Argument

Finally I was going inside the small room to visit doctor & there he was sitting with mask put over to his head & hand gloves put on table, as though he just come out by performing an operation. He stared at me & I smiled.

Doc – So how you been?

Me – Well, I’m actually completely alright. Now I don’t feel any pain, so I was planning to get this plaster removed so as I can go back to work.

Doc – Is it? So how many days since this plaster have been put?

Me – Today is 10th day. Since it wasn’t much big injury, so I think, you can remove this & I can go back to work.

Doc – How can you say, it’s not big injury? Let me see the x-ray.
I handed over the x-ray report & he put it on the x-ray viewer & examined. He pointed the location on x-ray to me & said, it’s a clean sign of fracture & you have to put plaster ON for minimum 21 days.

Me – But doc, I feel completely alright, even I can walk-a-bit, it would be better, if you remove this.

Doc (bit angry) – Do you tell me how to treat a fracture? Whatever I have learnt in my past 30years of experience, I’m doing & it looks fair enough for me.

Me (bit smiling) – No, No doc. I ‘m not telling you, how to treat, but I have to travel back to Bangalore for work & I need this to be removed & also I feel no pain now!

Doc (out of hope) – Ok, if you are so much confident about it, then I don’t mind removing it. But according to me, you should have put the plaster ON for few more days. In my experience I have never seen fracture getting healed in just 10days.

He then suddenly looked at the nurse standing by my side. She looked completely astonished with the way, I was making conversation with doc. He said her to get a written statement on case paper, that on-demand, the plaster is being removed & get a signature of patient!

Me (Stunned) –Then what about tablets? The course got completed, should I continue same?

Doc (rude) – You feel better anyway now, so no need of continuing tablets.

The way he was talking made a clear point that, the discussion got over. You can go. But I wasn’t satisfied with conversation. I felt something went wrong & now, I didn’t had any control to make it right. I just said to keep on conversation,

Me – I also needed a medical certificate.

He didn’t even talk; he just took a letter pad out of his desk & signed below & handed it over to the nurse.

Nurse – Come follow me, I’ll fill it up & will tell what to do next.

I said, Thank you doc & moved out of that room. I then got rid of the plaster tied around my leg & became free! I started going towards home from hospital & the pain started slowly. As I started to walk, I was loosing confidence. Then I realized I did a big mistake. Until now I had no idea that mistake was behaving stupidly with doc during that 5mins of visit. I had completely lost my patience & even doc didn’t stop by convincing, not to remove the plaster. I was feeling horrible about myself. I started to give a thought on why did it go like this? Why did I lose my patience (which I certainly won’t lose easily) & behaved like an idiot in front of doc?

Earlier, On Feb. 25th, I had a minor incident where my right leg got fractured. I visited doc & they had put plaster for my fracture. I wasn’t able to walk or stand. After 10days of tablet course, I finally was able to walk a-bit & was going to re-visit doc hoping, I’m fine & after consulting doc, plaster can be removed & I can be back to work.

It was fresh Monday, March 5th & all (relatives, friends, neighbor, cousins etc) knew I would be visiting doc. Morning around 9:30, I made a call to hospital & took appointment. Left house by 10:15 & reached by 11:30. Started waiting for doc to come. Tick-tock-tick-tock .Finally at 1:10 he came & didn’t look at patients since he had 2 operations. So he went into OT. Tick-tock-tick-tock it was already 2, but still no sign of doc coming out. Tick-tock-tick-tock. I was damn tired of waiting & was too much hungry. Tick-tock-tick-tock. Time was 3:10 when finally they called the 1st patient. Mine was no.7.I was getting frustrated. No food & simply sitting & wasting time from morning. Tick-tock-tick-tock. Finally at 4, they called me to stand in front of door. I was about to enter into room to visit doc & there came a sudden emergency operation & he went into OT again. I was so much frustrated & angry on doc.At 4:40, Finally I was going inside....

I understand that even he would have also equally got tired, frustrated, restless since morning, but it was equally his responsibility to convince me back, of the consequences I would face, if plaster was removed! Don’t you think so? It’s his job/duty.

Anyway, as soon as I returned back to home, I lost confidence of recovering back & immediately visited another doc, near to my home & told him clearly what an idiot I am & what mistake I did! I hope he understood my situation rather than laughing inside himself thinking, what a fool & money-waster, I am! He put me back with plaster again & asked me to take rest & visit back on next Tuesday March 13th. I didn’t argue a bit with him. I forgot of going back to work until I become perfectly alright.

By explaining over-an-over this incident to everyone (relatives, friends, neighbor, cousins etc) on that day, self-confidence & self-esteem were dead inside me. I was completely low & was not feeling to talk or meet anyone for 5days. I don’t think the doctor, because of whom, I was low, felt something similar like this!

Again yesterday March 13th, I visited doctor & I didn’t argue a thing of what he told. I just agreed & I’m following whatever he is telling. Like when he will remove plaster, when I can join back to work, what tablet to take etc etc. All the slightest things!

You might be wondering, why I’m telling this boring story of mine. That is because I learnt a lesson out of this, which I wanted to share.

You know, after giving a thought & discussing with few, I realized that there are few persons in our life/society with whom we should never argue. Suppose if we argue & no matter whether we win or lose, the damage or loss or consequences happened should be paid by us only & not by them!

Similar to a famous say goes “If fire falls on butter or butter falls on fire, butter will melt”

So don’t EVER-NEVER try to argue with 3 people in your life. POLICE, LAWYER & ‘THE DOCTOR’

PS: Even I feel, it is OKAY to argue with wife rather than these 3 people ;)