Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Welcome back home Ted Amiti?s from over the pond Relieved and happy Philippe tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >