Metro Diaries: Love, that was (Part ~2)

By
 


Previous Parts:  1

As she narrated her brief medical history to me I tried to stop myself from staring at her face. She was strangely attractive for me which I found very unusual. As I was jotting down points I noticed the IV needle still poked in her wrist. “Are you still admitted in the hospital?” I nudged her. 

She continued, “Yes I still am. Since last 1.5 months I have just had doctors making me go through a zillion tests trying to understand what’s wrong without any answers. Now I am tired. I am sure there is no more blood left in my body even for blood tests.” She giggled as she pushed a huge heap of reports taken in the last few weeks. 

I was shocked. She was right, there was practically no test I could have suggested her. As I kept talking to her in order to know her more, both for mine and her benefit. Mine because I was curious I don’t know why. And her because she wanted to know what was ailing her. She was like an enigma, something I wanted to unveil and see it in its purest form possible. The most amazing thing was the ease with which she discussed the various possibilities about her health. In my tenure as an infectious diseases specialist I have always had patients who come crying, cribbing, irritated with the pain and agony expecting me to wave a magic wand and heal it instantly. And here she was, who was not only okay with her ailments as long as she knew what it was and that was being treated for it. 

Bhargav: Oh my God! You seem to be so smitten by her. The spark in your eyes as you speak about her says it all. 

Karan: She stabbed by heart brutally when within few seconds she asked me, “See doctor, I need to know if I have cancer. It is okay you see. Just let me know what is ailing me is. I will find out a solution to it.” It would be wrong to say I wasn’t considering this possibility. I had already considered Leukemia and auto immuno disorders as the possibilities. Knowing how well informed she was about all that had happened with her I had no choice but to share this with her. I even explained why I felt so and requested her to go through just last 2 tests which would finally lead us to the disease. I assured her, it had to be either of these two and nothing else. She reluctantly agreed. 

I not only fixed her appointment for a CT scan the next day itself but also briefed my doctor friend to conduct a few other tests if the desired results were not visible in the tests. I shared my contact details asking her to stay in touch with me in case any complications arose during the night and come to see the next day for her reports. My doubts were confirmed. She had developed an auto immuno disorder but for the final diagnosis I had to send her to an endocrinologist. Once again I used all my contacts to get her an immediate appointment with the city’ best doctor who had a waiting of 1-2 months for his regular patients. 

Bhargav: Why were you doing all this for her? It isn’t normal for you to do this. 

Karan: Exactly! I didn’t know why. I knew doctors well, I was lucky to have worked with some renowned names of the city but I never used them unless it was a critical case which perhaps this wasn’t. But I wanted to help her in every possible manner or perhaps, I wanted to stay in touch with her. I asked her to visit me once she was done with her doctor’s appointment. 

~To be continued

Popular posts from this blog

Diary of a Lost Wanderer - Lost & Found

By
Image
Dear Diary, I fell in love with Mumbai when I first visited it in 1995. Bombay, as it was then known, fascinated me since then.  If you ask me what made me fall in love with this city, I perhaps cannot explain. It wasn't that I was seeing the sea for the first time. It wasn't even the biggest city I had been to till then. Still, there was something so magical about this place. The trip was a short one lasting less than a week but this city now had my heart. Years later, I arrived here all alone on my first solo trip in 2005 and fell in love all over again. I got my first job and was required to come to Mumbai frequently. The local trains, the chaos on the roads, the crowds, the humdrum, the salty smell in the air, the stale air- everything about this city was intoxicating for me. 
Keep reading »

Essay: How to mourn the loss of love?

By
Image
Image Source: Unsplash.com I remember the first time I mourned the loss of love was when I was eleven.  For me, dance was love at that time. I had discovered a strange joy as I glided in and out of those movements. Every time I swirled; I could feel my heart soar. Any beat that strained to reach my ears, tempted me to move my body to its tune. I just knew I was born to dance and that is the only thing I wanted to do, all my life.  I had my reasons to believe so and a very simple one at that. It made me happy. That was a reason enough. However, my father thought otherwise. Girls from good families, do not dance. That line was enough to break all those rosy dreams of dancing on a stage. The day my brother was sent to the same dance class which was not good for me, was the day I experienced heartbreak for the first time.  That is the day I mourned the loss of my first love- Dance. 
Keep reading »

Metro Diaries: The Art of Making Love

By
Image
Image Source: Unpexels (Cottonbro) “Do you know why is it called making love?” He whispered, pulling the comforter closer.  I don’t remember for how long we had been in that room, on that bed. Lying aimlessly, just feeling each other in silence. I managed to just whimper to denote my curiosity.   “Because that is the moment we create love. We are the closest we could ever be to love, in its purest form. It is sheer magic as we are naked, in every form. Mentally, physically and emotionally before that one person, we love. We know they can hurt us, as much as they want to, in the way they want to. But love gives us that power to trust them, that they won’t.”   “And here I was thinking it is a need. Something you want at that moment and you get it!” 
Keep reading »