My mom had a really old one that we used as a doorstop when I was growing up. I have no idea what became of it. I was looking for a picture of a similar one, since ours was a lot deeper than most of the pictures of vintage irons that heated on the stovetop. This picture is about like ours, and I also noticed that painting them is now a “thing”, it looks like; so get out your paintbrushes, @Beth Gallagher , and disguise that murder weapon.
This avatar was taken about 5 years ago, the niece in Kansas was riding Gd bicycle. Th horse was a much loved local that floowed the kids around. The day after this picture he was bit by a snake and died. I hate snakes!
10 months later and I'm still having those annoying "lightening flashes" and the floating bubble in my right eye. I see the ophthalmologist again tomorrow but I'm not sure why I bother. He basically says unless it interferes with my vision there's nothing to be done about it.
"My doctor told me I was fat. I said I wanted a second opinion. He said, "OK, you’re ugly, too." -- Henny Youngman Not sure why that popped into my head. From everything I've read, there's nothing to be done and I'm pretty used to it now.
Sometimes with floaters and such, the remedy is as bad or worse than the issue. I think to remove the floater they drill a small hole in your eye and insert a small vacuum tube to suck it out. It would have to severely interfere with my vision to allow that to be done, for there is always a risk of blindness from such procedures.
I have had the same thing. Floaters! It is so freaking annoying! My eye doc dilated my eye to make sure I didn't have a torn retina. He told me the floaters and flash would settle down, but it can take months sometimes and I may never get rid of some of the floaters. He said it happens as you get older. The gel or something like that, pulls away from the retina and can cause flashes and floaters. He said as long as the floaters don't look like a snow globe in your vision, it's nothing to worry about. My big bubble floaters have calmed down, and I don't seem to see as many of the little thread like floaters anymore neither. But I do still have some tiny black dot floaters.
The bubble and lightening flashes are annoying but I understand it's just something to live with. I am still concerned with the bleed in my eye and whether it is getting any better. I'm glad I don't have a tear in the retina because my father had macular degeneration and was almost blinded by it.
I've had floaters for a while now and I remember the first time I saw them I thought they were bugs flying around me I was swatting at them. Along with floaters and flashes I occasionally see something moving appears to be a bug or a mouse in my peripheral vision when I look closer there's nothing there. Weird experience. I've also been told they go away on their own or if they don't there's nothing to worry about just leave it alone. But I still feel that they should be checked out by an eye doctor.
I posted about this last year; I have had the "ocular migraines" for a while and I believe they were stirred up again during chemo. (Those annoying lightening patterns in the edges of my vision.) I didn't give them much thought but when I went for an eye exam for new glasses, the optometrist dilated my eyes and was alarmed to see a bleed in the back of my right eye. I was sent to a retinal ophthalmologist the very next day to make sure I did not have a tear in the retina. The ophthalmologist said there was no tear in my retina, but the Posterior Vitreous Detachment (PVD) in the eye that slowly detaches in older people had likely torn a small capillary. He has been monitoring the bleed for almost a year. This will probably be my last visit with him unless there's something significantly changed in my eye.
Thanks, Tony. I'm back from the appointment and got good news; the bleed has finally resolved and there's no residual blood in my eyeball. They dilated my eyes so it feels like the lenses of my glasses are coated in Vaseline right now.
Terrific, I know Dilated eyes can be a challenge getting around. I remember having it done a couple of times but I don't remember how long it takes to clear up. So glad your issue is in the past now.
They don't really usually go away, but your brain, the miraculous thing it is, learns to ignore them in most situations. The only time I see mine now is when driving at night.
Today's boring topic: Cooking Beets (feel free to scroll on by ) I bought some beets in my enthusiastic kick-off to the World of Fermenting, but since I have a couple of experimental jars going with that I've decided to cook the beets before they spoil. In all my years I have never cooked a beet! Weird, because I actually like beets but always buy them pickled for salads and such, never "raw". Now I have three large raw beets looking forlorn while I google. I've decided to bake them, which sounds like the easiest method. Just wash, rub with olive oil, wrap in foil, and into the oven... kind of like baking potatoes. So we'll see how this goes. Do you cook beets? If so, what's your favorite method? Suggestions appreciated.