A 55 year old lady is having pain in her knee. this does not sound surprising, is it? Quite common you would say. But do we understand that she is suffering. Suffering! did you say? it is not cancer, is it, one might wonder.
Yes i did say suffering. This lady is literally house bound, cannot walk outdoors due to this pain. She is not able to go out to do her own shopping. How does this matter, She has a family who can take her outdoors in a car or a two wheeler and she does not need to do her own shopping, one might say.
She cannot go to a temple or to a church or do her prayer. So what one might say, many persons do not go out to to place of worship now a days you might say.
She cannot climb a flight of stairs or sit with her friends on the floor and have a friendly chat. So what, most people now do not sit cross legged on the floor nor need the use of stairs. one might argue.
I am telling you that she is not able to sit in an Indian Toilet to do her normal activity in the morning. One argues that if she uses the Western Closet, it should be fine.
But the fact that "this person should be able to do all the activities without pain" is what i am getting to! It does make more sense, that half of the population of Indians do not have access to Toilet facilities let alone have a Western Toilet in their own household! See my earlier blog for reference.
It does really matter when she says to you that she is not able to sleep without pain, one would agree that she is suffering. Even there, there are patients who keep taking tablets for over an year to be relieved of this suffering albeit to a short term benefit.
Can one actually quantify this suffering to make a case for intervening and help these people.
Yes is the answer.
please wait for my next blog for the answer and so more facts and thoughts!
Warm Regards
Chockalingam
Yes i did say suffering. This lady is literally house bound, cannot walk outdoors due to this pain. She is not able to go out to do her own shopping. How does this matter, She has a family who can take her outdoors in a car or a two wheeler and she does not need to do her own shopping, one might say.
She cannot go to a temple or to a church or do her prayer. So what one might say, many persons do not go out to to place of worship now a days you might say.
She cannot climb a flight of stairs or sit with her friends on the floor and have a friendly chat. So what, most people now do not sit cross legged on the floor nor need the use of stairs. one might argue.
I am telling you that she is not able to sit in an Indian Toilet to do her normal activity in the morning. One argues that if she uses the Western Closet, it should be fine.
But the fact that "this person should be able to do all the activities without pain" is what i am getting to! It does make more sense, that half of the population of Indians do not have access to Toilet facilities let alone have a Western Toilet in their own household! See my earlier blog for reference.
It does really matter when she says to you that she is not able to sleep without pain, one would agree that she is suffering. Even there, there are patients who keep taking tablets for over an year to be relieved of this suffering albeit to a short term benefit.
Can one actually quantify this suffering to make a case for intervening and help these people.
Yes is the answer.
please wait for my next blog for the answer and so more facts and thoughts!
Warm Regards
Chockalingam
