Manage not the pain but eradicate it.....
As I lay helpless at the mercy of my Ayurvedic doctor, countless moments go through my faded memory in an attempt to bring back the past. In this very city I was born and raised. I am back in this city after 17 long years and breathing the air that was so much familiar. Years of reckless pace has disintegrated the body and here I am with a protrusion of three of my vertebral discs. Till date I ignored or rather learnt to live with pain or managed it with some very rudimentary medical attention. As one progresses in the path of ageing, the level of tolerance becomes a rarity. In the midst of a roaring career, I decide to take a couple of months or more off to get my back treated as I wasn't confident of the condition I was in. A couple of black outs frightened me. I was afraid to go alone anywhere. In fact , when I decided to come back for the treatment, I decided to hire a driver and drive rather than taking a more comfortable train journey. Moving away and working from home was a huge risk considering the pace of business. But I wonder..did I have any choice? The mind was dull and negative (pain has a side effect too) and life turning to be a dull and uninteresting ritual. I was more focussed on pain management rather than pain eradication and my role at work. It was the inability to walk and sleep because of pain that brought me to Dr. George, and Ayurvedic practitioner. He was referred to me bythe father a friend of mine who was my classmate in Carmels from the first to the tenth standard. The father, Mr. PN Raghavan , another institution by himself. I would profile him sometime on this blog..for he is a selfless human being symbolised by a humility that is a rarity today.
This amazing doctor based at Coimbatore applies a little oil and runs his hands down my spine and talks of L1 and L2 which till date, in my parlance, referred to the network support teams in my organisation. Suddenly we were talking about the wear and tear and the abuse of the body. A couple of MRI scans talked the same story that two little fingers and a bit of oil spoke. Years of abuse and disuse, I must say. The causative was pretty clear. The muscles of the back no longer support the back and the load is on the spine. The nice and comfortable soft furniture at home and the pivoting magical chairs of our corporate life add glamour to the pain the body silently suffers. The blood flow to the brain too had diminished..speak about mentally retarded..:) sounds like a joke now..but when I had those black outs ...let me tell you ...it was an empty feeling with the faces of your family and colleagues zooming in and out.....!
The next two and half months, I would be undergoing the spine and nerve therapy under this able hands and blessed hands. He feels each of the nerves, each of the vertebrae and restores each of the nerves and muscles. It hurts a bit. But today with 7 days into the treatment, I am able to walk and sleep. My inability walk and sleep was keep a secret as I did not want the world to sympathise with my condition. Today as I recover, I am grateful to Him for having guided me and rendering me relief through this Messaiah.
While I go through this regime, there is one sentence that stayed in mind that the doctor had mentioned, " Once the spine is affected, there is no part of your body that does not get affected".
How very true! Today, I am back to my mental alertness and back to my spirited self---deviod of spirits- I ain't spiritual :)) . Pain is a dull one, but I am able to move with ease. It is still nine long weeks to go to correct an abuse or disuse of nearly 20 years!!! May be even shorter if I pass his tests in terms of some exercises.
As I watched in these seven days, several people crawling due to inability of the spine, cartilege tear in the knee, freezing of the jaw bones come in writhing pain and leave with a smile knowing that this pair of safe hands can be trusted and will cure you.
He has guranteed me a complete cure in two and half months provided I take care and exercise my spine regularly. I continue to smile in the hope that come August, I will be back to my old times..play, humor and work. I would like to dedicate this particular post to the countless people who suffer and are perhaps not sure on how to survive such crippling ailments without any invasive therapy. As a piece of advise, even if your body shows a consistent pain, it is always best to address it right at the beginning rather than wait till it is full bloom for it neither soothes the sufferer nor the one who treats it. Life could be so much more beautiful without ailment that can be easily prevented!!
This amazing doctor based at Coimbatore applies a little oil and runs his hands down my spine and talks of L1 and L2 which till date, in my parlance, referred to the network support teams in my organisation. Suddenly we were talking about the wear and tear and the abuse of the body. A couple of MRI scans talked the same story that two little fingers and a bit of oil spoke. Years of abuse and disuse, I must say. The causative was pretty clear. The muscles of the back no longer support the back and the load is on the spine. The nice and comfortable soft furniture at home and the pivoting magical chairs of our corporate life add glamour to the pain the body silently suffers. The blood flow to the brain too had diminished..speak about mentally retarded..:) sounds like a joke now..but when I had those black outs ...let me tell you ...it was an empty feeling with the faces of your family and colleagues zooming in and out.....!
The next two and half months, I would be undergoing the spine and nerve therapy under this able hands and blessed hands. He feels each of the nerves, each of the vertebrae and restores each of the nerves and muscles. It hurts a bit. But today with 7 days into the treatment, I am able to walk and sleep. My inability walk and sleep was keep a secret as I did not want the world to sympathise with my condition. Today as I recover, I am grateful to Him for having guided me and rendering me relief through this Messaiah.
While I go through this regime, there is one sentence that stayed in mind that the doctor had mentioned, " Once the spine is affected, there is no part of your body that does not get affected".
How very true! Today, I am back to my mental alertness and back to my spirited self---deviod of spirits- I ain't spiritual :)) . Pain is a dull one, but I am able to move with ease. It is still nine long weeks to go to correct an abuse or disuse of nearly 20 years!!! May be even shorter if I pass his tests in terms of some exercises.
As I watched in these seven days, several people crawling due to inability of the spine, cartilege tear in the knee, freezing of the jaw bones come in writhing pain and leave with a smile knowing that this pair of safe hands can be trusted and will cure you.
He has guranteed me a complete cure in two and half months provided I take care and exercise my spine regularly. I continue to smile in the hope that come August, I will be back to my old times..play, humor and work. I would like to dedicate this particular post to the countless people who suffer and are perhaps not sure on how to survive such crippling ailments without any invasive therapy. As a piece of advise, even if your body shows a consistent pain, it is always best to address it right at the beginning rather than wait till it is full bloom for it neither soothes the sufferer nor the one who treats it. Life could be so much more beautiful without ailment that can be easily prevented!!
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Saludo!!
You are truly an inspirational spark..