[Leica] POST - OP REPORT. :-)

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)]

Ted,


Great News!  And glad everything went as planned and with great results.


Cheers,
Gene  -------------- Original message from <tedgrant at shaw.ca>: 
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> Post-op report:
> First let me say thank you to those who've sent well wishes and offered 
> most 
> heart warmimg concerns. :-)
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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! :-)  ;-)
> 
> 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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