Good & Bad of 2006

• The best time: Jammu & Kashmir trip in June
• The worst time: 4 months of being sick were terrible... worst was in the O.T. when i the doctors did an endoscopy on me :(
• The most memoriable moment: when the docs told me (after 3 months), that i could eat everything!!!
• The biggest mistake made: that i took the prescribed medicines religiously coz i thought the best skin specialist in India couldn't go wrong... and the price i paid for this mistake was that i ended up in hospital not once but twice due to overdose of a strong anti-inflammatory.
• The best lesson learnt: 2 lessons actually: 1) that you should never let people get away with sarcasm &/or rude remarks... if you go the peaceful way, they will only take you for granted and remarks will only get worse. Gandhigiri works only in movies, and, 2) When you go to a doctor, dont just surrender yourself to him/her... ask questions... you have a right to know - its your body they gonna work on (with meds) and you must know what is happening. Sometimes doctors can go wrong - afterall they are humans; so, do a thorough research on the net and ask as many questions as you want to... you are not questioning the doctor's ability, you are asking something that you have a right to know about!
• The happiest moment/time: when i resigned from the Cancer NGO i was working for... it was a big burden to work for an NGO that said 'you get us funds, we will give you commission'. i was truly delighted to leave that NGO.
• The saddest moment/time: when i lost my friend Cavan Creado (he had been fighting cancer for 3 years)
• Something new that interested me: Crotia - my aunt taught me how to make stuff with wool... it needs a lot of patience (which i dont have) but is very easy to do.