of recovery and am hoping for a great result. I’m so sorry that you had to go through this at such a young age, but I’m in total agreement, severe floaters are a nightmare. One major question remains on addressed; vitrectomy almost always accelerates the formation of cataracts of the lens.

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  5 месяцев назад +1

      So sorry about the hole. The YAG laser is a joke and I wish more knew the truth. And regarding the cataract, when I get one I will get surgery for it.

    • @EnglishNerd
      @EnglishNerd 5 месяцев назад

      Hello! I wish you a speedy recovery! Please, if possible keep us updated 🙏

  • @GMOriginal3
    @GMOriginal3 3 года назад +3

    Im glad the outcome was positive! Im happy for you! Hope you get rid of the blood soon! Can you tell us the name of your doctor who did the surgery? And what clinic/hospital. Thank you! :)

  • @glaskoerpertruebung
    @glaskoerpertruebung 3 года назад +5

    All the Best for your Eyes and your Vision !!! :-) I have also Hard Floaters and thinking about Vitrectomy

  • @rayl278
    @rayl278 3 года назад +2

    Nice Story Brother

  • @xilicio
    @xilicio 3 года назад +7

    Thank you for sharing, I have many but I can get them out of my sight by moving my eyes up and down

  • @FloridaJack
    @FloridaJack 3 года назад +2

    THANK YOU !

  • @mirielle_m1342
    @mirielle_m1342 6 месяцев назад +1

    I started having eye floater in 2015(12 years old ) I couldn’t even explain what it is ..but it was so annoying.. I went to the doctor and she explained it to me that “sometimes it stays sometimes it goes away”but now I’m (20 years old ) in 2024 and I still have it but all they can say is “IGNORE IT” nothing they can do about it 😢😢😢
    (Try eating pineapples) 🍍

    • @SeraSan-
      @SeraSan- 2 месяца назад

      Did they increase until now ?

    • @mirielle_m1342
      @mirielle_m1342 2 месяца назад

      @@SeraSan- no I still have the same till now

    • @SeraSan-
      @SeraSan- 2 месяца назад

      @@mirielle_m1342 thank you so much. If it won't increase , then not a problem for me

  • @1065lillypad
    @1065lillypad 4 месяца назад

    My floater is like a long windshield wiper that goes back and forth as I move my eyes. Scheduled for this procedure in July 2024.

  • @josephlandingjr.4927
    @josephlandingjr.4927  3 года назад +17

    One more thing. I tried just about every supplement, home remedy and other recommended vegetable, fruit or pill out there to cure the floaters. None had any effect whatsoever.

    • @monicab7809
      @monicab7809 3 года назад +1

      Hey did you say you see blood cells, or tiny dots.., they look like transparent gray dots, as small as a punctuation period? Just asking because I have regular floaters, but a month ago I started seeing a few dots, exactly like you described maybe ten floating around...and it caught my attention when you said something about ghost cells...My doctors didn't know what they were...

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  3 года назад

      @@monicab7809 Tiny red blood cells is what they were/are according to the doctor. They've greatly reduced in the last three months as the free standing blood in my eye has reduced.

    • @cliveroberts2875
      @cliveroberts2875 3 года назад +1

      I have very dense Asteroid Hyalosis in my eye and affects everything and very blurry vision and cannot see numbers correctly and words! Did you ? People don’t realise floaters affect your well being! I’m waiting for Vitrectomy and your experience is so helpful. Thank you.

    • @salomesoriano3903
      @salomesoriano3903 2 года назад +1

      1 week ago I notice that I had an eye floaters..so many many dots and very tiny like a dust.then only yesterday there 2 floaters form like a cloud.i am so worried right now..

  • @1sunrisetosunset1
    @1sunrisetosunset1 3 года назад +6

    Thank you for sharing your experience.
    I had a similar experience where I saw a prominent black dot and then it has increasingly gotten worse to the point where I can't see clearly out of my right eye.
    My opthalmologist told me they couldn't do anything and to just name them..
    I was not eligible for the YAG treatment because my bothersome floaters are too close to my retina.
    I'm considering getting the surgery. I know the risks and although those risks are a bit frightening, living like this is already quite debilitating.

