Eye floaters: How many? How big? How irritating?

One small one that I hardly notice. I only catch it at the right angle and in the right light or when I blink really fast.

I only get them if I stare at the sky too long like when I'm looking for a plane or something.

I have a few small ones. Depending on where I'm looking sometimes I think I see a small black bug flying around.

I feel like these 3 monitors I stare at every day will cause some for me.

I randomly get floaters. Its generally not a big deal. Optometrists like to make it a big deal so you will see them more often.

All the time. Mostly I don't notice them.

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Don't let spooge get you in the face next time

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Is that how you fixed yours?

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I randomly get floaters.

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As in "they come and go"? That can't be if you're talking about conventional, non-threatening floaters--those are permanent dry patches of aqueous fluid, they don't go away.

Never had one.

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Hey TP have you ever been checked for MS?

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No, but I don't think that's the problem. I saw an ophthalmologist maybe two years ago about this on account of I'd heard about an operation that could remove them. She said:
• The floaters I have are the conventional type, simple hardening of the aqueous fluid.
• The operation, called a virectomy I believe, is the laser removal of floaters. She--and the medical literature I've read as well--said the operation carries risks that it it inadvisable.

As I wrote, I experienced my first noticeable floater at around age 12. I'm now 62, so I've lived with the bastards for 50 years. Over the years I've developed more--I now have five large ones in each eye. But the best advice I've been given is simply "deal with it."