Reminiscences of 2011

Beginning of the year was excellent with fresh resolutions and hope but luck didn’t favor me. It was murky and haunting days that I can’t still forget it. Misfortune occurred with the gift of unimagined illness. The pain of being with that unexpected gift was horrendous. 

On 2/07/2011, I woke up at 4:00am to help my elder sister to grind maize. We finished by 5:00am and I went back to sleep again. When I reached back to my bed, I had a sudden stomach pain. I thought it would be nothing serious and severe. So I forced myself to sleep but I couldn’t sleep because the pain was harder. I controlled but couldn’t and I started to sob.

My mother and sister got panic and they started to offer Serkam & duezay and look for locally available medicines, they called Gomchen to offer Rimdro, and they called local doctors (Drungtsho). They did all possible way but the pain was harder. So finally they have decide to take to nearby BHU the next day. So I was taken to the BHU on locally made stretcher by two brother in-laws carrying on their shoulder. 

When I reached to BHU, there was compassionate and very soft Health Assistance who was ready to help in each possible way, he checked my blood pressure, heart beat and then injected with one painkiller. Later he called ambulance to refer to Samdrup Jongkhar Hospital. Thank God! There was farm rod till Tshanchilo, otherwise I wouldn’t have survived. Thank you HA sir, you saved my life, you are always in my heart. 

The journey from Tshangchilo to Samdrup Jongkhar was really terrible. I had double pain with motion sickness, bumpy road and turnings. It was unimaginable; I had been to hell before I was really death. On top of that it was very painful for me to see my old mother suffering from motion sickness in that ambulance, crying and holding my hand. I can’t imagine the pain that my mother had looking at me. It was really heart breaking, really I can’t imagine, still it is heart breaking to recollect those horrible times. With many difficulties, we reached to Samdrup Jongkhar hospital.

After reaching there, I was diagnosed with gastric ulcer and treated with gastric ulcer medicine. I was given with medicine and asked to take for one week. That has rather worsen my pain. So finally my younger sister has decided to take me to India (Parkhey Hospital) for check up. From there I was diagnosed with Appendicities. How pathetic? Should I curse those workers? 

Once again I went back to S/J hospital and once aging they did ultrasound to confirm the disease. After that, they confirmed that it was Appendicities. Indeed very hopeless. From there I was further referred to Mongar Regional Hospital. Once again I was forced to take unimaginable journey.  

After reaching Mongar hospital, the treatment was unbearable, I can’t really imagine the pain, it was really horrible and I cried many times but was useless. Everyone was helpless. I was admitted there for 3weeks and I again stayed for another one week in S/J hospital. 

I missed my class more than a month and I failed to do my project which I was supposed to submit right after midterm break. I failed to attend my regular class, my health was not good and I couldn’t concentrate on my studies. So that’s how failed in my life. I failed badly. That unimagined gift of life has spoiled everything and shattered my dream. 

  NOTE# thanks to all those beautiful soul who saved me. Thank you so much my dear parents, friends and doctors. You all played critical role in that critical situation.