I have had floaters all of my life. I was extremely myopic, as a matter of fact, I was almost blind! My eyeglasses were thick as Coke bottles bottoms. Then I was diagnosed with cataracts. I had the surgery done, but first I had some laser surgery to fix my retinas (I don't even remember what the problem was) but, anyways, about 8 months after the cataract removal, I started losing vision on my right eye, like overnight. It was scary. But I had Yag laser (didn't hurt) and I was fine.