Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Although I am not a Physician, I grew up in a medical family and worked in hospitals most of my adult life so maybe I can add a perspective from the outside looking in. My grandfather was a physician, general surgeon, class of, who knows. He practiced, or at least went to his office until he was about 90 when on the way home from the office he fell and broke his hip. He passed away in 1961 at the age of 93. My father was a physician also, general surgeon, Indiana University School of Medicine, class of 1922. He continued to go to the office and practice until he was 97, when I had to revoke his driving privileges. He passed away at the age of 103. He was lost without medicine. That was all he knew, all he wanted to do. My mother was a nurse but quit as soon as I came along. Both my father and grandfather may be the exception for I know many more physicians that are so tired of the government interference it almost makes their eyes bleed. It is so true that you must have a plan and something you like outside of medicine or life will not be fun. We have photography, my father and grandfather had medicine, nothing else, no plans. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 9:07 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Well, Some...at Least One...of the Greats Do > Alastair Firkin offered: > Subject: Re: [Leica] Well, Some...at Least One...of the Greats Do > >> The key IMHO is what you plan to do. If you have plans and security then >> you will be active and happy in retirement. If like my father, your >> first and real love is Medicine, you will hanker after it and regret >> losing your life until you really are too old to work.<<<< > > Not to mention the days you just want to close the lid and be gone! :-( > > ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >