alafyaB, joanitaB, joanne.joey, karishmaH, maherra, rashnaI,
sandraM, soniaT, sonyaO,
My dear
Blessings and good times to you.
It was rural camp times for me here recently… or so I thought!!
This is probably the only picture of me at rural camp 2013.
Why? You might want to know.
About 50 of us left for camp the 24th Oct. Two days earlier I had started getting mild spasms of pain in my right abdomen.
I thought they were stomach gripes. Bore with them and went about setting things up at the campsite (refer photo).
During the night entertainment the pain increased and I went to bed. Between midnight and 4 am I had the most murderously excruciating pain in my life. I must have died at least five times. The pain was familiar – I had similar mind-blowing pain three years ago. AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH !!! Kidney stones!!!
Returned by hired car to Mumbai on the 25th Oct. Admitted to hospital and with pain-killers and saline drips and whatever else.
Miracle : the stone/s seem to have flushed out in a little over 24 hours. In the process I also set a Guinness record for peeing : 63 times in 24 hours! The doc said it was due to the saline drip. I am hoping it is true. With the drip gone I am back to my usual 10 times a day routine.
I was discharged from the hospital on Monday (28th Oct.) and I came back to Xavier’s for rest, recovery and more imbibing of water. Am not very good at this and I require constant reminders.
Beer has also been suggested and I am having occasional doses for medicinal reasons only.
I don’t think I mentioned this to you earlier but a couple of weeks back I fell into an open manhole. No damage at all – I was really lucky. On a complaint made because of my fall, the manhole was covered by the BMC the very next day!!
Don’t mind my troubling you with these horror stories about my life… but they say it is always good to share things with a friend!
You must have noticed that I also share happy/celebration things with you too!
Shared joys are doubled, sorrows shared are halved. I think somebody said that long ago!
And my SSL rural campers returned on the 2nd Nov with lit-up eyes, tanned faces, glowing attitudes and many stories to tell.
I missed the camp because of that kidney-stone attack but I was able to catch up with them and, in some way, still be a part of it all.
Vacations are over, classes began on the 11th…academics and festivals and extra-curricular and whatever else.
It is good to be back to everyday happy madness!
Take care. And you stay well too!
Love, Terry