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Subject: Re: [Leica] Matt Kollasch got more than he bargained for! ;-)
From: "michael grady" <michaelgrady@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 19:00:10 -0500
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Hi Ted,

I really think Sandy was just rying to kiss you good bye :)

Now correct me if i'm wrong, but didn't one of your brushes with the medical
profession result in a book?

Glad your OK!,
an old friend
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Matt Kollasch got more than he bargained for! ;-)


> Hey Ted,
>
> My first thoughts too were, "where are the photos?".  Quite frankly though
> I'm much happier that you are still around to tell the story!  Looks like
> everybody did the right thing.
>
> Mike D
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 7:07 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Matt Kollasch got more than he bargained for! ;-)
>
>
> > Matt got more than he bargained for, plus some! ;-)
> >
> > LUG member Matt Kollasch came to Victoria the other day to visit with
> Sandy,
> > Irene and I to pick-up some tips in the darkroom, shooting, plus
whatever
> > along the lines of using Leica's M & R.
> >
> > However! ... "damn that word can have scary meaning at times!"
> >
> > Back the clock up 24 hours to yesterday lunchtime. The four of us had
gone
> > for lunch, Japanese of course, when I felt an odd kind of pain in my
chest
> > and suddenly didn't feel like eating, which led to a quick move to the
> > men's.
> >
> > As I couldn't see what I looked like I suppose I gave others a start
with
> > the quick change of colour and quick departure leaving my M6 on the seat
> for
> > good wife to care for.
> >
> > My good fortune was I had the solid character of Matt's stature to chase
> > after me and within a minutes I was lying on the floor with such severe
> > chest pains I thought I was about to meet my Maker. Most certainly not
my
> > idea of how I was going to leave planet Earth writhing on the floor of a
> > men's room.
> >
> > Next came Irene and Sandy who immediately called 911, without question
> this
> > was major heart attack situation. Well it sure looked like that with me
> > clawing at chest and in such pain there wasn't any question the heart
was
> > about to do me in.
> >
> > Para-medics and two ambulances to the scene along with all the life
saving
> > bits and pieces, man what a hell of a commotion it must have been with
all
> > these medics, family and friends with moi crying out in pain and
figuring
> > this was it... the big departure! :-(
> >
> > Off to the hospital, good wife Irene riding shot gun up front with the
> > driver and me beginning to feel relief and almost "why the hell am I
lying
> > here in an ambulance when I'd rather be out shooting with Matt & Sandy?"
> >
> > Get to hospital into ER bigtime with nurses and doctor doing there thing
> and
> > within 3 hours, several tests and x-rays I'm cool, everything is A-OK
and
> I
> > walk out. So here I am relating one of the most scaring episodes of my
> life
> > and trust me I have been in situations where I was so scared I wet my
> pants
> > there wasn't any question I was going die right where I was. That was
> then,
> > this is now. This was really big time scary!
> >
> > It had nothing to do with the heart at all! :-) :-) Man I can smile and
> make
> > light of it today! Yesterday? Whew, not a hope! :-(  Like hell I hadn't
> made
> > out my "Leica will" yet and whom I'm leaving my gear to. ;-) OK folks
I'll
> > correct it, as I figure some of you are waiting. :-)
> >
> > The agony and pain was created by an Esophagus contraction, this occurs
> when
> > food becomes stuck in the esophagus, then it begins to contract to try
and
> > move it, when the food doesn't go anywhere, the esophagus just contracts
> > harder and harder creating sever pain in the centre of the chest in my
> case
> > and without question ... to me... was a heart attack of magnitude 12!
> >
> > So later after I'm released........ "Matt did you take any pictures of
> what
> > was going on?"  He," No I was just worrying and paying the bill!" :-)
> "Your
> > a hell of a photojournalist, here we arrange a real life near death
moment
> > and you don't take a picture. :-) I of course was kidding, because
without
> > this fine human being there at the initial stages, God knows what would
> have
> > happened.
> >
> > Which once again proves how we build strong friend and brotherhood bonds
> on
> > the LUG and all because we play with one little Leica camera.
> >
> > Matt didn't take any pictures. But! I'm in ER and the next thing I know
> > there's Sandy with a camera shooting me! Oh well one for the record. ;-)
> >
> > Funny moment during it all, it's easy to think of these today. :-)
> >
> > Sandy was on the phone with 911 and says, "he's not breathing!"  They,
> "give
> > him mouth to mouth, pinch nose and breath into his mouth.
> >
> > I'm lying there and of course still breathing and the next thing I know
> > someone is kneeling beside me, has pinched my nose, and for a moment I
> > thought I was getting the kiss of death! :-) However, it was good Sandy
> > giving me mouth to mouth! Today I can laugh about that one, but because
> > Sandy had seen someone die a few years ago because no one would give
mouth
> > to mouth and she didn't know how to do it. She learned how and vowed
she'd
> > never hesitate in the future if that was necessary.
> >
> > My most good fortune she kept her vow! And my good fortune it wasn't
> > necessary.  However. ;-)
> >
> > So guys and gals you didn't lose the old guy after all and hopefully
> you're
> > as glad as I that this isn't being typed by someone else because I
didn't.
> > :-)
> >
> > Just thought you'd like to know one of the scary moments in the life of
an
> > age old leica shooter. ;-)
> > ted
> >
> > Ted Grant Photography Limited
> > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
> >
> >
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In reply to: Message from "Mehrdad Sadat" <m.sadat@verizon.net> (RE: [Leica] Re: RE New R body?)
Message from Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> ([Leica] Matt Kollasch got more than he bargained for! ;-))
Message from "Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com> (Re: [Leica] Matt Kollasch got more than he bargained for! ;-))