  • @tukamote302
    @tukamote302 3 года назад

    God bless you bro
    Best of luck thank you for sharing

  • @IsraelGonzalezR
    @IsraelGonzalezR 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @curtismcnabb8119
    @curtismcnabb8119 Год назад

    To any doctor watching this video, imagine seeing someone dancing like a crazy person right in front of you. Everywhere you look you see this person. You might be able to make yourself see past them but they seem to always get your attention. With that being said, try to ignore that and let us know how it goes.

  • @sergiotrevino1219
    @sergiotrevino1219 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for sharing

  • @jasontaylor2053
    @jasontaylor2053 3 года назад +3

    Hi Joseph. Very good of you to share your experience of your floater/vitrectomy journey. I’m 26 and in a very similar situation to what you were pre surgery. Have you experienced a condition called visual snow? A condition where it looks like it’s constantly raining or sleeting. Not sure if it’s related to the vitreous degeneration, or something else. Many thanks.

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  3 года назад

      Is visual snow neurological?

    • @cliveroberts2875
      @cliveroberts2875 3 года назад

      Do you have trouble seeing numbers and words?

    • @shiktatalukdar7837
      @shiktatalukdar7837 3 года назад

      I have floaters and visual snow syndrome too. Nd my life is like worst now 😥. What about you .?please reply

    • @Minigamer0786
      @Minigamer0786 Год назад

      ​@@josephlandingjr.4927yes visual snow syndrome caused by anxiety of floaters. If you don't think about static vision you will not notice them. It's neurological

  • @allano2392
    @allano2392 24 дня назад

    floaters from a PVD often get better but if its from the vitreous body then they probably wont get any better

  • @lwthowe
    @lwthowe 3 года назад +1

    Great vid. I'm 68 and scheduled for a FOV in a month, but am having some 2nd thoughts. Maybe I can live with what I have. It's not as bad as yours, but my vision has deteriorated quite a bit, especially in 1 eye. I really appreciate your honesty here concerning all the things to expect. I got nothing but peaches and cream from my surgeon when I asked him about it and I wondered if he wasn't sugar coating it. I had refractive lens exchange in both eyes about 8 years ago and it was miserable for a long time afterwards, but eventually got better about a year later. I'm guessing this will be similar. Thanks again. Much appreciated.

    • @stephanietrezza4233
      @stephanietrezza4233 2 года назад

      How was the surgery?

    • @lwthowe
      @lwthowe 2 года назад

      @@stephanietrezza4233 I bailed out and did not go through with it. As bad as the floaters are and the bad vision, I decided I'd stop trusting my eyes to doctors and just live with it. I might change my mind if there is some new breakthrough someday, or not.

    • @geoffparton3569
      @geoffparton3569 Год назад

      @@lwthowe q

  • @tinalippincott9823
    @tinalippincott9823 11 месяцев назад

    Floaters (in both eyes) have been a major misery in my life for five plus years. Diagnosis revealed a hole in Rt. retina which was then treated by laser photocoagulation. Sidebar: Anyone who says laser surgery on eyes is painless is delusional. Felt like my eye was vibrating and on fire. No, floaters don't go away, they only get worse. I wish a safe treatment would be invented.

  • @mdwalalahmed2430
    @mdwalalahmed2430 3 года назад +1

    Very good and strong prison and looking good also 💕✌️

  • @dianesheridan841
    @dianesheridan841 3 года назад +1

    Omg this is my eye I am 60 had these have been for years
    But it’s me know going to see a surgeon I hope he can do something
    But I’m know I’m diabetic
    I have Cataracts not big ones
    I felt u in this video
    Thank you 🙏

  • @jleroyward4940
    @jleroyward4940 2 года назад +2

    Great video and hope things are progressing the right way for you Joseph. I'm 72 and a year and a half ago I started seeing floaters in my left eye. Immediately when to my optometrist who sent me that day to a retinal specialist. I had a few tears in my retina which he fixed. Went back in 6 weeks for a check up and there were more tears which he fixed. The floaters, of course are still there. Mine are cobwebs which pass over my central vision which sucks to be sure. He doesn't do this kind of surgery and at this age I'm not sure I'd be a good candidate. But every day I wake up hoping I don't have them in my right eye!

