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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Robbity" data-source="post: 1107292" data-attributes="member: 93179">I first noticed floaters when I was a very small child, and they used to fascinate me - I used to see them best outside on bright days, and I too used to watch them for ages...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />  I think they disappeared for a while and then  reappeared intermittently in my teens.   Just before I retired and well before I became diabetic, I ended up with a damaged eye surface and a long term case of iritis and my floaters reappeared. So for me they haven't been associated with my diabetes.I was told at one time that they are actually dead cells floating around.Robbity</blockquote>

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