So there’s this patient. Rajat. I won’t forget him.He came in on a Tuesday morning, maybe 9:30, straight from the airport. I remember thinking he looked like someone who’d just lost a fight with a vacuum cleaner. One hand pressed flat against his left ear, the other clutching his phone, and on the screen was […]
If someone ever noticed, there is an emotional type of worry you can see in a parent’s eyes. It’s not dramatic. It doesn’t wave its arms around. But it’s there, and I see it all the time, maybe because I’ve spent the last fifteen-odd years looking for it. A mother will fidget with her dupatta. […]
For over sixteen years now I’ve been peering into ears at Gurgaon ENT Clinic. Thousands of them, literally. And you know what? The moment someone spots fluid coming out of their ear, a tiny alarm goes off inside their head. I get it, honestly. We’re not exactly wired to be okay with stuff oozing from […]
There’s a particular kind of tiredness I see in my clinic. It’s not just from a blocked nose or a headache. These are the exhaustions of not finding any solutions despite visiting numerous specialists to breathe freely, which is not achieved. I sat with such patients and all their stories are familiar. Usually, they tell […]
There’s a particular kind of dread that sets in for divers after ear surgery. It’s not the pain, and it’s not even the recovery — it’s the not knowing. Will the reef trip you already paid for still happen? Will your ears ever trust the water the way they used to? We hear a version […]
You know those small moments that just stick in your head for no real reason? I’ve got one from last winter. It was chilly outside, the kind of Delhi-Gurgaon cold that bites a little. A young father, maybe early thirties, came into my room. He looked like he hadn’t slept well in years. He told […]
Gurgaon is noisy. Actually, that’s putting it mildly.The relentless sounds like working in the next block, autos honking relentlessly, music as loud as all can hear from the next house at 7 AM. So it’s normal when a senior citizen comes in and complains about hearing loss. What shocks me? The resignation. The quiet acceptance […]
So, there was this woman who came to see me last year. I’ll call her Mrs. K. She must have been in her early fifties, very put together, the kind of person who’s used to handling things on her own. She sat down and told me, very calmly, that for six months she’d been feeling […]
I have been doing this ENT thing for over twenty years now. Started my practice back when we were still developing film X-rays in a dark room and hoping they came out right. Seen a lot of change. It is a dull and continuous sensation of weight which has a feeling like someone stuffed her […]
Let’s just get real for a minute. If you’re here, you’re probably tired on a level most people can’t grasp. Not the “had a rough week” tired, but the kind where you’ve almost forgotten how it feels to breathe with your mouth closed. When you’ve finished your third or fourth round of antibiotics, felt sort […]