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desertjoe 
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 Topic: flashing lights,,,??
Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 8:43am |
I got some weird things goin with my left eye. Bout a week ago,,I noticed that I would "see" little flashin lights on the outside corner of my left eye. They were just tiny flashes every now and then but only on my left eye and only on the outside periphery of my vision. Anybody had these and what do they mean,,? Seems like I remember having had these many years ago and they finally went away with no consequence,,,,HMMmmmm,,,,????
Edited by desertjoe - 28 Oct 2019 at 8:44am
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 8:51am |
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john(MI)
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 9:10am |
It really depends on what you are smoking! 
Have you had cataract surgery? I get them on occasion since I had the surgery. I also get them from the edges of my glasses.
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DMiller
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 9:58am |
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Flashers along with floaters are common as we get older per my Eye Doc. I too have had them off and on for a few years in Both eyes worse in the injured one but are normal. Floaters are pieces of the inner eye dying off and being delivered to the discharge point of the eye, the Vitreous Fluid(Natural Saline) in the eye is renewed every 30-45 days similar to our nose making snot just the eye fluid changes up continually and slower.
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desertjoe
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 11:03am |
Well,,that sounds good Mr Miller,,was hopin it not anything too awful serious,,,Chit,,I don't need any more health issues,,!!! Now thet fixer,,,,he's gettin bout like ole JC and ole Shameless with them pokin sticks,,,,, By the way, fixer,,,Glad to hear from youse,,you been too quiet too long,,,I can't keep up the friendly banter here by my own self,,,Ya know,,,,,,  Hey John,,I had those flashes a long time ago and went to go see an optomitrist but I'll be danged if I can remember what he told,,,I CAN remember how much the sob charged me tho,,,,,,,
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LouSWPA
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 1:13pm |
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Id see a doc Joe, just for insurance, but I suspect as DMiller says. I don't get flashes, but very rarely, but the floater are daily. annoying, but no big deal as my doc says.
I am assuming you blood pressure is normal, and no diabetes? those both can cause eye issues
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 1:24pm |
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The flashers I get are even in the center of my vision. I visit the eye doctor yearly and no concerns at this time
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Dave H
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 5:06pm |
Low you gave me a "flash" back to the good ole days when I got that one year all expense paid vacation to sunny south east Asia. As soon as i topped the last mountain ridge and got into the Ashau valley, the floaters abounded.
DJ, wife had a detached retina out of the clear blue. Thankfully we got into surgery (laser) and got it put back together. She had big floaters and flashes for quite a while. They eventually went their own way.
Me I would spend some time with google and go from there. 
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HD6GTOM
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 5:39pm |
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You sure old shameless aint sitting down the road with some of those flashing Christmas tree lights turned on. Oh wait a sec, he's up here figuring out how to dump a load of crappy old snow on us this week. Lucky us.
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 6:11pm |
Shammers it seems is getting to be like President Trump, blamed for everything.
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 6:25pm |
It happens as you grow older... Matter of fact, I saw a coupla flashers, while watchin the world series...
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 6:37pm |
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Well he done her again. Its snowing outside. Sure glad I gots the bees fed today. Dang I hate winter.
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Grayray
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 6:41pm |
Sounds like the troubles I have had. CALL YOUR EYE DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY. If it is the problem I have had, it can lead to a detached retina. My problem has been something called "lattice degeneration" (or something like that). The symptoms are flashes and floaters like you have described. Luckily, the fix is pretty easy. It involves laser surgery that took only a few minutes and I was able to drive home immediately. Have had it done in both eyes. I now get checked at least once every year for any recurrence, but that is a small price to pay for keeping my sight.
Not trying to scare you, but call the doc tomorrow morning and get checked.
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1951WDNWWI
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 10:13pm |
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Call your ophthalmologist or optometrist and leave a message so you get in SOON. When I had a torn retina I wish I had taken an ibuprofen just before I went in. There is no anesthetic because your eye is open when they do the laser treatment to 'weld' your retina back down at the office visit. They had to stop lasering (I think it was approximately 75 laser zaps) momentarily so I could recover a little bit so they could continue on. If you leave it go it will result in blindness.
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 10:19pm |
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every time I see them flashing lights...it's a police car behind me! PfffffT!
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desertjoe
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Posted: 29 Oct 2019 at 3:56am |
 shameless dude wrote:
every time I see them flashing lights...it's a police car behind me! PfffffT! |
You must of been a total terror back in the day,,,,huh,,?? Maybe that's why the mayor still has feelings agin you,,,,??
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Posted: 29 Oct 2019 at 5:34am |
Even the police blame him for everything. 
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DMiller
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Posted: 29 Oct 2019 at 5:43am |
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Having had eye surgery more than Twice can attest the Eyeball has little to NO sensation of feeling, the Lids do and any kind of skin salt or contact material can set them ablazing. Cataract surgery was simple for me, laser to access the lens, laser to destroy the Old lens, laser to make a second cleanup of the lens retaining sheath after the new lens had taken a set, previously in 1987 damned near lost that eye during a injury, it had even deflated where refilled over the course of a few months 1987. Have had so much tooling stuck in my eye can attest little to no contact feeling.
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Hubert (Ga)engine7
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Posted: 29 Oct 2019 at 10:25am |
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I'll agree with Shameless - as long as those flashing lights are not blue and in my rear view mirror I don't worry about them.
Thanks for the reminder that I need to get my eyes checked, I have not been to an eye doctor since I retired from the military 13 years ago.
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