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Floaters in my bad eye for the last 30+ years

I have a "low vision" eye according to my current ophthalmologist and his technologist. However my previous eye specialists diagnosed it as a lazy eye (?) even though I can't read prints unless the letters are really huge. The eye specialist who examined the floaters when they first appeared in my bad eye was the Head of a University Hospital Eye Department in the early 80s. He advised me to leave them alone, as treatments THEN would wreak up havoc in the retina. In the past 3 decades I have been under the care of 2 other ophthalmologists and they must have seen the huge floaters in my bad eye, but none suggested any treatments or even commented on them. More recently, my bad eye had a cataract removed and replaced with a standard IOL.. The huge floaters remain, in the shape of a long winding string with a noose at its end blocking the central vision of my bad eye.
I continue to exercise my bad eye by forcing it to focus on objects for 10 to 30 minutes a day. I find it beneficial as it improves the vision of my good eye afterwards. The ophthalmic technologist thought otherwise (and "smiled"), and I did not bother to communicate this to the ophthalmologist as his practice is really busy and one has to be contented with the universal healthcare system. One more example was before the cataract was removed from my bad eye, I had to work like a solid 16- to 18-hour day on a computer for weeks / months. Then one day while driving to work, I noticed that my bad eye lost peripheral and most of the central vision and I could see only  the tip of my nose. I immediately put a patch on my good eye and work the bad eye for weeks till its vision return.
Now my question is, with medical technology being much more advanced today should I contemplate on having the annoying floaters removed by lasers or any other means? These floaters do make it harder to keep the bad eye open and see through it alone for no longer than 20 minutes at a time.
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There is no difference between amblyopia and low vision.  Amblyopia means the eye doesn't see normal even with glasses. the two most common causes are eyes not being straight or the low vision eye being extremely far-, near-sighted or high astigmatism.   Floater only vitectomy carries with it major risks: infection, bleeding, loss of eye, retinal detachment and you may continue to see floaters. If that sounds like a good deal to you having had floaters all your life its your money, your eye and you assuming the risks. Not something I recommend to my patients.
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Thank you Dr Hagan for taking the time to explain it so clearly.
Sure I have floaters both eyes, lattice and a huge Weiss Ring in RE so understand how annoying the floaters are
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