Sad News... ...Henry Scherer

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Saw this post on pNet. Sad. Wising him well.

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Completed my West German Contax IIA Outfit

Just completed my latest roll of Ilford FP4 and will be developing/scanning the next few days. IIA Black Dial and 50mm f2 Carl Zeiss Sonnar- Purchased 10 years ago, freshly overhauled at the time by Mr. Scherrer and still running smooth as butter. 21mm f4.5 Carl Zeiss Biogon 35mm f2.8 Carl Zeiss ...
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Sad to hear, he does great work. He overhauled seven cameras for me, including a pair of Contax 1. Hope that he does not suffer with his condition.
 
Wishing Henry the best and feeling thankful for all the great work he's done for me and other Contax shooters over the years.
 
Oh dear, I’m sorry to read this. I emailed Henry early this year to see if he would clean my Biogon 35. He wrote back that he’d just received a serious diagnosis and had to suspend his business. He overhauled and repaired my Contax IIa severalyears ago and was a pleasure to deal with. Wishing him well.
 
Some of the new drugs and treatments have some incredible successes- I have a couple of friends that would not be here today.

Wishing Henry the best, and hope he overcomes this.
 
Sorry to hear his news. Wishing him the best, whatever the outcome. I've never used his services, but his website makes for very informative reading -- definitely a great authority on Contax repair.
 
Oh God. I wish him the best. He overhauled several Zeiss cameras for me one of which has been running like a clock for well over 10 years now. I wish him well, he was a wonderful person to work with and always did exactly what he said he would. It has been many years but he was a pleasure to work with.
 
He is not beyond hope. We can all wish him the best and the guided healing hands of his doctors. Current cancer treatment is excellent. It is not perfect but it is excellent. All the best.
 
raydm6 said:
Saw this post on pNet. Sad. Wising him well.

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Completed my West German Contax IIA Outfit

Just completed my latest roll of Ilford FP4 and will be developing/scanning the next few days. IIA Black Dial and 50mm f2 Carl Zeiss Sonnar- Purchased 10 years ago, freshly overhauled at the time by Mr. Scherrer and still running smooth as butter. 21mm f4.5 Carl Zeiss Biogon 35mm f2.8 Carl Zeiss ...
www.photo.net www.photo.net
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Before immunotherapy, stage 4 lung cancer was not curable. Now, after immunotherapy, there are a significant number of people that have many years of doing well with no cancer. Not everyone does, but the meaningful chance is there now.
 
Northwestern University in Chicago is the world leader, followed by Denmark, in SBRT radiation treatment of certain lung cancers (I can say for adenocarcinoma this is true), often combined with chemo + immunotherapy, if patient has compatible genetic markers and it's suitable.

Having local radiation center seemed more appealing and convenient than periodic 5-day stays 3-4 hours away in another state.

But learning late in the game that the local radiation technique was not repeatable (deemed too dangerous), and a dangerous reaction to the gold standard class of immunotherapy drugs was ruled out, NW was contacted and treatment was initiated. SBRT is much more focused than what was available locally (which was still standard-of-care) and often repeatable. Progress was made, but it was very advanced at that point. They have their own proprietary equipment and AI-profiling for the radiation. We did not know such a thing existed until we did our own research. In hindsight, we wish we had chosen the inconvenience of treatment in another state. They also do proton (vs. x-ray) radiation at a location a little further west of Chicago, if appropriate. Proton radiation was not recommended in our case.

It was unfortunately too far advanced with chemo complications (out of viable options) for my family member who could not endure the travel and made the difficult decision to go into hospice care. It would not have been a guaranteed success but I wish we knew the difference between options earlier. It was in-network, luckily for us.

If insurance cooperates, it's worth considering the best option you can as early as possible.

Another advantage of a high-performing university medical environment is you typically don't wait 10 days to schedule and 3 weeks to get results where a radiation center is shared by multiple communities and there is said to be a local shortage of radiologists to read the scans. Same day - two days for scheduling and 2-3 days for results in academic hospital (this one). The dept. head commented the local option scheduling was comparatively pre-historic' (opinion only).
 
murrayatuptown said:
Northwestern University in Chicago is the world leader, followed by Denmark, in SBRT radiation treatment of certain lung cancers (I can say for adenocarcinoma this is true), often combined with chemo + immunotherapy, if patient has compatible genetic markers and it's suitable.

Having local radiation center seemed more appealing and convenient than periodic 5-day stays 3-4 hours away in another state.

But learning late in the game that the local radiation technique was not repeatable (deemed too dangerous), and a dangerous reaction to the gold standard class of immunotherapy drugs was ruled out, NW was contacted and treatment was initiated. SBRT is much more focused than what was available locally (which was still standard-of-care) and often repeatable. Progress was made, but it was very advanced at that point. They have their own proprietary equipment and AI-profiling for the radiation. We did not know such a thing existed until we did our own research. In hindsight, we wish we had chosen the inconvenience of treatment in another state. They also do proton (vs. x-ray) radiation at a location a little further west of Chicago, if appropriate. Proton radiation was not recommended in our case.

It was unfortunately too far advanced with chemo complications (out of viable options) for my family member who could not endure the travel and made the difficult decision to go into hospice care. It would not have been a guaranteed success but I wish we knew the difference between options earlier. It was in-network, luckily for us.

If insurance cooperates, it's worth considering the best option you can as early as possible.

Another advantage of a high-performing university medical environment is you typically don't wait 10 days to schedule and 3 weeks to get results where a radiation center is shared by multiple communities and there is said to be a local shortage of radiologists to read the scans. Same day - two days for scheduling and 2-3 days for results in academic hospital (this one). The dept. head commented the local option scheduling was comparatively pre-historic' (opinion only).
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I am in the VA system and go to PDX for care. The PDX VA is affiliated with OHSU, the state teaching medical school and the Casey Eye Institute. I have had cardiac and eye care through these teaching school interns and their leads. Let me tell you that medical school care can be the best. In my case it is. Murray is right, the care is great and the turnaround times are shorter. The VA is the best medical care I have ever gotten and I used to go to the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. They can't hold a candle to the VA.

And what is really great about the VA is that if your doctor wants it you get it. No fights with minimum wage clerks at the insurance company.

So, no matter what system you are in, get your checkups, do what your doctor tells you and keep the doctor informed. It's your life you are saving.
 
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