Eyedrops to improve shooting skills
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Floaters suck! Mine have mostly subsided now but, I still get binocular vision.
Pistolero
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I had temporary debris in my front eye chamber a couple years ago. Blind initially, after
a night of sleep, I could see until I moved my head. The next day, I worked hard at not
moving the head much or fast, could see for 1/2 hour. Slightly better each day, finally
clear after about 8 days.
Glad it wasn't permanent.
Bill
a night of sleep, I could see until I moved my head. The next day, I worked hard at not
moving the head much or fast, could see for 1/2 hour. Slightly better each day, finally
clear after about 8 days.
Glad it wasn't permanent.
Bill
Ian
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The fluid in the anterior chamber cycles through about every 24 hours and cells tend to cycle out with the fluid. Had zillions of white blood cells go through my anterior in both eyes, so I know what you mean. The vitreous is forever unless surgery, which for floaters only the risks outweigh the benefits. My eye doc said he could get rid of the floaters and epiretinal membrane, but I'd probably never see as clearly as I do now between the floaters, threads, and spiderwebs. Some days I wonder. With clear lenses and anterior fluid, it still looks like pond water on a microscope slide.
Pistolero
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Wonder why they can't pull out the old goop and pump in some silicone miracle gel or
similar, but apparently it is more complex than that. I have a local friend with floaters,
the one I did the Mauser scout scope mount for, and he needs the scope nowdays to shoot
accurately due to floaters. Best wishes on yours.
Bill
similar, but apparently it is more complex than that. I have a local friend with floaters,
the one I did the Mauser scout scope mount for, and he needs the scope nowdays to shoot
accurately due to floaters. Best wishes on yours.
Bill
Ian
Notorious member
The goop doesn't go through a straw very well, and is stuck to the retina in places, so it has to be chopped up into bits with a saw similar to modern coal mining machines and sucked out a piece at a time. Then silicone fluid is installed, with an air bubble to keep pressure on the retina. Once everything calms down, if the retina doesn't tear or detach, and if the debris was successfully removed, vision may be better, or it may be a little blurry due to impurities in the fluid, distortion of the eyeball, or you might lose the eye entirely due to infection or retinal detachment. The general advice is don't poke holes in the eyeball and start stirring things around unless there is no other choice, and I can still shoot pretty well with a decent scope.
I asked the eye surgeon that question a few years ago. He says they can do that but it's risky and has a good chance of worse vision than without doing. He said it's a last resort option at best.
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