Friday, June 10, 2005

Poor Man's doctor

Never-ending nose-blowing/sneezing, droopy-dopey eyes had become a norm this week. Gawd, I was tired. My inate stubornness prevented me to visit the doc or take any drugs. Its just me, who does not believe in western medicine, haah.

Words "symptoms sneezing itchy eyes congestion" I type into Google, and Voila !! The first link that comes up is an article in CNN about Hay Fever. All the symptoms matched, and I would like to take a moment to say that I had successfully diagnosed myself with Hay Fever ... laa laa laa (my happy dance).

Unfortunately, I will be forced to clean my entire house to get rid of allergens/dust/cat-hair. Part of the challenge would be to convince my house-mates to join in this noble act. Its a lot of cleaning, and I am hoping that a really powerful vacuum cleaner would have been invented by now, and commercially available.

The point is ... (how easily you get distracted)...Google helps you to get lot of information on your prevailing condition, and get goody-goody tips on necessary corrective action, how convenient !! That probably saved me a trip or two to the doctor, but I may be terribly wrong. On the flip side, I really needed a medical practitioner's insight, and becoming your own doctor is not only dangerous for the doctor's ability to pay his student loan bills, but it is DANGEROUS (period). It can also cause paranoia, and I can bet that you can easily end up diagnosing yourself with a rare disease only found in certain parts of the jungles of Amazon.

3 comments:

Subhashri said...

Good one..Thanks for the info and for spreading the Hay Fever as well..
You can take the vacuum cleaner from our house..its way powerful compared to the one u guys had..

Jeetal said...

Hay Fever is not infectious. Do not blame your allergies on an innocent person like me. Do not tarnish my image. I hope you have a lawyer ;)

Jeetal said...

Dude, no one is getting married soon. No worries in life !!