It's a lazy Sunday when I went about my chores in a deliberately slow manner and still found that I'd plenty of time to play around. My cousin had given me the latest update on her mom's condition; the proceedings give us hope:-
(a) The Oxygen therapy.
This sort of medication, wherein a patient is put in a chamber and provided with a sustained input of pure
Oxygen, over a certain period - in my aunt's case, it's gonna be for seven days and each session extends
to about 11/2 hrs - is available only at 14 centers in India and the only one in Kerala is at the Jubilee
Mission hospital at Thrissur. The treatment, as I understand, focuses on total rejuvenation of the body
and to tackle those organs that need attention through administration of appropriate medicines/
intervention.
In my aunt's case, since she's badly diabetic and her left toe has been affected - initial tests had revealed
that her blood in that part of the body had a paltry 20% Oxygen content - any substantial rejuvenation has
been ruled out by the doctor. A part of her toe will have to be removed, to what extent it's gonna be will be
known by the end of this week.
(b) A day of no walks.
As I'd said earlier in the forum, I go for my regular brisk walks in the morning and in the evening. I follow
a few circuits, avoiding the main road ever since a pick up lorry had passed by uncomfortably close one
morning. I'd decided to give myself an 'off' on Sunday mornings to have that extra hour in bed assuring that
the inaction would be neutralised by a more gruelling pace in the evening. But it was not to be as there were
guests who'd dropped by.
Wonder what the guests had thought? My mom says that the misery of not being able to go for the walk
was writ large on my face. Hope she was only pulling my leg!
(c) A pleasant interaction.
It was when I was sitting glum with thoughts about my inactivity when my classmate and friend, Babu had
called up to have a chat. He and his family reside at Toronto, Canada. We'd a fairly long interaction and
could catch up from where we'd left last.
The grouse about the lack of inactivity was finally busted. Thanks, Babu for the well timed(?) intervention!
Tailpiece.
The episodes of my forgetfulness are on the rise. Sample a few:-
(a) misplacing my spectacles.
(b) missing out on lines when I recite my prayers, especially the 'Vishnu sahasranama sthothram'.
(c) derailment of thoughts while on a conversation.
Am I tending to Alzheimer's, I wonder?
(a) The Oxygen therapy.
This sort of medication, wherein a patient is put in a chamber and provided with a sustained input of pure
Oxygen, over a certain period - in my aunt's case, it's gonna be for seven days and each session extends
to about 11/2 hrs - is available only at 14 centers in India and the only one in Kerala is at the Jubilee
Mission hospital at Thrissur. The treatment, as I understand, focuses on total rejuvenation of the body
and to tackle those organs that need attention through administration of appropriate medicines/
intervention.
In my aunt's case, since she's badly diabetic and her left toe has been affected - initial tests had revealed
that her blood in that part of the body had a paltry 20% Oxygen content - any substantial rejuvenation has
been ruled out by the doctor. A part of her toe will have to be removed, to what extent it's gonna be will be
known by the end of this week.
(b) A day of no walks.
As I'd said earlier in the forum, I go for my regular brisk walks in the morning and in the evening. I follow
a few circuits, avoiding the main road ever since a pick up lorry had passed by uncomfortably close one
morning. I'd decided to give myself an 'off' on Sunday mornings to have that extra hour in bed assuring that
the inaction would be neutralised by a more gruelling pace in the evening. But it was not to be as there were
guests who'd dropped by.
Wonder what the guests had thought? My mom says that the misery of not being able to go for the walk
was writ large on my face. Hope she was only pulling my leg!
(c) A pleasant interaction.
It was when I was sitting glum with thoughts about my inactivity when my classmate and friend, Babu had
called up to have a chat. He and his family reside at Toronto, Canada. We'd a fairly long interaction and
could catch up from where we'd left last.
The grouse about the lack of inactivity was finally busted. Thanks, Babu for the well timed(?) intervention!
Tailpiece.
The episodes of my forgetfulness are on the rise. Sample a few:-
(a) misplacing my spectacles.
(b) missing out on lines when I recite my prayers, especially the 'Vishnu sahasranama sthothram'.
(c) derailment of thoughts while on a conversation.
Am I tending to Alzheimer's, I wonder?
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