This morning my friend, Ramesh and his wife had come calling. Over the last year, he was under treatment for intestinal cancer and had gone through some tough times. But with the right medical management that consisted of a couple of surgeries along with radiation, the malignancy has been removed. A class mate of our's, who is a doctor in Chicago, was also monitoring the case providing inputs as and when needed.
It's a combination of Ramesh's inner strength, his family's solid support and the right treatment that have helped in arriving at the present circumstances.
He was with us for almost an hour and I find that he's looking good, his sense of humour was intact and there has been a substantial reduction of his fabled weight - he was roly poly always and we, his class fellows cannot think of him otherwise and I don't have to say this but he continues to be the butt of jokes on his ample girth.
We're gonna meet at the Old Boys' Day at school next month and this time, hope to have a sizeable presence of our class mates and their families. The doc from Chicago was among the first to confirm about his participation, damn nice of him! Looking forward to the conglomeration!!
Tailpiece.
1. Ramakrishnan, the newspaper boy, had erred today in that he did not give us our copies of the newspapers making us feel that something vital was missing. I'd taken my neighbour's copies to browse during the latter part of the day which turned out to be the face saver!
2. Our neighbour has had the mud from the forecourt sprinkled on the cobbled pathway in front of our houses while getting the lawn tiled. The morning showers have made a mess of the new mud and passersby gather cakes of slush and dirt onto their footwear making them clumsily heavy footed!!
It's a combination of Ramesh's inner strength, his family's solid support and the right treatment that have helped in arriving at the present circumstances.
He was with us for almost an hour and I find that he's looking good, his sense of humour was intact and there has been a substantial reduction of his fabled weight - he was roly poly always and we, his class fellows cannot think of him otherwise and I don't have to say this but he continues to be the butt of jokes on his ample girth.
We're gonna meet at the Old Boys' Day at school next month and this time, hope to have a sizeable presence of our class mates and their families. The doc from Chicago was among the first to confirm about his participation, damn nice of him! Looking forward to the conglomeration!!
Tailpiece.
1. Ramakrishnan, the newspaper boy, had erred today in that he did not give us our copies of the newspapers making us feel that something vital was missing. I'd taken my neighbour's copies to browse during the latter part of the day which turned out to be the face saver!
2. Our neighbour has had the mud from the forecourt sprinkled on the cobbled pathway in front of our houses while getting the lawn tiled. The morning showers have made a mess of the new mud and passersby gather cakes of slush and dirt onto their footwear making them clumsily heavy footed!!
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