Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Howard, good to see you back in circulation, and good luck with the recovery! The technology you describe is a miracle of human ingenuity indeed. Cheers, Nathan On 9 Dec, 2011, at 5:16 , H&ECummer wrote: > Hi Luggers, > Some of you may have noticed my radio silence over the last month or so > but only a few safari friends know the reasons why. > I have been learning about the miracles of modern medicine first hand. On > November 11th I had my first angioplasty involving 7 stents in the two > left arteries. > Just the day before I had had a dye CT scan which showed major narrowing > in all three arteries - despite having normal range LDL numbers - which I > have tracked for years. > And the first miracle was that I was able to be operated on the day after > the scan - in fact the cardiologist wouldn't let me leave the hospital but > checked me in right away. > The second miracle is that the medical technology is straight out of Star > Wars (made by Siemens Germany) allowing three dimensional imaging of the > operating area > through the use of contrast dye and little R2D2 xray boxes that zip around > by remote control with a large X ray wheel swiveling overhead. My first > angioplasty lasted 4 hours and I took in so much contrast dye that the > last right artery was left for another time to avoid over loading my > kidneys. The second angioplasty took place on Tuesday this week and it > wasn't so successful. > The cardiologists couldn't get in due to a double S bend in the artery > near the heart so no stents were installed. That's the bad news. While > they were in they checked the earlier stents and everything is settling in > well. The blood flow from the left arteries is strong enough that > capillaries are developing to feed blood to the nearly blocked right > artery and if that trend continues the cardios say that open heart surgery > may not be required. So that's the good news. > So, I am back and here is a friday flower to celebrate - taken with the > Fuji X100 in macro mode. > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HKFall2011/OrchidW.jpg.html> > > Please look large and enjoy. > C&C always welcome. > Howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu