Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Gerry, Glad to hear things are improving, even if gradually. It's been 24 years since I underwent open heart surgery, but I haven't forgotten the problems afterwards. It sounds like you are turning the idle time into a plus, with your film scanning. It is great to have something to look forward to each day at times like this. Best of luck to you, Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 5/21/2017 10:42 PM, Gerry Walden wrote: > Firstly, a very big 'thank you' to all the LUG members who have wished me > well following my cardiac arrest. I have been deeply moved by the > friendship expressed by a group of people who, by and large, I have never > met. > > Progress has been slow, and I have been a lot weaker than I ever expected, > but I am delighted to say that I can see slow but steady progress now. One > of the biggest problems has been my inability to lie down to sleep because > of pain. However I have now had two sessions of sleep (albeit short) in a > horizontal position and last night managed around 3 and a half hours > undisturbed which was excellent. Because of my sleeping position, and my > slowness of walking , I have had severe problems with fluid retention in > the legs and feet but thankfully this now appears to be slowly abating. > > A plus-side to this has been that I have spent some time scanning images > from around the year 2000 etc., most of which were shot on my M6 using > slide film. I must say that I have been very pleasantly surprised with > many of the results with the quality of image available using various > films being quite amazing, having a certain tonality which is different to > digital. I appreciate all that digital has to offer but it would now not > worry me greatly if I had to go back to film as standard. > > I will report again but in the meantime thank you all once more for your > unconditional support. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden LRPS > www.gwpics.com > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >