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This forum is for artists who use a camera to express themselves. If your primary concern is meaning and symbolism in photography, then you've come to the right place. Please respect other community members and their opinions when discussing the meaning of "art" or meaning in images. If you'd like to discuss one of your photos, please upload it to the photo gallery, and include a link to that gallery page in your post. Moderators: Irakly Shanidze, Megan, Asylum Steve
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    I'll be back, I promise

    Dear friends,
    Please do not think that I forgot about the forum. I sustained a very seriouos injury of my right eye, and despite surgery cannot see anything with it. I will be slowly resuming all my activities, so, sooner or later, I will be back here.
    Irakly

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    Re: I'll be back, I promise

    Bugger. Get well soon. Eye injuries can be a really hard thing to cope with, especially with the deepth perception being interferred with, it affects many things one does in life.

    Hope it all resolves well Irakly.

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    Irakly, I'm so sorry to hear of your injury!! I pray that there is hope of your eyesight returning to your injured eye.

    Please take care of yourself and let us know how you are doing.
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    Re: I'll be back, I promise

    Get Well Soon Irakly!
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    Re: I'll be back, I promise

    My condolences on the injury. I wish you good luck on the recovery.

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    Irakly,

    We're all thinking of you during what sounds like an unimaginable challenge. We know you're a pretty strong guy and have overcome much to achieve all that you have in life so far.

    And so we have confidence that this will simply be another one of life's hurdles that you will eventually manage to get over.

    Stay strong, comrade...
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    Re: I'll be back, I promise

    Best wishes for a full recovery.

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    Wow what bad news Irakly, I appreciate that you have the tenacity to stick with it and eventually come back stronger than ever Thanks for remembering us!

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    Re: I'll be back, I promise

    Dear Irakly,

    This is a very sad news! You have all my best wishes for a speedy and full recovery.

    Hey man! We need your photographic vision, guidance and talent. So there you go: GET WELL ... and soon!

    All my best,

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    Uggh. Sounds serious. Take whatever time you need to heal up properly. I wish there was something I could do for you

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    sorry to hear about your difficulties... I am sure despite these challenges that your artistry will continue to flourish. You have too much of a vision to let anything stand in your way creatively. will be praying for a short recovery and a new perspective for your art/execution.

    Take care...

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    Re: I'll be back, I promise

    Quote Originally Posted by Irakly Shanidze
    Dear friends,
    Please do not think that I forgot about the forum. I sustained a very seriouos injury of my right eye, and despite surgery cannot see anything with it. I will be slowly resuming all my activities, so, sooner or later, I will be back here.
    Irakly
    Whoa dude that is rough! I know that my right eye is my shooting eye, It'd be a hell of a time without it. I pray that you get your vision back, so that we can see more of your visions.

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    Wow.

    Best of luck with your recovery.

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    Best Wishes

    An eye injury is one of the scariest things I can think of to happen to a photographer. I hope you're feeling reasonably well and positive, under the circumstances. And I hope the long-term prognosis is a good one. Thanks very much for letting us know. Personally, I don't really care about you not posting on this forum. Your health and vision are much, much more important.

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    get better...and I will be hoping for a fast recovery for you.

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    Dear Irakly,

    I'm very sorry to hear about your eye-injury. I will pray for you, that your eye will be healed, and that you will be able to resume everything as normal.

    Please keep us updated, Irakly. Everyone is concerned about you - and I know, will want to know how you're doing.

    I hope your spirits are good. Take care, and let us hear from you soon and often.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Irakly Shanidze
    Dear friends,
    Please do not think that I forgot about the forum. I sustained a very seriouos injury of my right eye, and despite surgery cannot see anything with it. I will be slowly resuming all my activities, so, sooner or later, I will be back here.
    Irakly

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    Re: I'll be back, I promise

    Quote Originally Posted by Irakly Shanidze
    Dear friends,
    Please do not think that I forgot about the forum. I sustained a very seriouos injury of my right eye, and despite surgery cannot see anything with it. I will be slowly resuming all my activities, so, sooner or later, I will be back here.
    Irakly
    I feel for you. I had optic nerve irritation a few years ago that caused intermitment blindness in my right eye. It's scary. Over about six months, the irritation and related swelling subsided and I got back to normal. I hope the same will happen for you.

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    Irakly,

    I hope you get well soon and that your eye recovers completely.

    Good luck!

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    Very sorry to hear about your injury. Please keep in mind that you have hundreds and even thousands of us out here in cyberland that are thinking of you and praying for a full and speedy recovery. Some of your images are the one's that got me hooked on PR many moon ago and I look forward to seeing new ones very soon.

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    I'm sorry to hear of your eye problem, Irakly. I hope you can get it resolved soon.

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    YIKES

    I sincerely hope your vision recovers COMPLETELY and SOON, but...

    I assure you that good vision in one eye still enables you to function normally from personal experience ;)
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    Holy cow - that's awful.
    Take care of yourself.

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    May this be a temporary setback. . .one from which you will come out of stronger and with a deeper vision and inner strength than you knew before. Best Wishes. . . . . .
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    The words escape me, I feel for you and hope you recover fully. Best of luck to you.
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    I hope you get well soon, I would probably go nuts not being able to shoot

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