First of all...you don't want to accept that your throat and nasal system has been tampered with "COUGH..,COLD..and your voice suddenly sounds like a tribal talking to a bird (weird voice pattern)". So when you delay it imagining it would be okay with "Milagu + honey in milk, Pepper and jeera kashayam" it just gets worse (obviously since its viral infection not just "COLD”) :-/
With two or three goodies around who force you to go to Doctor (Gayu….thanks
she is my recent asset), you end up being at a crowded medical center. The pretty dressed nurse (wow..why don't they give such uniforms in India..I plan to click her picture to show it in India) smiles lovingly but presents a serious set of questions and health complaints that make you browse
through the long list of chronic illness names and wonder "May be this?
:-O May be that? :-O" As my eye balls pop out like in the cartoons…Thank
god….Doctor calls us in with a broad smile.
I feel calm as he resembles an actor from the recent Malayalam movie. I
am trying to guess the name as he already starts checking BP(??!!), heartbeat
etc and starts with a "ahem..ahem.." - wait...Is that a procedure in
medical field? :)
Severe infections (of course..I had 3 sleepless nights), allergy to
citrus Fruits( I quickly ask "Doctor can I have cranberry juice?").
He says again "Citrus fruits like orange, grapes dear.." He combines
2 statements together "If you had not come, it might have gone
serious" and "Nothing to worry, will prescribe medicines" - WHICH
one is true now? ;)
1..2..3..4..goes till 6, nasal spray, syrup, medicine, omega
tablets..ufff and am more worried about my wounded nose and upper lip..
"It looks ugly nah Doctor?" - he thinks for a minute, studies my face
since am too close to him.His thought " What if I say YES and this lady
punches me instantly..am i ugly?" and carefully says "mmm guess it is
not that bad...let me give u a special cream that would cure it"... and my
face lights up instantly.
For those who think am exaggerating…please...coughing is even fine. With
a red nose with rashes and dry skin around, I definitely didn't want to roam
around like a girl who tried to do cycling stunts and punched her face directly
on hard ground….ended up like this….poor thing!
“You can continue your home remedies too” Doctor’s voice distracts my
imaginary world in which am thinking how people would feel looking at my bulged
red nose(there are better things in the world to worry about, am sure J). Dad and Mom’s prescribed natural
medicines are a long list to refer to at home…
Leaving medicines aside, I go for the cream first and see that I look
better in just 2 hours…Doctor...you are unbelievable. It works! I quickly write
down the name so that I can take it to India or suggest to friends..(well,
that's important too…GK) :-D
Meanwhile, the poor best buddy who took me all along patiently for all
these asks patiently "Did you have your tablets sangi?" I shake for
both yes and no and rush to grab them and swallow. Work ahead...weekend
ahead...I pray that I want to be out of this soon. Just took one learning - be
careful about things you are allergic to - (it might be AC or Citrus fruits or
even dust or sea breeze) what goes in creates havoc within. The moment you find
something disturbs your system internally, check on it..rather then ending up
with an unknown sickness and unforeseen irritation exhibited by your own system
to you. :)
- Loved writing after a long while :) :) :) Thanks to sickness
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