I never get sick. I however don’t owe this to the diet and
exercise regime I follow (which are far from conscious, considerate and consistent
by the way) or to my immunity system. I am in fact one of those kids who have
visited more clinics than parks and have eaten more medicines than candies. Not
only have I given my parents sleepless and howling nights but episodes of me
not breathing properly to not breathing at all were common. But this did not
last for long. Some 3650 days after I was born, I developed a stable immune system
free from commoners like cold, cough, fever and flu.
I was now part of the
big league. While cold, cough and fever evaded me, jaundice, chickenpox and
conjunctivitis were the new biggies in my life. I guess it is because of them that
I let go my childhood dream of becoming a doctor. I didn’t want them and I didn’t
want to be around them. This phase of life passed gradually and I was in
college ; a good 4 healthy years of my life with no big ailment if we ignore the
jitters of exams and broken hearts after seeing the results 😉
I then came to Bombay and was still proud of my health. My
sick leaves were not getting utilized and my medical insurance went unclaimed.
It wasn’t that I was not falling ill. Whatever happened to me had no remedy or commenced
on Friday nights and concluded on Sunday evenings. Very typical and hopeless
ailments befriended me now. Hair loss, weight gain, an itching on the skin
developing into a big red rash etc were some unworthy and unmentionable
entrants in my life.
Fast forward few years and I was married. Marriage they say
is a new phase and it lived up to its name for me because it was in fact a new
phase of inexperienced ailments for me. I had never visited a dentist. I never
had the need to. Within one month of my marriage however not only did I visit two
dentists multiple times but also went through extraction of two wisdom teeth. I
had gained a husband but lost my wisdom :-D
As of now its been two years since I got married and have
had extraction of all four wisdom teeth. It’s a painful process I must mention.
This year on our annual vacation to India, my husband and I visited more
doctors than relatives. Most of them were routine checkups, (except the
extraction of my remaining wisdom teeth) but we were fair to all disciplines of
medicine. We brought back all recommended Homeopathic, Allopathic and Ayurvedic
medicines with us. We have a big medicine shelf now. We might start prescribing
and selling some soon too :D
As of today, I am developing a sty like pimple on my left
eye and my eyes are watery too.Time to hit the medicine shelf but then as I
said, I never get sick………..the common way.
