Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the kind words, Douglas.? I only have one "selfie studio", a bathroom mirror facing a white door.? I took about a dozen shots with my Fuji and Leica Elmarit-R 90 to get a suitable frame. I wish your wife the best of luck.? I realize she has? been facing her problems for quite some time.? I've had a brain MRI, it is not the most pleasant of experiences.? But, we do what we have to do. On 1/17/21 7:28 AM, Douglas Barry wrote: > Great shot, Jim and you have a definite air of defiant optimism in > that image. > Yes, going to hospital is a nerve cruncher in these parlous times. My > wife had to go in on Wednesday for an MRI, and because it was on the > brain, she had to take off her N95 mask with its little aluminium > strip while it was done. Very twitchy, especially as hospitals have > lost an enormous amount of staff to either CoVid infection sick leave, > or close contact leave, and only two days before the government > announced that tested close contact staff with no symptoms should stay > at their posts. > Mind yourself! > Douglas > > On 16/01/2021 18:50, Jim Nichols wrote: >> As a guy who grew up with fine, straight hair and a fast receding >> hairline, I never had a curl of any sort.? I thought it was nice to >> have a curl on the surgical dressing I will be wearing for the next >> couple of weeks.? As some of you may know, because my photo activity >> has been limited for some time, besides isolating from Covid, I have >> been dealing with tumors on my scalp for the past year.? Although I >> was avoiding any reason to go to the hospital so as to avoid Covid >> exposure, I was forced to go to the Emergency Room to get the >> bleeding stopped.? Fortunately, I have two grandsons who are doctors >> and have good contacts in the area, and I was scheduled for surgery >> at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville yesterday.? The surgery went >> well, and I will remain in the pictured situation until a return >> visit in two weeks, followed by a couple of months of changing >> dressings at home. >> >> You won't see a lot of postings for a while, but I will try to >> increase my activity as my head get better and the weather improves. >> >> Keep pushing that button.? It will come unstuck! >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210116-DSCF2320.JPG.html >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA