Today I will run fast and hop on the jet which takes me straight to 2003.
No, all those years from early 1980s till 2003 have not vanished in thin air !
They are very much there full of their own beauty - Beauty of teaching me about life by its various shades. And things hardly happen the way we expect them to happen. Isn't it so?
I have changed the names or identities of the people for obvious reasons. Don't want to give anyone sleepless nights or headaches :)
So I am a Dermat, sitting in the OPD, on a pleasant day (all days are pleasant at this place) in this beautiful hill town. I see patients of different types... Local people, and people of various nationalities who come to visit this world famous town in North India. People come with various types of problems. I am not here to discuss their problems. For that I should be writing a health blog (already so much variety in market !)
I have found so much about human nature, their habits, ignorances, particular beliefs and their whims. It all is so interesting. And sometimes one is rendered speechless for a moment wondering if it is actually happening, if this man/woman really did say that !
So I am sitting in OPD and seeing the patients as usual. In comes the next patient. He was smart, well educated, married man having two kids (this knowledge about his marital status was a result of curiosity that had prompted me after seeing his condition and ignorance).
Now this gentleman is having some itching over his genitals and so we are examining him to find out what might be causing the itch down there. So embarrassing for the gentleman to be scratching in front of others ! But what I saw during his examination was the innocent looking organ with lots of slimy drippings. Every thing seemed normal otherwise.
I had the immediate suspicion that this may not be any physical disease. So I asked him when he cleaned "it" today during morning bath did he notice the secretions at that time also?
He looked at me as if I had spoken a foreign language and asked me, " Do we need to clean it ever?"
I was shocked ! My head was reeling at the sight of the "victim" which was forever covered in its own secretions which were even threatening to drip on the floor of the chamber!
I asked him if he was married. He proudly told that he was married and had two kids.
I again asked him the same question, "Do you never clean it?"
He sounded surprised again and said, " No !"
That was that.
I heaved an inward sigh and told the guy about the importance of cleanliness of every part of the body even if it remains hidden all the time. He was really surprised as this he definitely didn't know and that for the first time anyone had told him that it is important to clean "it".
"Well", I thought, "This is first time in my medical career that I have come across such a weird concept of " leaving it like that "! :)
No, all those years from early 1980s till 2003 have not vanished in thin air !
They are very much there full of their own beauty - Beauty of teaching me about life by its various shades. And things hardly happen the way we expect them to happen. Isn't it so?
I have changed the names or identities of the people for obvious reasons. Don't want to give anyone sleepless nights or headaches :)
So I am a Dermat, sitting in the OPD, on a pleasant day (all days are pleasant at this place) in this beautiful hill town. I see patients of different types... Local people, and people of various nationalities who come to visit this world famous town in North India. People come with various types of problems. I am not here to discuss their problems. For that I should be writing a health blog (already so much variety in market !)
I have found so much about human nature, their habits, ignorances, particular beliefs and their whims. It all is so interesting. And sometimes one is rendered speechless for a moment wondering if it is actually happening, if this man/woman really did say that !
So I am sitting in OPD and seeing the patients as usual. In comes the next patient. He was smart, well educated, married man having two kids (this knowledge about his marital status was a result of curiosity that had prompted me after seeing his condition and ignorance).
Now this gentleman is having some itching over his genitals and so we are examining him to find out what might be causing the itch down there. So embarrassing for the gentleman to be scratching in front of others ! But what I saw during his examination was the innocent looking organ with lots of slimy drippings. Every thing seemed normal otherwise.
I had the immediate suspicion that this may not be any physical disease. So I asked him when he cleaned "it" today during morning bath did he notice the secretions at that time also?
He looked at me as if I had spoken a foreign language and asked me, " Do we need to clean it ever?"
I was shocked ! My head was reeling at the sight of the "victim" which was forever covered in its own secretions which were even threatening to drip on the floor of the chamber!
I asked him if he was married. He proudly told that he was married and had two kids.
I again asked him the same question, "Do you never clean it?"
He sounded surprised again and said, " No !"
That was that.
I heaved an inward sigh and told the guy about the importance of cleanliness of every part of the body even if it remains hidden all the time. He was really surprised as this he definitely didn't know and that for the first time anyone had told him that it is important to clean "it".
"Well", I thought, "This is first time in my medical career that I have come across such a weird concept of " leaving it like that "! :)
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