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Subject: [Leica] Angioplasties and a Friday Flower
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 06:39:23 -0500
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Hi Howard, good to see you back in circulation, and good luck with the 
recovery!

The technology you describe is a miracle of human ingenuity indeed.

Cheers,
Nathan

On 9 Dec, 2011, at 5:16 , H&ECummer wrote:

> Hi Luggers,
> Some of you may have noticed my radio silence over the last month or so 
> but only a few safari friends know the reasons why.
> I have been learning about the miracles of modern medicine first hand. On 
> November 11th I had my first angioplasty involving 7 stents in the two 
> left arteries.
> Just the day before I had had a dye CT scan which showed major narrowing 
> in all three arteries - despite having normal range LDL numbers - which I 
> have tracked for years.
> And the first miracle was that I was able to be operated on the day after 
> the scan - in fact the cardiologist wouldn't let me leave the hospital but 
> checked me in right away.
> The second miracle is that the medical technology is straight out of Star 
> Wars (made by Siemens Germany) allowing three dimensional imaging of the 
> operating area
> through the use of contrast dye and little R2D2 xray boxes that zip around 
> by remote control with a large X ray wheel swiveling overhead. My first 
> angioplasty lasted 4 hours and I took in so much contrast dye that the 
> last right artery was left for another time to avoid over loading my 
> kidneys. The second angioplasty took place on Tuesday this week and it 
> wasn't so successful.
> The cardiologists couldn't get in due to a double S bend in the artery 
> near the heart so no stents were installed. That's the bad news. While 
> they were in they checked the earlier stents and everything is settling in 
> well. The blood flow from the left arteries is strong enough that 
> capillaries are developing to feed blood to the nearly blocked right 
> artery and if that trend continues the cardios say that open heart surgery 
> may not be required. So that's the good news.
> So, I am back and here is a friday flower to celebrate - taken with the 
> Fuji X100 in macro mode.
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HKFall2011/OrchidW.jpg.html>
> 
> Please look large and enjoy.
> C&C always welcome.
> Howard
> 
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Nathan Wajsman
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