Tag: #doctors

• Waiting

  

  If a month had a theme, then July’s would definitely be ‘Waiting’. I feel all I’ve been doing through July is, waiting- waiting for the rains to give us a break from the heat, waiting for my daughter to return from University, waiting for my younger one’s grade 12 results, waiting for my older one’s…

  Smitha V

  July 22, 2022

  Experiences

  #diary, #doctors, #experiences, #faith, #gratitude, #hospitals, #lessons from life, #life, #publishing, #randomrambling, #truth, #waiting, #writing

• Journey to healing: ‘Being Mortal’ by Dr. Atul Gawande

  

  I had no idea how reading ‘Being Mortal- Medicine and what matters in the end’ would help me. The book was suggested to me by blogger, author GS. Subbu, after dad passed away. A line from the book mentioned in GS. Subbu’s review made me want to pick it up – “It is not death…

  Smitha V

  January 4, 2021

  Book Review, Experiences

  #ageing, #atulgawande, #beingmortal, #caregivers, #dealingwithloss, #death, #doctors, #healing, #life, #medicine, #parents, #terminallyill, #truth

• We Have an Answer…at-least partially

  

  For all those who read my post Dad and I…One of the better days, we finally have an answer. The answer isn’t good, and yet there is a peace and calm at home; the kind of peace one gets at reaching the end of a long, arduous journey. Its not the satisfaction of the destination…

  Smitha V

  October 29, 2018

  Creative Writing, Experiences

  #answers, #caregivers, #diary, #doctors, #eldercare, #experience, #family, #illness, #inspiration, #life, #movingon, #oldage, #patients, #peace, #people, #relationships, #sickness, #truth, Creative Writing, Experiences

• Dentist-When was your last visit?

  

  When was the last time you visited the dentist? If you’re thinking or scratching your head or don’t want to answer the question, then it’s time you go. Scared? Terrified? Don’t worry there are many like you but there’s no point in pushing it to the point of no-return. Trust me. Why? Because…I’ve been down…

  Smitha V

  July 29, 2018

  Creative Writing, Experiences

  #careforyourteeth, #dentist, #diary, #doctors, #expenses, #experience, #fiction, #health, #life, #people, #personalhygiene, #practo, #rootcanal, #smile, #teeth, #toothdecay, Creative Writing, Experiences, My diary