Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Glad you are doing better, Herb. It isn't fun dealing with illness and aging. I just returned from my cardiologist's office wearing a Holter monitor, because of an irregular heartbeat. Jim Nichols (Who will be 84 in April) Tullahoma, TN USA On 2/18/2014 11:59 AM, Herbert Kanner wrote: > Some time ago my wife and I came down with fever, a cough and a liquid > nose. independent doctors (her?s and mine) after a chest X-rays that ?did > not rule out pneumonia? were prescribed the same anti-biotic. We were sick > for about three weeks. It was quite profound: my weight is down by six > percent, and for a few days, you could say that I was clinically depressed. > > While the ?quacks? wouldn?t commit themselves: we both had flu shots and > they said there were no statistics on people getting flu after having the > shots, I?m convinced that it had to have been flu. It was too profound. > > The effect of the temporary depression was that I couldn?t communicate > with friends. While last Saturday, I felt that I had recovered > sufficiently to do my regular shift at the Computer History Museum, which > was participating in a 45 minute lecture demonstration of the Babbage > Difference Engine, followed a quarter hour later by a one-hour guided tour > of the Museum, the very next day I felt as follows: > > I couldn?t bring myself to phone my geocaching buddy, a friend since 1986. > I went almost under protest to a performance of Die Fledermaus and sat > there wishing I were somewhere else. My wife had organized a party of > friends for dinner after the performance, and I just opted out; asked to > be dropped off at home. I just couldn?t talk to people. > > The next day, yesterday, I was over it. Strange. > > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >