Had the same thing a couple of years ago...lots of sudden floaters and a fast trip to the local retina specialist. It was on the weekend, of course, but the on-call doctor came into the office immediately to see me. Those retina guys don't mess around. You got a problem, they don't tell you the earliest appointment available is 3 weeks away. No rips or tears, thankfully. but got told the same thing you did, if it happens in one eye it will probably happen in the other...welcome to the aging process. But considering the alternative to aging, I figure we've just gotta tell the doctors to keep on stapling and patching and hope they can manage to put us back together faster than we fall apart. The floaters did go away eventually although they were annoying while they lasted. The doctor said they don't dissolve, they just drop to the bottom. Makes me think of a snow-globe. If I stand on my head...not gonna happen...would they swirl around again for a while like when you shake the snow globe?

Anne