Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]wonderful image. Good to see you home, lets hope the collaterals "pick up the slack". Keep well Alastair and Helen > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >