Monday, July 20, 2009

Day 8. End of Sneha Panam. Also end of me.

Today I had the largest dosage of ghee staggered through the day as two doses. The first glass of ghee was given at 6 in the morning and just when that "ghee burping" stopped and I heaved a sigh of relief, the doctor and his man servant appeared with the second glass.
"Dr.Sudheer you expect me to be friends with you even after this?" I asked as he blindfolded me and plugged my nostrils.
"mutu mutus?" I hollered at Nandakumar the manservant.
"Eh?" he asked.
I removed the nose plugs and repeated, "You too Brutus?"
"Eh?" he asked again.
"Your Shakespeare is wasted on him. Come on be a good girl and drink it up," Sudheer egged.
"GHEE is a four letter word," I said as the unctuous fluid coursed down my throat.
I really had it that day. I began purging the undigested ghee and god! my grandmother would have wept to see so much ghee go down the drain (literally). It reminded me of a childhood story filled with scatalogical references about a fox which stole into a wedding feast and drank up all the ghee and served the guests pus from its wound insteaad......YAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH and such yucky stories my mind threw up. The mind is such a devious beast. On one side my stomach was bidding goodbye to me and begging to find a replacement, on the other my mind was chewing on useless old stories and frying my dizzy head in such slimy stories. I got a clear idea of a purgatory that day. Man! If I am writing so badly today, it is because of the ghee (heh-I found an excuse finally). Tomorrow Swedana begins. If you thought Snehana and Swedana are two attractive twins like the models Tapur and Tupur, heh- so sorry. Swedana is the next phase of the treatment. More after I digest this medicated ghee.

12 comments:

  1. Hi Jaya,
    Read your article last week (I think it was the Sunday express) - 'diary of a prisoner...' - hilarious and throughly enjoyable. Through all the sarcasm, one sees the fact that she is a willing prisoner :).

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  2. Hello Ms. Jaya,

    I came across your article on the expressbuzz. I like the humor you impart in your misadventures. Its like looking at things from the eyes of a child. Simply amusing I must add. However, I was wondering why the lady at the hospital had to blindfold you while giving the so called welcome drink? Did it have anything to with the surprise element? Hope you get well and get out of the hospital soon.

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  3. ai yam vary kurios - vai the BLINDFOLD????

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  5. Dear Gotam and Peccavi,

    Curious about the blindfold eh? Let me explain. The patients are given medicated ghee in increasing dosages everyday. The blindfold is for us to not get alarmed by the quantity of ghee (yuck) we have to imbibe. Secondly, the patient's nose is also plugged with fragrant cotton so that we are not put off by the smell of the medicine. Aversion or attraction to food happens through sight and smell. By arresting both, the patient is able to intake the undesirable quantity of ghee. JM

    July 21, 2009 10:26 PM

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  6. Really kept you guessing didn't they?

    Get well soon! :)

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  7. I salute you ma'am. I think I would have died half way through the process! :D

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  8. What medical problem you had mam for which you underwent all these procedures?
    BTW, I like reading ur column in Sunday Express.Your writing is very spontanoeus and delightful to read. I dont miss them on Sundays.
    I liked reading 'the slice of life'by V.Gangadhar in The Sunday Hindu. Your columns bring those articles to my mind.
    Dr.Prabhakar.
    gpkar11@gmail.com

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  9. I TOO AM TAKING THE GHEE....
    ITS VAJRAKAM GHRITHAM...
    I TOOKONLY 50 ML ON TODAY AND GOT MY APPETITE BACK ON 2 PM. NO FOOD TILL 2
    NOW I FEARED ABOUT THE LAST DAY THAT'S DAY 7....

    DIPUMANOHAR7@GMAIL.COM

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  10. Got here on googling for 'Snehapanam' as I am writing an article on this procedure..sigh..Maybe I should add that Snehapanam is the other word for real torture in my article..

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  11. why it is said that while snehapanam for 7 days we r nt supposed to take a bath...

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  12. Hi ! I'm starting on this whole detox plan @ this ayurvedic place. The doc has recommended sneha panam !!!!!!!!!
    Lol... I was looking forward to it till I read ur post !!!!!

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