One year later… A twisty tale - Part VII

Date – 7th January 2012 – 9 AM IST
Scene – Pune Home

Tale is coming to end very soon so ensure you read all previous posts – links below

It was road to recovery from now on… a slow recovery – Nerve is one of the slowest body parts when it comes to healing. In a kind we have a similarity – Laziness; I and nerve take our own sweet time to improve :)

I have a peculiar Habit to give Target to myself for every work I do no matter how small or big it is… it may be reaching to office at particular time or completing some work at particular date… it gives me something to look forward to; something to feel happy about once you achieve that task. Well it’s an altogether different thing that when Wife gives you a task you will not be able to meet the target as she wants it complete it the moment order is given ;)

So my first target to recover from BAP was 31st Jan 2012 which was a super challenging and highly optimistic in itself but it gave me an enthusiastic will to follow my physiotherapy regime with my new Physio as I was in Pune now; he used to come to home every morning at 7 AM and for next 1 hour we use to have interesting exercise regime. Deepak (the new Physio) had some very interesting and innovating ways of reflexing my facial nerves.... He made me blow up balloons every day (different color each day), whistle loudly, throw water from mouth at max distance possible… use straw to blow up air in glass of water. In short I was back to my childhood days – I used to enjoy it and look forward to it every day. The only thing I hated was daily routine of passing minor electricity in nerves so that they can wake up ( it was high time for them anyways )

With the interesting Physio regime - i actually learned the meaning of famous saying - "Winners don’t do different things, they do things differently” and that’s exactly what Deepak was doing with his innovative and different ways of treating me…

Date – 31st January 2012 – 7 AM IST
Scene – Pune Home

I am impatient creature from my early days and always believe in getting things done and achieving it on an instant phase ( May be that’s why I like Maggi – just 2 minutes and it’s done and my Fav fruit is  Grapes – Just pop it and chill ). Target date arrived and to be frank I was disappointed; there were improvements here and there but not to the extent what I was expecting… I will not say it was a major disappointment but something which made me paused and think about – I need to be more realistic with my targets – it was god’s own sweet(!!) way to make me more patient – Love his way and its uniqueness… J

Date – 29th Feb 2012 – 11 AM IST
Scene – Office
I know its bit late to reach office by 11 AM but J… anyways by now I had bid adieu to Deepak (Physio) as daily supervision and more importantly the electric treatment was not required as it has no effect after 1.5 months. Though he gave me a set of facial exercise which needs to be repeated 4 times a day which means I need to do it in office also… of course I can’t blow balloons or make faces at my desk and used washrooms for the same… Now a day’s all offices have washroom for differently abled (disabled) personnel and - I used to do my exercise there as in normal washrooms people use to wonder what I am up to by blowing balloons and making faces J (can’t blame them as washroom is one of the best place in office to take out your work frustration and place where most of gossips are shared).

The whole process of using different abled washroom made me feel bad not because I was considering myself as disabled; but it made me realized that what the actual person feels while using such facilities – the whole process of having separate facilities is bad in itself as unknowing we are making him\her realize that you are different from others and need more care etc… it brings down overall Moral of that person… again that’s my personal opinion and altogether a different aspect which we normally don’t think otherwise…

Date – 31st March 2012 – 9 AM IST
Scene – Pune Home 

It was close to 3 months now and I have not fully recovered; though doctor initially told me 2 months should be enough (but nothing works on time in India) – Time for a checkup J we first met our Family doc and he coolly said that expect 100% recovery only after a year (I mean WTH) which was double coolly repeated by another Neuro Physician who was kind of expert in this line… I almost gave up on exercise regime as “8 months more to go” was banging hard in my mind but if you have a caring family and loving friends such low moments don’t last long…

As always Sheetal was there to ensure I stay Positive – by this time I have bugged her so much that if I would have been on her place I would have given up. From past 4 months the first question I used to ask her after waking up  - “Kuch Farak hai kyaa face pai ?\ Improvement hai kyaa” and poor girl always smiled and replied me positively. Never ever she got frustrated or irritated by my stupid Q’s – Hats off to you Lady – Love you!!

Then there were my true Friends who always helped me to stay motivated. Vicky & Dinesh always talked of positive signs of recovery. Parul was at her cheerful best and gave me courage to continue on.  Infact best of all I got offer from Rolly that once I completely recover we will have a Beer together J - I would have dedicated best innovative Motivator award to her if one existed ;)

All this made me felt blessed…  without the support of Family and friends i would have never sailed through this period - they are and will always remain my true support system... it was again god’s special way to make me feel special…

Keep Reading!! Last part hits stands tomorrow J