[Leica] POST - OP REPORT. :-)

[philippe.amard at sfr.fr (Philippe Amard)]

Welcome back home Ted
Amiti?s from over the pond
Relieved and happy Philippe

tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:

> Post-op report:
> First let me say thank you to those who've sent well wishes and 
> offered most heart warmimg concerns. :-)
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> I realize there are any number of folks out there who've undergone 
> cataract removal and lens replacment or other eye surgeries, so mine 
> isn't any different, accept for one thing. I have only one eye, the 
> left and up to this point it has served me rather well. The right eye? 
> Well it basically goes along for a free ride with a very weak sight 
> limit considered legally blind.
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> So you can understand the extra stress for me if anything went wrong? 
> Yes it was pointed out to me some times basically "shit happens!" :-( 
> Like maybe 1 in 10,000 or more times some little thing happens that 
> shouldn't and if it did I would be blind! Bad scene for a 
> photographer. :-( So I said a prayer to the "Great Spirit" and away we 
> went.
>
> Those who've experienced the eye operation scene will know what I'm 
> talking about the brilliant lights and colours during the operation. 
> My gosh if I could capture those colours on film or digital I could 
> become the worlds greatest exotic fine art photographer! ;-) Trust me, 
> unless you've seen these effects there isn't anything that comes 
> anywhere near the beauty and brilliance of the images. Once a 
> photographer----yer always a photographer no matter where you are! 
> :-)  ;-)
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> The actual operation was a painless no big deal, other than brilliant 
> lighting effects. It's suggested one should go to the toilet before 
> and empty your bladder. I did that. However????? :-) Yeah you know ... 
> I hear the surgeon say, "OK Ted just relax and we'll get on with this 
> and it'll be over shortly!"
>
> Right there and then I promptly "pee" myself! :-) What the hell I had 
> no control and away I went! :-) It did seem strange and I told the 
> doctor, "OK, I'm relaxed and just pee'd myself."  He responded with... 
> " I didn't mean for you to relax that much!" At which I could hear 
> nurses and doctor chuckling! Oh well it was all part of the 
> experience! ;-) Later I was told "Don't feel bad as you're not alone, 
> it's happened to others!"
>
> Later, lighting everywhere was brilliant, white were icedble whites. 
> Not a hope to look at the computer screen it was a blinding power 
> light that I tried wearing dark sun glasses to no avail. So today is 
> really the most comfortable. So here's the report.
>
> I've looked through the view finders of a couple of Canon SLR's and 
> every thing seems fine and brighter. The M8 viewfinder is much clearer 
> and the focus patch more distinct. Does this mean my pictures will be 
> better? Not likely but at least they should be sharper! ;-)
>
> So lads and lasses it's nice to have this over with and a fine eye 
> improvement!
>
> A photojournalist friend of mine Quinton Gordon turned his M9 on the 
> scene and shot me being patient, not that I could see anything he was 
> shooting, however later.
>
> Thanks again everyone as it's an all's well, that end's well story! :-)
>
> cheers,
> Dr. ted
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