Stopping the Unstoppables- Health is the real wealth, health is only valued when it is lost-Dr Regina
Dr Regina Maini/ October 23,2024
Life seems to be running. Everything is tightly scheduled for a doctor mom.
Getting up early at 5 , exercise, getting the kid ready for the school, rushing to office at 8.25…..patients, administrative works, Files clearance, meetings…..then exact 2 pm reaching the school to pick the child back….lunch…. again office…. evening game of the kid….then dinner….. looking after everything ..at last on the bed after clothes washing in washing machine, setting the whole house, preparations for the next day etcetc, Thanking God for making the night to sleep.
Nights become restless again if any emergency reports.
Day becomes too heavy if any maid is absent then it appears hell to do all household chores yourself.
Person who is too social also keeps all social obligations in mind, attending each and every function like birthday party, any official party, ladies Sangeet, marriage etc etc but……
Nature has its own course of action.
We are going too fast knowing nothing about what will happen the next second.
Ultimately one night while continuously working, all of the sudden mom got disc prolapse.
Oh!! This exertion of many years was too much for the back.
Now the only option left was Bed rest with pain killers, injections ,muscle relaxants, anti inflammatory drugs like steroids and physiotherapy.
Lying on bed with pain with small child is very painful, especially when the exams are going on.
Maids start taking advantage showing non cooperation a number of times.
One early morning maids have not come, the child had to leave early , being mom it’s very difficult to keep on lying while the child is about to leave for the exam without breakfast, had to get up for preparing breakfast for the child with lot pain .
The child is looking towards sick mom innocently, is very sad and asking, “Mom when you will be fine?”
The child wants to go with mom roaming in her car but cannot.
The whole house is just in despair, husband has his own official responsibilities, trying to do the best but mom is mom.
You are on bed, you have not seen the Sun, you have not seen the Moon, you have not seen the Sky….
All the dresses are hanging in your wardrobe, one observe lot dresses surplus contrary to the general feeling that ladies are never satisfied with the number of dresses they have. No hanger is found without a dress.
Oh! That was life , then one introspect deeply.
Our health is the most important for us, our kids, our family.
We keep on rushing here and there ignoring our health.
Nobody in this world suffers from our sickness except our own family.
Where are those people whose social functions you attended?
People can only come to enquire about you and go back only for formality sake except your few closest friends.
Everyone is busy in his own family.
We ignore our kids for others without their fault.
This world goes on without us except for our kids and our family for whom you are their world !
Office may get new officer, patients may get new doctor, maids may get new house to work but the child will never get real mother/ father again, Parents will never get their child back.
But the daily official and social obligations make us forget all these facts.
Health is the real wealth, health is only valued when it is lost.
Rightly said He, who has health, has hope; He who has hope, has everything.
Let’s all take care of our health.
We keep on doing the most works ignoring our health then the nature stops us!
Nature is teaching us to Stop, Think, Introspect!
Note: The views expressed are personal. Dr Regina Maini is working as Senior Medical Officer in Punjabi University Patiala.
