Diseases are NOT a joke! - Sadasha Das

"It's been two years since I got my gallbladders removed. From childhood, I'd always fancied getting an operation, I'd even pray to God to get one of my limbs broken so I could get it plastered and be in the hospital for some days(this is what I thought happened when you break a limb) and people would come, write nice things on my plaster. I have always wanted to be the Aman from Kal Ho Na Ho. I thought a serious disease makes you happier  because you know you wouldn't live long enough, so you start "living in the moment" and become the centre of attention. 

But, reality hit me hard when the symptoms started showing(i.e. severe back pain and nausea every time I ate something spicy or fast food or excess food). We considered it to be gastric issue and since my father is in the health sector, we always had medicines for common illness. After numerous episodes of this painful drama, I went through an ultrasound and was detected of having stones in my gallbladder. In a week, I was admitted in the hospital(Dream come true!). I'd text my bestfriend that I was excited for the operation.

During my stay, a number of people came to visit, some very irritating ( because they had loud debates on religion inside my room), my best friends and brothers. Then, I was taken home and I had to strictly eat just boiled stuff for like 5-6 weeks and no outside/spicy food for 6 months. 

The whole thing changed a lot in me. Initially, I had hormonal issues, skin problems, which have reduced a lot now, but now, I  have a messed up appetite. Sometimes, I am craving food like I've been hungry for days and then there are times, I won't even be able to complete half a plate of biryani(something I would trade half of my life for). All of this has taught that no suffering is ever cool, attention is not equal to love, getting an operation isn't a big deal and is painful, there is no adventure in any disease, my friends writing good things about me on my birthday is better than writing them on my plaster.I, sometimes, watch my operation video and it gives me a weird feeling of how one organ could be missing from my body and how I am a total idiot in general!" - Sadasha Das