The tenth nerve
Maya, all of 18, had been battling refractory epilepsy for the better part of her adolescence. The word ‘refractory’ always […]
The ninth nerve
“I have a sharp shooting pain in my throat when I swallow,” Freny aunty told me as she came in
The surgical wish
A surgeon recounts a poignant journey of a patient with terminal brain cancer, her resilience and profound acceptance of mortality,
The eighth nerve
“Nothing is coming,” Aaftab said in broken English, tapping on his ear and shaking his hand to denote his loss
The surgical battlefield
The spine doesn’t just support you – it bears your pain and helps you dance again There was no war,
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The seventh nerve
Hema flew down from Srinagar to see me. She was drop-dead gorgeous: flawless skin, impeccably symmetrical eyebrows, expressive dark brown
The surgical centre
In surgery, and in life, it all comes down to protecting the centre. Everything revolves around a centre. The earth
The sixth nerve
“My eyes are playing a cruel joke on me, doc,” Ronnie, a portly gentleman in his early fifties, lamented as
The surgical ominousness
Sometimes the scans look innocent, but a doctor’s gut says otherwise. The dilemma: Do we stand by that intuition or
