Floaters and flashes....

[fierce_rabbit]

Yesterday I developed a flood of squiggly, thready "floaters" in my left eye, followed last night by a weird white flash that looked like a lit-up light switch flipping up and down in the far corner of my eye. As this started about an hour and a half after my thyroid biopsy (had one last year, which was negative, expect this one to be the same), we

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[elemess]

I've had "debris" floating around in my eyes for a few years now. My eye doctor (Dr Mike in L5P) said it's not a big deal. At least, not until there's nothing *but* debris in there.

They're kind of annoying, though. Every now and again, I'd swear I saw a shadow moving out of the corner of my eye, but it was probably just the debris.

[skyeyedoc]

So far, so good. Let us know what the specialist reports.

BTW, thanks for the promotion! Actually, I'm an optometrist who works in a surgical practice, not a surgeon in my own right, but when nobody's looking, I quietly sit behind the laser, take the joystick and whisper, "zzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAP!!!"