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Author Topic: RIP John Pytlak (was titled "John Pytlak recovering well from a mild heart attack") Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 09-18-2006 06:39 AM                        I'd like to echo what the others have said ... have a speedy recovery!!!  |  IP: Logged Pravin Ratnam Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 844 From: Atlanta, GA,USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 09-18-2006 11:08 AM                     John, I am sure you will recover nicely. We look forward to more informative posts from you, John.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 09-19-2006 12:09 PM                        As you may have noticed, I have not been participating here on Film-Tech or other forums during the past few weeks. On Labor Day, I found signs of severe abdominal bleeding, and had felt increasingly weak the week before. I was admitted to the hospital, and required a transfusion of four units of blood to bring my hemacrit from a low of 20 (normal is above 40). The stress on my heart from the loss of blood precipitated a mild heart attack, as indicated by elevated Trioponin enzyme levels. I was subjected to a week of testing, including upper and lower GI endoscopy exams. The internal bleeding had stopped, but no definitive source was found, except for an area of "thickened tissue" near the appendix. So a biopsy was taken. On Friday, September 8, I had two angiograms and a 95% blockage was found in one of my coronary arteries. The blockage was opened with an angioplasty and insertion of a bare metal stent. I was released from the hospital on Sunday, September 10. Unfortunately, this past Thursday, I received word that the biopsy was positive for cancerous cells. A CAT scan Friday showed two areas of suspicion along the middle small intestine. Cancer of the middle bowel is quite rare, only about 2 cases in 100,000 each year. I will need surgery, but it cannot be done until late October, since I am on blood thinners to prevent clotting around the new coronary stent. For now, I am feeling well and staying active, but with all the doctor visits, do not have much time to log on to the Internet user groups that I like to help on. Hopefully, I will be returning to health again after the surgery. And maybe get back on line during the next month, between doctor visits. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers. John  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 09-19-2006 12:24 PM                    It's nice to see you again, John, although I wish the news could have been a little better. I know you're really missed here as well as on the other forums. But we'll be patient. Rest easy, take care of yourself, and best of luck on your surgery. You're in my prayers.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 09-19-2006 12:27 PM                        I'm really sorry to hear that you've been under what sounds like quite a bit of weather. I was hoping I might see you at the AMIA conference next month if you were going to be doing the bi-annual Kodak workshop again; and I know that a lot of the delegates there will miss you and be thinking of you. I hope that the wait goes quickly and the surgery goes well.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-19-2006 12:42 PM                        Good luck, John! I'm sure that the surgery will go well.  |  IP: Logged Jeffry L. Johnson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 809 From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 09-19-2006 12:51 PM                        Best wishes, John, and hoping the cancer is fully treatable. Small Intestine Cancer  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 09-19-2006 05:37 PM                        Good luck John. Don't let your situation get you down.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-19-2006 05:54 PM                     John you are in our thoughts  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 09-19-2006 05:59 PM                        John, thanks for letting us know what's going on. You will be in our thoughts.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 09-19-2006 07:26 PM                       Our dear John... please take good care of yourself. It sounds like you've got a good handle on everything, and are taking care of this trouble in plenty of time. You're in our hearts, and you are in our prayers. Get well soon!  |  IP: Logged Cory Isemann Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: White Plains, MD, USA Registered: Jun 2004 posted 09-19-2006 07:53 PM                        Good to hear from you, John, know that you're in all our thoughts.  |  IP: Logged Don Anderson Master Film Handler Posts: 312 From: West Bend, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-19-2006 07:58 PM                     May you have a speedy recovery and be back on your feet in no time. I guess your days of wearing a speedo at the beach may be history? Only kidding, heal quickly and get back to work before the holidays.  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 09-19-2006 09:45 PM                     John, If I can survive the intestinal surgery, so will you. You will wear a speedo again! My big scar is already beginning to fade! All the best, Bruce  |  IP: Logged Sam D. Chavez Film God Posts: 2153 From: Martinez, CA USA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 09-19-2006 10:40 PM                       Get well John, our thoughts are with you. I survived a heart attack 11 years ago and acute Pancreatitis 8 years ago and am still kicking. You will be back I bet. Sam Chavez  |  IP: Logged

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