In the search of perfect health and instant relief from any noticeable sign from the body, some individuals shop and hop from one doctor's office to the other, often without any measurable relief from the perceptions that the body keeps sending - signs of aliveness, wakefulness, tiredness, excitement, fullness after a great meal, shivers from a fright....
A president-like appointment schedule involving 10 or more specialists charts the course of the week, the daily medical trips are punctuated by the ingestion of up to 36 different medications at meticulously recorded times and separated from or taken during meal times as advised...
Over a few innocent weeks and month, unobtrusively, life is turned into a full-time state of disease that demands constant attention, worry, discussion, opposition and scrutiny that ends up creating anxiety not only in the patient, but also in each and every one of his or her family members as they shiver in dark anticipation with every sigh, hiccups, burp and yawn.
The outcry: "Oh well, I don't know what is wrong with me, really!" leads to ever more head scratching... maybe soon these doctors will loose their hair over the puzzling case !
by PK
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