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Originally Posted by AJ Starr
Boy, this group can really get their money's worth out of any topic!!
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...and now you too are lost down this rabbit hole. [insert evil laugh]. One of us! One of us!
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FYI, if any of you do have severe floaters, there is one doctor who is experimenting with a laser treatment to "burn up" the floaters. I've been tempted.
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I've only looked at the
Wikipedia article, and not the sources, but, although it now mentions the laser treatment, a previous version of this part of the page said:
"This procedure can be time-consuming and there is no consensus as to how completely effective it is. One study found laser vitreolysis "to be a safe but only moderately effective primary treatment conferring clinical benefit in one third of patients"."
However, this bit is gone from Wikipedia now. My point is, if it was me and I'd seen this, I'm be researching the crap out of it first (I know, that's probably a given).
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What say you crazy guys and gals.................
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What say me? I say what I say whenever someone calls me a crazy guys and gals - cherryPOPboingwokkawokkawokka.
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Originally Posted by vivaldirules
I've always thought of one particular floater I've had for decades, which has a curious shape, as the most secret of secrets that one could have. Something like a password that I would never have to worry about losing or forgetting or having someone else find out about. Okay, it's a bit weird, I'll admit.
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That's definitely weird, and not just a bit. It's why we love you, VR. How's that Ballard quote go? Something like, "In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom".
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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
I want mine gone. I'd do that laser surgery.
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See above. If they are the odds, they still, of course, may be worth it to you.
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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
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I later saw a picture of it in a science mag ... and thought the article was going to be one floaters ... then read the caption that said it was a very common aura of "classic migraine."...
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It wasn't
New Scientist, was it? They once did a great special on the subject.
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The cool thing was, after my major cancer surgery ... and after they removed just a whole host of organs ... the migraines pretty much stopped. I know there's probably no logical connection .... but they still did. I now get maybe one a year ... if that. Still with the same aura.
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Did your blood pressure change after the operation (due to lifestyle changes perhaps)? Did you stop eating certain foods (eg. coffee)? I think there is probably a logical connection, perhaps associated with "triggers"...as you know as a migraine-sufferer though, it's just bloody hard to find it!
Mum stopped getting migraines as often when she went on blood pressure medication. I get them much less if I stop drinking coffee (you would think I would stop drinking coffee then, wouldn't you?
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Ah, yes, the three rules of online forums like this:
1) There is a form of topic gravity that tends to drag all threads into the gutter.
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I never got out to have ever needed dragging back in.
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2) If a comment can be interpreted in more than one way, it will be interpreted in the way you didn't intend, especially if the possible interpretation is salacious.
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He he...boobies.
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3) If the topic isn't drifting into the gutter, topic proctors will be happy to shove it in, head first.
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You rang?
Cheers,
Marc (If I study "proctoring", does that make me a "Proctologist"?)