what happened?

it seems i don't realize how tired i get until i give myself a break! i think this system of medicine is fascinating -- and yes it is ancient tribal medicine indeed! had a meeting with the chief physician today -- it will be fresh goats milk for me when i return to south goa. ick - i don't like goats milk -- but the critters a pretty cute when ( Read more... )

have made it to kerala -- im in thrichur (thrissur). the hospital is small and simple. im on day 5 of treatment -- i arrived last monday. treatments run twice per day. in the morning -- i am bathed in medicated sesame oil and then pounded with medicated poiwder wrapped in cheese cloth for an hour and a half by two women. a third heats the ( Read more... )

have made it to kerala -- im in thrichur (thrissur). the hospital is small and simple. im on day 5 of treatment -- i arrived last monday. treatments run twice per day. in the morning -- i am bathed in medicated sesame oil and then pounded with medicated poiwder wrapped in cheese cloth for an hour and a half by two women. a third heats the ( Read more... )

it gets like this. my mood is low -- im feeling very achey, torn, confused and forgetful. ive been here for a week now and it begins to wear -- the cold and also the food -- the lack of vitamins in the food. it makes a difference. i suppose i've not been sleeping right. it is a long journey home -- but ill make it.

glad that is over. another box to tick -- and not sure yet if i've actually learned anything except what i don't want. it was just a bit too academic for me -- but i get it. the whole point of year three modules is to prepare for year four modules -- all having to do with leadership, management and supervisory positions -- in any combination of ( Read more... )

i had to walk out of class today -- i just couldn't sit there any longer listening to that shit! okay -- my colleague christine is a tranny (post-op i think?) and on my course. she gave a presentation on a subject she feels a little bit too bound to in my opinion -- that of sex and gender identity disorders. i couldn't take the drivell any ( Read more... )

another trip to the uk. it seems i catch something -- a bug -- on the plane when going from india to the uk -- but not the other way round. i wonder if the wet damp and cold of england has anything to do with it or that random indians and travelers are carrying a myriad of flu viruses ( Read more... )

sunday night. it's martins 44th b'day. he's watchin tv with clayton -- they're watching some race cars goin around a track somewhere in england ( Read more... )

but i'm eternally grateful. tired, health suffering, brain not working, but grateful.