[Leica] POST - OP REPORT. :-)

[clive.moss at gmail.com (Clive Moss)]

Its great that you came through well! Any surgery is a scary prospect.
Eye surgery is the scariest of all.
I hope the healing continues.

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Clive



On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 11:30 AM,  <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
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