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Subject: [Leica] Toe surgery
From: leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans)
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 11:51:32 -0700
References: <BLU173-DS6EA41DA17A5DF96F396CBB86F0@phx.gbl> <51EE008D.5040604@lighttube.net>

Ha.  Thanks Jim.  Was interesting as he was explaining what he was doing. 
Looked like it should have hurt like a son of a gun while he was filling 
away, but didn't feel a thing.

And I see I made a mistake.  Only a $200 copay.

Aram


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From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 9:03 PM
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Toe surgery

> You take good images under stress! 3582 and 3592 are both good.  Good luck 
> on the recovery.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 7/22/2013 10:55 PM, Aram Langhans wrote:
>> Well, they called it surgery.  I did have to pay a $400 copay since it 
>> was listed as surgery.  But it was pretty minor.  I had a bone spur on my 
>> 4th toe between it and the 5th toe.  Drove me crazy on our last trip.  I 
>> could hardly hike at times.  Bandaged and used a corn protector and 
>> managed.  So, went to the doctor and said "either cut it out or cut off 
>> my toe.  I want to hike"  Fortunately they chose the former.  And the 
>> doctor even let me take some pictures.  Not from the best of vantage 
>> points, and will never give Ted any competition, but I was happy with 
>> what I was able to get.
>>
>> The incision
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ts/surgery-3582.jpg.html
>>
>> filing away the spur
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ts/surgery-3589.jpg.html
>> I could not get a good angle of this.
>>
>> A very tight crop
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ts/surgery-3592.jpg.html
>>
>> Sew it up and I'm out of here
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ts/surgery-3592.jpg.html
>>
>> That was Friday.  Took the wrap off today.  Looks like my toe was in a 
>> fight and it lost.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ts/toe-3605.jpg.html
>>
>> Now I just have to wait for the bruising to go away and I'll be back to 
>> normal (I hope that is good).
>>
>>
>> Aram
>> comments and criticism welcome.  View large if you like.   D600 ISO 800 
>> with a bit of noise reduction, but not much.
>>
>>
>> Aram Langhans
>> (Semi) Retired (retarded?) Science Teacher
>> & Unemployed photographer
>>   "The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin 
>> himself would ever have dared dream."   James D. Watson
>>
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