Floaters after cataract surgery?

[folivier]

My cataract surgery went well, I had lenses for distant vision implanted. My vision is 20/20 in both eyes. I use cheap readers for close work, less than 12".
But a couple weeks after my second surgery I had flashes in my right eye. Went to a vitreo specialist and he said it wasn't a torn or detached retina but just some floaters. They will either go away or I'll get used to ignoring them. It's been a few months now and they're still there. Vitreo doc is not recommending treating them now but they're still bothering me. Especially when reading when I'll see the text go from crisp black to gray and not as crisp. It's also a bother when driving since I'll see them in my peripheral vision sometimes.
Has anyone else had this problem with floaters after cataracts and what did you do to resolve them?

 

[MissMolly]

I did/do. It's been 5 years for me. But mostly my floaters came from posterior vitreous detachment following cataract surgery. Flashes and an absolute STORM of floaters. The doc said I would adjust and they would get better. They have not and I have not. They bug me all the time.

 

[target2019]

I had floaters before surgery, and after. They can go in and out of your central vision. They have no way to exit the vitreous, I've heard.

 

[folivier]

I'm wondering if there is any newer treatment option than removing some of the vitreous to hopefully remove the floaters then replacing that with saline solution?
My v. doc doesn't seem to recommend that, only as a last resort.

 

[target2019]

Last resort is what I've been hearing too.

 

[Texas Proud]

I have had floaters my whole life... I just live with them... BTW, no surgery...


If one seems to get in my main point of view I will wiggle my eye a bit and hope that it goes to a side... sometimes it does, most of the time not..

 

[Teacher Terry]

I just squeeze my eyes tight and it seems to help. I have trouble ignoring them but would never have surgery for them.