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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;
- Blood type
- Height
- Weight
- Waist size
- Foot size
- Eye color
- Reaction to drugs
- 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.
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.
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.
