Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 8, 2010, at 10:56 AM, H&E Cummer wrote: > Hi Luggers, > I have been off the LUG since late April when I was hosting my youngest > daughter's in-laws from Maine and then spending money for her wedding > dinner in Hong Kong. After that pleasant and fortunately sunny event I > went into the Matilda hospital in Hong Kong and had a 6 hour sextant TLIF > operation (google it if you're interested) to fuse my L5 and S1 vertebras > together while keeping enough space for my sciatic nerve to pass through > using titanium screws and spacers. For airport security I have a letter > from my Doctor which I am going to laminate! Just 12 days after the > operation I flew to Canada to recover over the summer. The operation and > its recovery time are miracles of modern medicine. > If anybody wants first person experience on expensive (US$46,000) > complicated back operations please do contact me off list. :-) > It's nice to be back. good pun Howard.... glad to hear you are doing well... what symtoms were you having? off list if you prefer... Steve > Did I miss anything important? > Cheers > Howard (now on sunny Pender Island with a long list of cabin chores to do) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information