Do we know what we MUST know about ourselves?

I have in the recent past found it problematic that people cannot answer some basic questions about themselves! I will not indulge into this for matters of not breaking of ethical code of conduct, but I feel there's a potential area for research on whether we know we should be knowing about ourselves.
The list can be long, but I am finding a big problem on the following;

1. Blood type
2. Height
3. Weight
4. Waist size
5. Foot size
6. Eye color
7. Reaction to drugs
8. Disease history [at least some bit of it]

I have found out that this problem is widely pronounced in males than females. But such guys, they know all about English football - who plays for what, who manages where, who scored and how much everyone earns...they also know who owns what in Kampala, who goes out with who, who chucked who, who's pregnant, who has HIV, the list is long.
Can you guys know yourselves and then try venturing into something else? Before you crucify me, note that I talked about males because they suffer from this more than their female counterparts.

How the magic works

I knew I would go to the country side to find out how the magic works but I failed. I have since talked it over with my workmates and friends and it is pretty amazing and hard to believe.
An elderly lady, close to the age my own grandmother told us in one of the eating places around my workplace that the medics and the arrival of the muzungu tampered with Ugandan medicine that was efficient and cost-effective. As we talked about this, I of course told them my story and the lady was bemused with me.
She asked where I came from, where I grew up from, my age and what I do. I told her everything as it is and when I noted that I was a professional medic, she touched my shoulder and said, 'my daughter, I do not blame you, I blame time that changes everything...to the benefit of the minority leading to the demise of may...' At this point, everyone simply kept quiet as we realized how time hinders progress of many than promote it. But subject to discussion of course.
She went on to tell us how fractures are treated. She said that the patient does not need to be where the doctor is but they agree on the time for treatment...that in such cases, the patient has to have people around them to hold them tight as the administration of the medicine is a painful exercise. Still, I confronted with a challenge of how this medicine is administered? How does it work without the physical presence of the patient and doctor? How can such a mechanism be replicated to cure other illnesses? How can it be upgraded to meet the current health demands?
These are challenges that I feel I need more insights on...I will continue the search for answers.

Stupid Network

I hate this network, I cannot speak to my new found love. He called in the middle of the night and I was waiting to hear his voice that quickly arouses me and puts me to sleep. When the call came, I first cleared my voice, when I picked, there was no one on the other side of the line...later, I had him speak, most probably on top of his voice...but I could hardly hear anything.
We resorted to sending each other messages for another half an hour but this still did not do the trick. I am sure I have not heard a charming voice like his, with him, I feel I had never been loved and maybe I had never loved. He does his things in a systematic manner, he puts me into the mood of being new in life, he's the one I seem to have been waiting for always, his photos, his magic of using words, oh my...I need to go and pray that he will call tonight and that the stupid network does not interrupt us.
But the 3 networks cannot fail at ago. I am optimistic again.

Life in Dhaka

This city

Magic and Medicine

Magic and Medicine! How can I talk about such a topic? Which side will really address? Juju is a nightmare to me and the word itself scares me...but does it mean that it does not exist?
Magicians do things in an extraordinary manner...you cannot tell how what they do impacts on anything BUT does it any way?
Medicine, is another form of magic. The only difference is that it's impact can be felt. It's weakness is that there's a need for a physical presence of the patient and the Doc or any other person administering the medicine.
However, magic goes beyond this...I was in Buwekula sometime back, when a neighbor's son fell off a motor bike. I rushed to my car and picked my first aid kit. As I tried to do my best, the mother to the kid was angry with me protesting that I was merely wasting time.
She used a stick to measure the affected area of the boy's arm and gave to the elder brother to rush and take it to the 'medicine' man a few miles from where we were.
I was told that with that medicine man, there's no need of a patient being their as long as they know the affected area of the patient and also adhere to his 'demands.'
I was scared and everyone could see it in my eyes. I added no word. With CHOGM here, and being off work, I intend to travel to Buwekula to see this young man because the fracture was serious...I will also try to gather more info about the 'medicine' man and whether his magic works.
And if it does, is this another kind of 'wireless' medicine? Can it be developed to another level to also cure other diseases like Malaria, not to mention the obvious? How does it work?
I have a checklist and a Public Health Practitioner, I will try to expound on this and maybe, I can see how to partner with this person towards availing people with knowledge and insights in the 'magic' industry.
Cheers