[Leica] Fwd: Re: Update

[Robert Baron]

Jim, I got your post the first time.

Gerry, hang in there.  They do wonderful things with heart treatments these
days....ask me how I know.

--Bob

On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 10:25 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> Another post that failed.  Second try..................
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> Subject:        Re: [Leica] Update
> Date:   Fri, 9 Jun 2017 21:52:19 -0500
> From:   Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> To:     Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
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> Gerry, each time I hear about what you are going through, I think back
> to 1993, when, at age 63 and newly retired, I contracted endocarditis
> and had open heart surgery, with two mechanical heart valves installed.
> I had to accept a slow recovery, and I had to accept that I could no
> longer legally fly an airplane, a passion more addictive than
> photography.  And, for the rest of my life, I was compelled to take
> anticoagulants, which require that my blood INR must be monitored, and
> the medication level adjusted.
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> Twenty-four years later, I have lived the life that I have been dealt,
> returned to computers and photography to replace flying, and made the
> best of the situation.  I'm sure that right now it is overwhelming, but
> you will overcome the limitations and make it work.  That's what we have
> to do!  I wish you the best. :-)
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> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> On 6/9/2017 9:26 PM, Gerry Walden wrote:
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>> I have been taking a very quiet back seat here on the LUG because of
>> recent health problems, and have spent 4 more unexpected days in hospital
>> this week being ‘observed’ whilst they balance medication etc. Worrying
>> times but hopefully now settling. I was reassured by meeting a 78 year old
>> gut in the ward who had one of the first devices like mine fitted about 4
>> years ago and he is fine. I am keeping an eye on everything here, but
>> forgive me if I continue to take a back seat for a while.
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>> The two downsides are that I have been banned from driving on medical
>> grounds for at least 6 months, and I haven’t been fit enough to get out and
>> photograph since early April.
>>
>> Gerry
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