There's a floater that appears in my vision every time I look left and then forward

[Dcasass]

This has been going on for about a year. The dot appears every time I look all the way to left and then forward again. Sometimes it is a dark dot and sometimes it's lighter. It floats away when I try to focus on it like a typical floater. Is this just a normal floater or could it be the sign of something more serious? It concerns me that it happens every time I look to the left. The dot floats away within a few seconds and never stays in my vision.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

There are many posts on this forum about floaters and on my home page there are several articles about them. You need to see an ophthalmologist to have a medical eye exam and dilated retina exam. That is the only way to tell if it is the common not serious type or a sign of something serious.