[Leica] Angioplasties and a Friday Flower

[j2m46 at hotmail.fr (Jean-Michel Mertz)]

This is a wonderful picture, Howard, the right choice to celebrate! Best 
wishes for your recovery!Jean-Michel
 > From: cummer at netvigator.com
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 18:16:03 +0800
> Subject: [Leica] Angioplasties and a Friday Flower
> 
> 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
> 
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