Dear Diary

Dear diary.......ha ha...always wanted to write that. Well it's been a week since I got to Bangalore.

I have mainly been seeing patients, so not that interesting to write about if anyone is reading. In the past 7 days I have seen over 220 patients, an average of 30 a day. Ailments ranging from colds to cancer from sciatica to lacerated feet.

The clinic specializes in 3 main areas, non-insulin dependent diabetes, spastic/autism children and what is commonly known here as "white spot". This is where the skin loses its pigmentation in patches. Shocking, I have even seen one girl, white all over and I thought she was European. They feel and get treated like lepers with this complaint and it is more common than I thought and by conventional medicine incurable. I have in 1 week seen with my own eyes pigmentation returning and blood sugar levels dropping.

Michel Jackson I now believe you, though not sure how it makes your nose fall off.

Yesterday we saw a 7yrd old girl. She was in a vegetable like state after her teacher hit her. She rapidly declined over 15 days to her present state. She could not speak, she could only open one eye and she was drooling and could not hold her head up. Though she could respond to some questions with a mumble. It was very sad. We will see tomorrow if she has reacted to the remedy. I can not see how such a hopeless case can show any improvement.
I have been videoing lots of cases for good documentive evidence.

Anyway, enough of the adult stuff.

Here is a pic of some flowers, a 15 day festival started yesterday, to respect and remember the dead I think.



I have not eaten meat in 2 weeks, and I'd like to say I feel better for it, but I don't. Also since not one restaurant serves any alcohol I have not had a beer since I got to Bangalore. I went on a hunt for one the other night, but was sadly unsuccessful.

Today I went on a bus ride to a rural clinic, took over 5hrs each way and was "hell" for most of it. I think most people had never seen a "whitey" before. One man asked if the strange overseas expert was from China. Admittedly I was squinting at the time and holding onto the liquid explosive I was smuggling out of the city.



The mozzies are beginning to annoy me now I have about 10 bites per foot, only on my feet and there is some mozzie disease going around, spelt something like this chiquenguarfu, but pronounced chickenflu. Apparently it's in Delhi too, makes you tired and bones and joints ache for about 3-6 months. Would be crap I get that. So I have started wearing thick socks.

I made a new friend last night, a little pale green lizard. He might be in my room again tonight, I hope he eats mozzies.



Well I'm off for I've been invited by my host and his mate to go eat. I have asked for a meat restaurant (though no way am I eating meat), because there is more chance of getting a beer there.