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Originally Posted by HOSS429

there are enuff old codgers on here to know some of the health questions i want good answers to
( 1) what is truely a good skin moisturiser ,, i have terrible bad dry skin ..
( 2) what is truely good for dry eyes and floaters
( 3) the more i work out the weaker i seem to be getting .. is there a sure fire food supplement thats a good picker upper ..

(1) i here corn huskers or engine oil (2) i have floaters nothing you can do for them i use eye drops artificial tears (3) i have them same thing no power but what i have taken in the past was eniva supplements but the cost was hi for them and have taken the sea weed pills to just did not do much. you may want to look at some good omega -3oil and some liquid chlorophyll you can get this at a heath food store . what i take for pain is spice ground turmeric and cinnamon and alot of hot chiles peppers .alot of the over the counter supplements do not work your body will not see the supplement in a usable form and your body just will pass it or a hi buildup of supplement and you can get poisoned

[QUOTE=pat mccarthy]" i have floaters nothing you can do for them"


Well, actually, Pat and Hoss, there IS something that can be done for "floaters" if you want to go through with it.

I had some torn retina problems a few years back which were spot-welded with a laser which took care of them, but before they were fixed some blood got into the Vitreous (that's the liquid stuff inside the eyeball). As a result I was seeing a big blurry spot that moved around and a few "UFO's" and a tadpole looking critter that ran around in one eye, and an upside down horse shoe looking thing in the other one. I don't remember ever not having some minor floaters but they weren't particularly bothersome.

Well, mine got so bad I damn near flunked my last drivers license eye test, so I decided it was time to squawk about it.

There is a surgery called a "Vitrectomy" to solve the problem. (Not "vasectomy" ..... that's something else entirely.)

What they do is enter the eyeball and pump out all the aforementioned "vitreous", and with it all the UFO's, tadpoles and other stuff, then replace it with another fluid (SAE 30 weight?).

Are you still interested? It's a scary prospect. I'll admit that it took me a while to get sufficiently psyched up to do it, but, Hoss, let me tell you. I had the first eye done last September and the other one last November, and now every time I go outside on a clear day I'm astounded all over again about how great my vision is. Absolutely clear. NOTHING else to be seen, and I love recommending the procedure to my geezer friends.

Fortunately my insurance covered the lion's share of the expense, which was probably heck of a lot. I have Medicare plus an additional policy.

I may be able to help you if you have questions....... and you're bound to have some ...... so shoot me a PM if you like.

Oh, and I agree with Brian. Aveeno products are great. I use the lotion.

Good luck!


Jim