STROKE OF OLD AGE

MID APRIL I HAD WRITTEN ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WITH COVID 19, BUT THANK GOD IT WAS ALL NEGATIVE.

BUT AS BAD LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, ON 2ND JUNE I WANTED TO IRON A FEW BLOUSES OF MINE. AFTER FINISHING, I TRIED TO FOLD BACK THE IRONING BOARD AND PUT IT ASIDE.  I MUST SAY THAT THIS IRONING BOARD IS ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD AND DIFFERENT THAN MY OLD ONE AND ALSO A BIT STIFF.  I MIGHT HAVE PUT MORE PRESSURE ON IT WITHOUT REALISING.

THAT DAY I DID NOT FEEL ANYTHING BUT THE NEXT DAY I HAD TREMENDOUS, UNBEARABLE PAIN. ON 4TH JUNE, I WENT TO MY DOCTOR IN HILDEN. HE SENT ME FOR AN  X-RAY CHECK AND THE SAME DAY I WENT BACK TO HIM WITH THE CD.

ON THE BASIS OF THE X-RAY REPORT, HE EXPLAINED THAT SOME OF MY SPINAL CORD IS COMPRESSED, WHICH TOOK PLACE ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO AND THERE IS ALSO A NEW FRACTURE WHERE THE SURGEON CAN INJECT CEMENT.

THE DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY FIXED UP AN APPOINTMENT FOR 9TH JUNE WITH THE UNFALLCHIRURG (DOCTOR FOR ACCIDENT CASES) IN MVZ RHEINBERG, NEAR HILDEN HOSPITAL.

ON 9TH JUNE, I WENT TO SEE THE SURGEON FOR AN INITIAL CONSULTATION. MY SON, VISHAL, ACCOMPANIED ME WHILE VIDUR, MY HUSBAND, STAYED OUTSIDE. VISHAL COULD UNDERSTAND THE DOCTOR BETTER AND ASK HIM QUESTIONS.

THE DOCTOR TOLD ME THAT BECAUSE OF OLD AGE, IT IS NOT ADVISABLE TO INJECT CEMENT. BEFORE DOING SOMETHING FURTHER, HE WANTS ME TO HAVE A CT. NOW I AM WAITING FOR THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE CT.

I MUST SAY I HAVE A NICE FAMILY. TONS OF WORK LOAD HAS FALLEN ON VIDUR’S SHOULDER. VISHAL WORRIES ABOUT US AND GULSHAN BROUGHT A SELF BAKED BEAUTIFUL, DELICIOUS STRAWBERRY CAKE LAST SUNDAY.  WE SO ENJOYED SEEING OUR LITTLE ANIKA. SHE IS ALWAYS READY TO GIVE US A HAND WHENEVER IT IS POSSIBLE.

I WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU ALL, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE WHO ARE MY AGE.  PLEASE DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE YOUR PHYSIQUE. SOMETIMES WE JUST OVERDO THE THINGS WHICH CAN BE OR SHOULD BE AVOIDED.

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.  STAY HEALTHY.

OM SHANTI, PEACE TO ALL.

VIMLA