Walk of life

  Do we live under an Illusion today????? Today, everyone feels they know everything and form an opinion about everything. Courtesy social media. We all are so confident about everything even if that knowledge maybe shallow or false. WhatsApp University is churning out students with shallow knowledge but Confidence Levels touching the skies. Everyone of us from a school going ,never even stepped out into real world to a Geriatric who has stopped reading and become homebound....every person forms opinion strong to advise others on any topic under sun. A student advises the Teacher on how to handle the class and impart knowledge . A Patient tells the Doctor about the diagnosis and treatment he / she feels must be done by the Treating Professional. The Army is asked to justify why an Operation Sindoor was carried and show the credibility of the Operation. The Group of Retired Geriatrics heatedly discuss during their regular morning walks on how the nation must be run or how th...

  The Nanny. Nanny is the word used for helper / caretaker for small kids at home. As most women now leave home for professional work and have  kids who are dependent age ,caretakers or The Nanny plays a crucial role. If The Nanny is good  ,meaning the small kid bonds well with her,the professional lady is able to concentrate on her work outside at peace. Then what is the worry for The Mother if her child bonds well with " The Other Woman" ,The Nanny"????? The new Mother is at guilt of leaving her child with someone else's care and feels selfish for pursuing her career. The guilt drives her to feel insecure when her own child becomes very and at times more comfortable with The Other Woman who has  now entered in their life. When her own child no longer gets upset in her absence....doesn't show Separation Anxiety when seeing Mother leave for work.... But when the child shows that Separation Anxiety towards The Other  Woman, The Mother gets upset and angry...

  Deep down.... Artificial intelligence in my phone helped me compile all my pictures and create a small movie.... I actually saw myself grow up and evolve in front of my eyes. The picture of me as a toddler admiring the accessories put on me and smiling and another saw me upset and crying in a new environment amongst a crowd of people. School pictures in uniform accepting prizes saw me happy and proud of myself. Teens saw me in makeup and costumes participating in dance and face full of expressions. College days saw me in different moods and in different places with friends. Mischievously dancing in birthdays celebrations in hostel, Tensed and serious in library, Exhausted and frustrated in scrubs in wards,Wearing a saree and excited ..... Dancing and Singing. Marriage and Motherhood pictures caught me in various emotions....elated,happy,exhausted,anxious,proud. Reunion with friends  clicked pictures of me and my friends change with age but the mood clicked by the ca...

  A Day in The Life. A famous song of The Beatles. Very random.Begins with John Lennon reading a news in paper of a well known person crashing the car for not seeing the lights....and suddenly in middle Paul McCartney singing about how he started his day,getting ready,combing hair,smoking before leaving..... Walking down the streets,I at times,wonder ....looking at passersby..... What has been The Day of Life....for them today?????? The Day of Life for me as Anaesthesiologist is always different. Emmergencies coming randomly. At times my mornings are lazy....while some day goes so hectic that no space to even sit for a leisure chat with my husband over tea. The Day of Life for the watchman sitting in the apartment the whole day .... The Day of Life for my househelp who has young kids to be sent to school ,a husband doing chores for people and an ailing mother to be cared. The Day of Life for the senior citizen sitting early morning till late evening on her chair in the balc...

 Treatment vs Healing How do you divulge and discuss the Disease? A dilemma all Doctors have when they have to share a fearsome life threatening or debilitating diagnosis ,prognosis , complication ,morbidity and worst mortality to person in front. Today, person seeking our consultation already has gathered some and most times inadequate and misguided information through Artificial intelligence.  Dilemma now in current medical practice is.... How to divulge  How much to divulge????? A detailed expression of all information about the diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, complications, morbidity and mortality percentage,survival rate related to underlying diagnosis or A diplomatic expression of sharing some and leaving back some to later stage. My experience on this ..... Pre Artificial intelligence era ( Feel so vintage using this line)....I would first make my patient assure.... " Not to worry"...Yes .My these 3 words would relax my already anxious patient and accompanying rel...

  The Littman. Littman Stethoscope is a popular brand in Stethoscopes. Morever, a prestigious asset hanging around shoulders of a Doctor. Prestigious because of its high quality and it's expensive. Today,Littman Stethoscope is available in India. Earlier,before globalization, Littman Stethoscope had to be procured through some friend or relative from Abroad....Europe or US. Littman Stethoscope even today,remains preserved in the Doctors ' drawers. Any ordinary Stethoscope does it's required work of helping to listen the chest. To hear breathing and heartbeat. To hear peristalsis. To detect,diagnose and treat. But a Littman remains an Asset. I completed my internship and the prefix of " Dr" in front of my name. The first Doctor in the Family. My brother was in Dubai. He wanted to gift me . I told him" Buy a Littman for me if it's not very expensive for you. " An Engineer with non meficos as his friends, somehow ,he did manage to gather...