One year later… A twisty tale - Part II

Date - 29th December 2011 - 06 AM IST
Scene – Alone@Home Sweet Home

During your school days – have you drawn a circle without compass? J you managed to draw a circle but its kinda twisted and not a perfect round – that’s exactly how my mouth was looking when I tried opening it check it nth time in mirror… 1000 thoughts were raising through my mind? Whether I am going through a paralysis attack? Have my muscles got strained and what not… mind is a wonderful thing – no matter how much you control it wants to do Root Cause Analysis at that very moment in such scenario… well there were many possible answers and unfortunately I was not on KBC but sure was on a Hot Seat ;)

Sunrise and its early twilight always smoothen me and bring a feeling of calm and positiveness to me; on a chilly winter morning Sun was trying its best to come out of hazy and cloudy sky and gave a peek to this new look that I have dawned by now…  Well time to act and I dialed my Family Doctor Mr Badhe and described him with current battleground updates going on my face and reported first casualty - my mouth; he was out of town and poor guy tried his best to reassure me that everything will be fine and I should visit another doctor immediately... Wow in 8 years this was first time my Family doc advised me to visit other doc – Competition be doomed ;) but that’s what situation demanded…
 
Date - 29th December 2011 - 08 AM IST
Scene – Y***** Nursing Home

You will not give a second look to this Hospital on Busy GangaDham road but at 8 AM this was my best back to get expert advice (again not on KBC). The doc finally came after keeping me waiting for 30 minutes – can’t blame him it was a chilly winter morning – he did a quick analysis and was kind of puzzled on my situation which made me more puzzled (as if I was less before); I tired helping by suggesting if its start of Paralysis and he ordered a battery of test in his in-house Pathology lab.

He asked me to wait for some time before final verdict is out and asked me to come back by 2 PM; I mean who am I - a cake who is kept in oven and we see it often to ensure its baked properly. Suddenly my Accenture training of Risk Management asked me to escalate the situation and I called my dear friend Vikas and Dinesh; poor guys were worried to hear me and assured me don’t worry and stay calm and get ready…

Before I knew Dinesh had fixed the appointment with a Neuro physician and Vikas was at home to take first stock of the situation… believe me his presence at home was a great respite; I knew that things will now turn better or at least to a Logical Conclusion…

We headed to Neuro physician; dinesh contacts did wonders and we were given special privileges and were ushered in cutting the long Q ( first time I felt good in past 24 hours J ). Doc examined me asked me to pull his hand once from my right and then left hand to evaluate pressure equality and after 15 minutes of further examination proclaimed – You are having Bell’s palsy (www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell's_palsy); I literally didn’t get it and asked “Balls what?” he smiled and said Bells not balls (fascination with balls J - arey cricket balls baba) . He said again you are having Bell’s Palsy… something which only 2 people have among a Million; and believe me first thing I thought is who is second one ;)