Ever noticed those tiny squiggly lines or shadowy spots drifting across your vision after a good workout? You’re not alone. A few months ago, after a long trail run under the afternoon sun, I suddenly saw what looked like faint cobwebs floating in my peripheral vision. I blinked, rubbed my eyes, even splashed water on…
For years, I thought the random squiggly lines and dots drifting across my vision were just a part of getting older—or maybe the result of staring at my screen too long. Turns out, they had a name: eye floaters. And when I started digging deeper, I was floored by the number of things that could…
It’s one thing to go through glaucoma surgery—numbing drops, bright lights, recovery instructions—but what no one warned me about was the annoying little specks that started drifting across my vision days after the procedure. At first, I thought it was just dryness or post-op fog. Nope. Floaters. And I wasn’t alone—apparently, this is a lot…
“What the heck is that shadow dancing across my vision?” I muttered one morning, waving my hand in front of my face like an idiot—as if I could brush it away. I had been ignoring it for weeks, chalking it up to too much screen time or not enough sleep. But this one was different….
I never thought something as routine as chemotherapy would lead to floaters dancing in my vision. During my second treatment cycle, I noticed these shadowy specks drifting across my line of sight—some looked like cobwebs, others like transparent squiggles. I figured it was fatigue or stress. But when they didn’t go away, I realized it…
Ever had one of those moments where you took a hard fall and then, not long after, started noticing weird little specs or threads floating across your vision? Yeah, it happened to me last year after slipping on the stairs. At first, I brushed it off—just one of those things, right? But when those floaty…
So, a few months ago, I noticed something weird happening with my eyes—those little floaters that danced across my vision weren’t new, but this time, there was a bit of eye discharge too. I thought it was just dry eyes or a bad night’s sleep. Turns out, it was something I shouldn’t have ignored. If…
If you’re like me—someone who’s always squinting at mysterious little specs drifting through your vision—you’ve probably asked yourself at some point: “Is this just getting older, or is something deeper going on?” In my case, I brushed it off until my optometrist casually mentioned Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. That moment sent me down a rabbit hole of…
So, a few months ago, I noticed these tiny dark specks drifting across my vision—like little gnats I couldn’t quite swat away. They weren’t alarming at first, but then they multiplied and started moving more aggressively. As someone who’s had a couple of mild eye infections in the past, I brushed it off as just…