My experience of being a patient is a very interesting one…

well..I never intended to(Im usually the doc in real life)  but it just happened by accident..well..what happened is one 'not so fine' day,I was twitching my ear with an ear bud,not that my ear needed the pampering but I did it anyway.Very soon I realized that the stick was out and the bud was in.! ooops!!!

Well..no problem I just tried to pull the cotton out of my ear but it kept escaping my fingers..seconds ,passed into minutes and soon the bud was gone..GONE..deep into the interiors of my karna kosh…I tilted my head and beat it from the other side..but NO USE..

GOSSHHH…what did I get into? As any doc would,I tried to remain calm and kept trying to reach the cotton..but alas! No use!!!

Soon I felt deaf in one ear and realized that this was an EMERGENCY situation..hehehe..

AT THE ENT CLINIC

ENT SPECIALIST- ‘hmm..what do we have here doc? I can see something lying on your ear drum’ said the doc peering into my ear with his torch.

‘I think you have been taking care of your ear really well..isnt it doc?’ he added with a chuckle!

Soon the nurses started giggling too and talking amongst themselves that a doc has ‘pampered’ her ear too much!

GRRRRRRRRR…

Soon a giggly nurse came with some hydrogen  peroxide and poured it into my ear.I could feel the bubbly oxygen trying to gently pull the cotton strands from the delicate ear drum..eeeeekk..the feeling!!!

‘what the hell is she  giggling so much about? cant a doc have the right to be a patient?’ I grumbled to myself.

And now for the FINALE…

The ENT specialist now brought a huge syringe,more like the ones Vets use,with a loooooooooong needle.I jerked from the chair and clutched it's arms in fear..The nurse was still giggling..DAMN !!!

‘Doc just be still..I am going to flush warm water into your ear and wash away the cotton strands.A little jerk from you can damage your ear drum as I am inserting the needle,’The ENT specialist warned.

There were two things on my mind.If I show that I am scared everyone around will laugh more as I am a doc myself but still I couldn’t help feeling the shivers.I wanted to hold my mom and cry but even that I couldn’t..wahhhhhhhhhh…

With the giggly nurse holding a tray on one side and the ENT specialist peering into my ear with a looooooooooong syringe,it was nothing short of HELL..

The scene looked like ‘ME’ the sinner was being TORTURED in HELL by Yamas Employees( the ENT and Nurse)

With the cotton strands out after minutes that seemed like ages,I decided never to ‘pamper’ my ear again!

After ‘being a patient’ I have more empathy towards my patients than ever before….Now I realize what it is to be on the other side of the syringe!

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