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MESSAGES OF HOPE AND STRENGTH
“ My wife is a survivor of Abdomen TB and I wish to share her story with you
for the benefit of all viewers. I cannot forget each and every day she went through
during those days where she encountered severe pain near abdomen and she told me
one day even that she decided to end her life.
I work at a bank and there was huge support from my boss, colleagues, family
members which gave us lots to strength to withstand this trauma. Visiting a
psychiatrist also helped her get ample sleep, elevated her mood and her urge for
eating. I took her to various parks where she used to sit below a tree and I tried to
connect her with nature which has a great healing power.
After 6 months of taking TB medicine, she was alright. After around a year she again
developed sudden pain in her abdomen and we feared TB again. She was again
hospitalised but it was detected as appendicitis. The fallout is her ovary is damaged
at one side hence she may not have a child in her life. But I am happy that after the
second surgery she was alright and doing well.
All this pain forced me to think beyond my family. Even though we had doctors,
medicines and money, we could not stop her pain so I wondered how all those poor
people are surviving this. From that day I became more concerned and helpful to all
those needy people who may need my attention. I became a volunteer at a medical
college and whenever any patient from my area seeks my help, I extend all possible
help, both financial and non-financial.
This whole episode has given birth to a forum called ‘Nishabd Madhyam’, a medium
of change which tries to help the needy. John F Kennedy once said that if a free
society cannot help many who are poor, it cannot save a few who are rich.
”
- Jaydeep
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
28
“ My wife is a survivor of Abdomen TB and I wish to share her story with you
for the benefit of all viewers. I cannot forget each and every day she went through
during those days where she encountered severe pain near abdomen and she told me
one day even that she decided to end her life.
I work at a bank and there was huge support from my boss, colleagues, family
members which gave us lots to strength to withstand this trauma. Visiting a
psychiatrist also helped her get ample sleep, elevated her mood and her urge for
eating. I took her to various parks where she used to sit below a tree and I tried to
connect her with nature which has a great healing power.
After 6 months of taking TB medicine, she was alright. After around a year she again
developed sudden pain in her abdomen and we feared TB again. She was again
hospitalised but it was detected as appendicitis. The fallout is her ovary is damaged
at one side hence she may not have a child in her life. But I am happy that after the
second surgery she was alright and doing well.
All this pain forced me to think beyond my family. Even though we had doctors,
medicines and money, we could not stop her pain so I wondered how all those poor
people are surviving this. From that day I became more concerned and helpful to all
those needy people who may need my attention. I became a volunteer at a medical
college and whenever any patient from my area seeks my help, I extend all possible
help, both financial and non-financial.
This whole episode has given birth to a forum called ‘Nishabd Madhyam’, a medium
of change which tries to help the needy. John F Kennedy once said that if a free
society cannot help many who are poor, it cannot save a few who are rich.
”
- Jaydeep
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
28
