Again after a long time...

Its been almost two months since I last updated the blog ! Part of the reason is my laziness, but mostly it is because of my health. I have been staying in Bangalore for more almost 4 yrs now and right from the beginning the weather here didnt suit me. Always got cold very easily. But it never was anything serious. However this year it was different ! One fine sunday in February, after a nice lunch in my guide's house and dance party in the lab, both courtesy to our senior's farewell, I found myself having a bad sleep the whole night because of cough and breathing problem. Went to doctor the next morning and got some medicine. However, since I was having frequent cold, my friend advised me to check with one ENT specialist nearby. He checked and told me I have 'deviated septum', whatever that meant (later I came back to the lab and checked it out in google). Gave me lotsa medicine including nasal drop and spray (drop was helping temporarily but spray made me feel nauseated, so couldnt take it). However, his treatment didn't help me for almost 2 weeks and I kept on suffering from breathing problem and cough ! It became so bad that I couldnt even come to the lab. Finally I decided to go home and magically I was felling better within a day after I reached home. Stayed there for almost 2 weeks and decided to come back to bangalore thinking I was better. But to my horror, within a couple of hours of landing in Bangalore, the problem came back and there I was, suffering again ! This time another friend of mine took me to another doctor, whose diagnosis is supposed to be good. I had been to him before also. He checked and told me that I have "asthma" ! I almost fainted there listening to this ! Asthma ! I couldnt believe that ! However, he gave me inhalers and that helped a lot. Within 2-3 days I was able to come to lab regularly. Now I am feeling a lot better even without the inhalers. One of the professors in my department has been suffering from same kind of problem and she told me that this happens to quite a few people in Bangalore, specially in March-April and again in August-September ! There is nothing you can do, except going out of Bangalore !

So practically I have done nothing for last one month expect for suffering from breathing problem ! Now that I am feeling better I thought of taking some time out of my work and updating the blog ! My work has suffered a lot because of my health and I have to finish lots of work before I go to usa in August. So taking no leave at all ! This Friday is our house warming ceremoby back in West Bengal and I am not going to attend it :( Next month my trekking group is going to Himalayas for one week and I said 'NO' to them because of my health as well as my time shortage ! For the next 3 months only work and work for me ! Have to finish my PhD as soon as possible. Its costing a lot, 'both physically and mentally' as my husband says !