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  2 года назад +1

      Hey there, that's interesting because my surgeon said that this surgery amongst your age demographic was commonplace. He was doing them all the time. My young age was the biggest factor in surgical hesitancy. Best of luck!

    • @Maria__57
      @Maria__57 2 года назад

      You should go check out. D.Berg videos about floaters ..It could be. the answer to what your searching for...

  • @shannensaito9746
    @shannensaito9746 2 года назад

    I guess this is better than waiting for a pvd to complete. I have a pvd and developed a macular pucker during the process.

    • @Islami12-f7d
      @Islami12-f7d 3 месяца назад

      What is your vision right now

  • @GallegosBestInk
    @GallegosBestInk 3 месяца назад

    Joseph, I notice you have elevated anxiety from your leg movement. That will increase your blood pressure over time, which is what I have. Please keep your BP in check.

  • @wisamrafe8946
    @wisamrafe8946 3 года назад

    thank you so much

  • @vimalmittal5603
    @vimalmittal5603 3 месяца назад

    Did u have any complication after surgery?

  • @mrsage4489
    @mrsage4489 3 года назад +2

    Thank you for this video. Now i feel better about one large transparent floater in my left eye that is not quite in the centre of my vision. One question, did you have eye strain or headaches when you had floaters? Also dry eyes? I've started to experience that recently and my doctors are saying everything is fine...

  • @nehapatel4529
    @nehapatel4529 3 года назад +8

    I never heard about it can happen until I got it, life changed why why God 😢

    • @MarioG02
      @MarioG02 3 года назад +1

      I feel with you, same

    • @shubhendudeshmukh3146
      @shubhendudeshmukh3146 2 года назад +1

      I have the same, every floater person has a story to share. We are together, U are not alone.

    • @nehapatel4529
      @nehapatel4529 2 года назад

      @@shubhendudeshmukh3146 thanks

  • @AlCampo76
    @AlCampo76 Год назад

    Thanks for sharing your story. I've always had floaters since I was 16 or so. Now I'm 46 and have a slow blob in the left eye that interferes with my reading. I don't have central vision in my right eye. So I am seriously thinking about what to do about it .

  • @carlosrojas4698
    @carlosrojas4698 3 года назад +3

    Did you know if Blue light of screen and the sun could couse floaters?

    • @jlb74a
      @jlb74a 3 года назад +2

      yes, read my common above.

  • @shaquilleoatmeal5332
    @shaquilleoatmeal5332 3 года назад +5

    I'm 25 and have 2 big spots and like 20-30 small-medium floaters, mostly in my left eye. Do you think your surgeon Mr King would allow me to undergo the same surgery as you did? I relate to all the descriptions you made about the sunglasses and going to the beach.

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  3 года назад +2

      Sorry to hear about your symptoms! I'd recommend seeing a doctor, like him, and getting their opinion!

  • @Bonkazzzz
    @Bonkazzzz 3 года назад +2

    Are you contempt with the inevitable cataract surgery?

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  3 года назад

      This surgery will speed up your cataract formation. I will get cataract surgery when it happens.

  • @Lavthefox
    @Lavthefox 3 года назад +2

    "just ignore them!" Ok, let me stick my finger right next to your eye - and always keep it there... you can look around all you want, but my finger will be there, just next to your eye.... for the rest of your life.... I hate my floaters >.< little bastards!

  • @briceedelman8930
    @briceedelman8930 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for posting this! I think you mentioned it in the vid but now I can't find it - what was the name of your surgeon again?

  • @collegeslam5158
    @collegeslam5158 8 месяцев назад

    Why don’t they make something safe than the other two so people don’t have to do with problem anymore?

  • @cornel11111
    @cornel11111 2 года назад

    Nice video! Tell me please how is your situation with that floater? Do you still see it? Did you have develop others after FOV? Whats the restriction time until you can run again or work out?

  • @HobbyOrganist
    @HobbyOrganist Год назад

    The problem is, a study cited by a doctor in another video showed 31% of vitrectomy surgeries result in needing cataract surgery less than 2 years later, I don't feel that is an acceptable risk for anything other than retina repair or similar where surgery is required to save the eye. I cancelled my June 28th consultation appointment

    • @ggg9gg
      @ggg9gg Год назад

      But cataract surgery is very low risk too

  • @Basharkk
    @Basharkk 3 года назад +16

    happy to hear the outcome of the surgery is successful! May I ask if you have Visual snow (static vision) before doing the surgery and if the the answer is yes is it gone after?

