[Leica] Fwd: Re: Update

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Bob.  Looks like it is only at my end.  That may help me solve 
the problem.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/9/2017 10:32 PM, Robert Baron wrote:
> 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..................
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> 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>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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. :-)
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>> On 6/9/2017 9:26 PM, Gerry Walden wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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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