The Forgetful Pain

2012 was the year I took the most number of medical leaves and I pray that I do not overtake this in the upcoming years. I had to go through tremendous pain and I did not  even know what caused my pain. I had this occasional one sided head aches and I used to apply some pain balm and ultimately it would ease down. But that day after we returned from Nandi hills everything seemed normal but suddenly during the night I got this severe one sided heachache. My usual medicines didn't work and by the time I tried my usual pain balms it was mid night and no doctors were available . Then I went to a medical shop and bought a pain killer. Even the pain killer did not help in relieving the pain but what went worse was that due to the pain killers I was feeling weak and sleepy but i couldn't sleep because when I sleep the pain increases. Then I tried so many stupid things out of pain including lying upside down and banging my head on the wall. Yeah, it might sound stupid but such was the pain that I was ready to do anything for the pain to subside and then this weird thing happened, when I goggled  I found relief but only for 30 seconds exact. So if I goggled for 10 second I can be in peace for the next 30 seconds. I was literally sitting near the  wash basin and goggling but then due to the pain killers I was feeling sleepy too. I went to the bed with a bottle of water and an empty mug to spit cause I was too weak and tired to visit the restroom every-time to goggle. I would drink some water, google it and keep it in my mouth for a while. When doing this I would also doze off unknowingly and then wake up in couple of minutes because the water from my mouth would come out and drench the body. But I did not have other options that would better this, so I would do the goggling again and then doze unknowingly . I know this was a pathetic condition and I hope I never would have to face this again. I was waiting for the sun to come so that I could go to a doctor. And then at last at 5 in the morning I went out. I did not know where to find a doctor but the pain was driving me mad that I dint even know where I was going. I found a autorickshaw and I then realized that I saw a clinic nearby. I asked him to drive there. I reached the clinic in less than 5 minutes and found it to be closed, but I still rang the bell for medical help. A maid came and I said that am in pain and I need to see a doctor. But then she said that it was a gynaecology clinic and I was taken aback. The auto was still waiting and I asked him to drive to the nearest hospital where I could find a doctor at that hour. He then drove me to a hospital in RT Nagar. He charged hefty knowing I would not waste my time bargaining with him . These are the times I really lose my hope on man-kind. How could someone make use of other's misery. Well neither did I think too much and went to the hospital where I found a night shift doctor. He diagnosed it to be migraine and gave me an injection for relieving the pain. I went home in another auto and this time found an honest man who stuck to the meter reading and charged accordingly. That pain killer had some good effect , I was feeling relief and since I hadn't slept the whole night I was feeling sleepy too. So I went to bed and woke up in the noon and had my lunch. I thought everything was back to normal until noon at around 2.15 pm when I had the pain once again. By now I had a doubt if this was due to the tooth. So I  called Prabu and we went to see a dental doctor. There are more than 7 clinics nearby but none of them were open post 2'o clock since it was a sunday. Then after failing to find a dental clinic we came to the hospital near our office. A doctor who was not a specialist diagnosed it to be due to teeth and not migraine and she said that it was not advisable to give you pain killer as you had already taken one in the morning and taking more pain killers was dangerous. But due to the pain and since it was post 8hrs since I took my first injection she went ahead. Again I felt better and made couple of calls to the family. Dad had even advised me to either go to bro's home or even come to Chennai in worst case. But since I was feeling better due to the injection I said I could handle this.

 I was wrong, the pain started again in the evening and it was getting only worse. At around 10 in the night I decided to go Chennai in the 10.30 train. Prabu helped me reach the station. I got an unreserved ticket and was waiting for the train to arrive. The train arrived 5 minutes late and it was packed since it was a Sunday. I couldn't even enter the compartment. I thought lets try my luck with the next train , which will arrive at 11.45pm. The next train arrived and it was no better than the previous one. But this time I had no option. If I miss this I might not go at all. So I got into the train and found a place to stand. I knew I cannot stand for the whole travel of 6 hrs. There was a gap between the two adjacent bench where people keep their feet. I decided to sit there. Though people were a bit reluctant with the idea of me sitting there cause that would mean they cannot keep their feet in comfort, but they let me . One of the forgettable journey I have ever made. Peoples feet were quite near me, some even touching but it could have been even worse . I was feeling sleepy due to the injections and I was lying with my head supported to the walls of the train. It was not a sound sleep because deep within my conscious I know my surrounding.  At katpadi the Bengali family who allowed me to sit right beneath them left and they allowed me to take their place. Although they looked aggressive they were kind enough. These are the moments that restores my faith in mankind. There are the people like the auto driver who I mentioned  earlier and this family, completely different from each other but all living in the same world. Although I got a good seat , I was just waiting to get to home. I knew that reaching home wouldn't relieve the pain but there are my parents who can take care of me. Whenever am sick I just wanted to be with my Dad, who I know would take care of me better than anyone. I reached the station at 6.45 and asked mom to prepare the breakfast as I didn't have anything for dinner. All this while during the travel I did not have the pain, it was a miracle but it would have been worse had I experienced it during the travel as the travel in itself was bad enough. However I reached home and had my breakfast and when I started to see a doctor, Dad said that he would come only at 10. When we went at 10 he wasn't still there. I was disappointed and so were my parents and then we went again at 11 taking an early appointment and this time even the doctor wasn't there but thankfully his wife who is also a dental surgeon was available. She took a look at the tooth and said that it has to be extracted. She gave an anesthesia injection. I was in pain but was ready to take it for the cure. Immediately after the anesthesia I did not feel the pain at all and at this point I was 100 % sure that it was all due to the teeth. She then extracted the tooth with great difficulty. At first it did not come and she had to use some force to do it. After it was extracted I was advised not to have solid foods for a few days. Only juices were advisable and I was not supposed to speak for a few hours. If I were to follow this diet then I had to stay here because in my room I wouldn't get what I wanted, so I decided to take my medical leave for the next 4 days.

I was back to normal and things were usual but then again I got the head ache back , but his time it was the other side. I was furious and frustrated with myself. I wasted no time and visited a very big multispecialty hospital called "Narayana Hrudalaya". I took the x-ray and it was found that there was another teeth with the same prob and had to be extracted and there were also other teeth which needs to be operated. I was totally demoralized after hearing it. But then I realised that I cannot just withstand the pain and decided to go home again. This time when we called the clinic for an appointment, I was shocked to hear that the doctor has gone on a vacation and will be back only after 2 days and hence 2 days of my medical leave goes in vein. But then on the third day the doctor comes and again extracts my tooth. This time the husband was available and he made it look easy. I still carry that tooth they extracted. I know that there are still tooth's that can cause problem but I just hope that it wont be this bad.