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  3 года назад +4

      I do not know much about visual snow. I think it's a neurological condition but I'm not sure.

    • @NISHANTSingh-if4kk
      @NISHANTSingh-if4kk 3 года назад +3

      I also have visual snow and many many floaters I am just 17 😕

    • @shiktatalukdar7837
      @shiktatalukdar7837 3 года назад +2

      @@NISHANTSingh-if4kk i have visual snow and floaters too

    • @shiktatalukdar7837
      @shiktatalukdar7837 3 года назад +2

      I have floaters flashesh nd visual snow too

    • @shiktatalukdar7837
      @shiktatalukdar7837 3 года назад +1

      I have floaters visual snow too

  • @danielwolfe4169
    @danielwolfe4169 3 года назад +1

    Where did you get operated at

  • @maddawgzzzz
    @maddawgzzzz Год назад +2

    I had a vitrectomy, 30yo. Full PVD, not core. I did have a retina tear. Though it was lasered on and I cant tell. VIsion is 100%. i got lucky you folks may not. NOT recommended for people under 50.

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  Год назад +2

      Thank you for your story. As I said in this video, this is not a recommendation. Vitrectomy is a big deal and there can be complications, some of which could be quite ugly. Glad you're good now.

  • @cycloneyou
    @cycloneyou Год назад

    Your floaters soud like you got a tear in your Retina. I got a tear had surgery last week. Me before i had floaters and cloudy spot floating around. I was told this was the eye flliud was pulling on rental. Then i got a tear now recovery

  • @kartiloco9929
    @kartiloco9929 3 года назад +2

    What about a cataract forming after having this surgery? Are you at increased risk for it ? I thought this was going to be one of the main major complications from this surgery but you didn't even mention it in the video :)

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  3 года назад

      I will develop a cataract in my right eye sooner than my left eye. The time table at which this happens is unknown.

  • @easytravels1
    @easytravels1 Год назад +1

    Hi Joseph, thanks so much for sharing your experience. I was wondering, did you develop a cataract at some point after the vitrectomy. I am really scared of that. I hear it is so common? Thank you

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  Год назад +1

      Nope! Might happen might not. If it does, I get cataract surgery.

    • @easytravels1
      @easytravels1 Год назад +1

      @@josephlandingjr.4927 thanks so much Joseph!! and so glad to hear. I know the cataract would probably be a minor issue compared to the floaters but just out of curiousity were you concerned that if you get it the new lense in your eye might cause some sort of other visual issues that could be similarly annoying/distracting as the floaters. not sure if you did any research into it. Are you still floater free? Thank you again and greetings from Australia, Isabelle

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  Год назад +1

      @@easytravels1 Hey Isabelle, so cool that you're all the way in Australia! I extensively researched this, got second opinions from other retinal specialists to vet my surgeon, and even took several months just to "think about it" after being offered the surgery. I accepted the possibility of any and all complications, and weighed that against the 100% guarantee that my awful vision would continue to deteriorate if I did nothing.

    • @easytravels1
      @easytravels1 Год назад +1

      @@josephlandingjr.4927 thank you! Gotcha. You did really well in preparing for the surgery. I have got a floater from a stupid accident and it's right in the middle of my vision, so annyoing. Your video was super useful. Again greetings from the other side of the world. keep up your good health!

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  Год назад

      @@easytravels1 Best of luck to you!

  • @robertorzol6397
    @robertorzol6397 3 года назад +1

    How many vitrectomy surgeries your surgeon performed so far? Thanks for the video I appreciate it.

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  3 года назад +2

      Hundreds if not thousands. Though most were not for floaters. Vitrectomy is usually performed for other things like retina detachment.

    • @robertorzol6397
      @robertorzol6397 3 года назад

      @@josephlandingjr.4927 how is your other eye doing I assume no surgery for the other eye?

    • @josephlandingjr.4927
      @josephlandingjr.4927  3 года назад +2

      @@robertorzol6397 I have no intention of having surgery on my left eye. Floaters are nowhere near as bad. I also want to always have one eye unoperated.