Report of 13 Nov 2016
Good evening!
The sea is a spectacular blue, there is no haze on the horizon, the son is shining sharply from the west and I am on the balcony where the clothes have dried. It is a beautiful evening.
The election in the U.S. is over. I do not vote there, and am not as despondent as many, as I feel good sense will prevail. Trump's speech after winning was quite conciliatory and inclusive. Being a woman in an organisation of strong women, I thought it would be bloody cool if a woman won; perhaps the U.S. is not ready for that yet.
Work has been wonderful. The clinic in Kovalam is very busy and fun. A young family came in last week, referred to me by the social worker as the man was alcoholic and had stopped his TB (tuberculosis) treatment on his own. His wife was wonderfully articulate and expressed clearly all their fears. I explained to the man that his 5 year old was likely to contract TB from him, that children usually got it from adults, that as parents we strive to protect our kids not infect them. Let us see how far that got. We will see the family again next week. Nothing surprises me in this profession any more; when the man's wife said the man was treating himself as though he were a doctor, I told him I would get up, he could sit in my chair and dispense medical advice and treatment to all who walked through our doors.
We went to Madurai on Friday to see my Dad. That was grand fun. He was, as usual, chairing a clinical meeting; the speaker was his colleague, an excellent internist. I enjoyed the talk and then we came home, to eat a nice lunch and get caught up on life as we knew it. We left the next day, returned to Chennai and saw a very good movie, "Billy Lynn's long halftime walk." It was excellent and sad. Ang Lee knows how to extract fine performances from his cast: I was impressed by Vin Diesel and Steve Martin, not to mention the horde of youngsters and Garrett Hedlund.
This "nearing menopause stage" or "perimenopause" is weird. Strange things happen to the body. Anyone else?
Unw -
R
The sea is a spectacular blue, there is no haze on the horizon, the son is shining sharply from the west and I am on the balcony where the clothes have dried. It is a beautiful evening.
The election in the U.S. is over. I do not vote there, and am not as despondent as many, as I feel good sense will prevail. Trump's speech after winning was quite conciliatory and inclusive. Being a woman in an organisation of strong women, I thought it would be bloody cool if a woman won; perhaps the U.S. is not ready for that yet.
Work has been wonderful. The clinic in Kovalam is very busy and fun. A young family came in last week, referred to me by the social worker as the man was alcoholic and had stopped his TB (tuberculosis) treatment on his own. His wife was wonderfully articulate and expressed clearly all their fears. I explained to the man that his 5 year old was likely to contract TB from him, that children usually got it from adults, that as parents we strive to protect our kids not infect them. Let us see how far that got. We will see the family again next week. Nothing surprises me in this profession any more; when the man's wife said the man was treating himself as though he were a doctor, I told him I would get up, he could sit in my chair and dispense medical advice and treatment to all who walked through our doors.
We went to Madurai on Friday to see my Dad. That was grand fun. He was, as usual, chairing a clinical meeting; the speaker was his colleague, an excellent internist. I enjoyed the talk and then we came home, to eat a nice lunch and get caught up on life as we knew it. We left the next day, returned to Chennai and saw a very good movie, "Billy Lynn's long halftime walk." It was excellent and sad. Ang Lee knows how to extract fine performances from his cast: I was impressed by Vin Diesel and Steve Martin, not to mention the horde of youngsters and Garrett Hedlund.
This "nearing menopause stage" or "perimenopause" is weird. Strange things happen to the body. Anyone else?
Unw -
R
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