Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard, I'm really glad that everything is well passed and your form to celebrate with this great picture, cheers Lluis El 09/12/2011, a las 11:16, H&ECummer escribi?: > 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