The big nose theory.
Before I begin this post, I want you to quickly do a little exercise. Hold your breath, cover your nose with a hand so you cannot breathe and open your mouth. Now start inhaling and exhaling from the mouth.
Did it feel a little uncomfortable? I���m sure you���ll easily do it for a minute. How about 5 minutes? Or let���s make it an hour. Most probably it will feel like your lungs are collapsing. Do you think you���ll be able to do it? How about a whole night? Is it possible to sleep without breathing through your nose? Now imagine doing that for two and a half days. And to add to the misery, imagine that happening on the New Year day. The imagery you just conjured was how I spent the last two days of the last year and first day of this year.
About three months back I went home for a few days. Unlike most of my trips that happened because of my craving for homemade food, this one was for some urgent works. Little did I know that I was in for a surprise! I had been suffering from a cold for over 2 weeks���. Blah Blah Blah��� long story short, I was told that I had to undergo a nasal surgery. I could tell you the name but you better know it as the one Leonard goes through in The Big Bang Theory. Before the surgery all I knew was that I���ll be back to normal in a few days and will get back to work. What I didn���t know (or was stupid enough not to ask) was that I���ll be getting a packing inside the nose that���ll keep it covered for over two days. So talking, breathing and eating, all through the same little mouth. Imagine the pain, can you? To add to that, the surgery went a bit longer than planned, maybe causing more blood loss because of which my resting period increased dramatically. For a private IT firm employee like me, that period isn���t counted in number of days but the number of Casual leaves it will be causing.
A friend of mine shared this image on my wall a day after I got operated. That’s pretty much what happened to me, just a little better. (Courtesy: The Big Bang Theory Wiki page)
And did I tell you why am I writing this? Because I had nothing better to do. Because I felt that it was a one of a kind experience that I need to share with you people. So what do you do when you can���t breathe how it was naturally meant to be? You breathe how it was unnaturally meant to be��� I mean, that���s one thing you can still do with your mouth without the fear of ending up in jail��� erm��� did I say too much? Anyway, while you do that, what do you do when you have to eat/drink something? Technically, for the duration you swallow the food, you don���t breathe��� and trust me, even though the procedure sounds similar to the normal one, it isn���t. Soon your throat starts aching along with the head and they seem to play some weird tune in an irritatingly cool rhythm.
I know this whole procedure is quite normal and many people go through that. So I���m definitely not trying to scare those who will someday have to go through it. (Don���t do it��� don���t do it!!) And that���s why I���m also going to tell the positive side of it. While I went through all of that, not even once did I feel sad/depressed or any other crap like that. The reason is simple. I had a lot of cetirizine��� No, that���s not what I had to say��� the reason was that I was with my family��� my friends��� people who love me and care about me. I got to eat the same homemade food I could die for and since I was on bed, I didn���t even have to get up to get that! For three weeks, I didn���t have to worry about what���s going on at work and how will I manage things there. It was a painful time, but it prepared for the times to come and since it wasn���t the first time I got operated, I knew ways how to recover faster.
It took me a lot of time to get back to normal. Most of that was spent at home. And now that I think about it, I could never do that on my own. There were many times when I was almost on the verge of giving up (I couldn���t, I only had one nose) but I didn���t because I knew there was always someone there for me. Most people think of a family get together or an auspicious occasion when asked about their most memorable days, but for me, it was the day I went through this surgery. It gave me the right amount of pain at the right moment. In fact I loved it so much that I���ll probably go through it once more. (The worst part is that I���m not even kidding.)
Hope you liked it. This was my story of being #together with the loved ones that gave me the power to look up and the motivation to move forward. Thanks Housing.com for the prompt. :)
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