Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Luggers, I have been off the LUG since late April when I was hosting my youngest daughter's in-laws from Maine and then spending money for her wedding dinner in Hong Kong. After that pleasant and fortunately sunny event I went into the Matilda hospital in Hong Kong and had a 6 hour sextant TLIF operation (google it if you're interested) to fuse my L5 and S1 vertebras together while keeping enough space for my sciatic nerve to pass through using titanium screws and spacers. For airport security I have a letter from my Doctor which I am going to laminate! Just 12 days after the operation I flew to Canada to recover over the summer. The operation and its recovery time are miracles of modern medicine. If anybody wants first person experience on expensive (US$46,000) complicated back operations please do contact me off list. :-) It's nice to be back. Did I miss anything important? Cheers Howard (now on sunny Pender Island with a long list of cabin chores to do)