After another surgery in March, this time to my jaw bone for an imbedded tooth, I celebrated my 30th birthday in New York City. It was delightful and for a short while I forgot all my troubles.
Apparently the Universe had other plans in store for me! My beloved aunt passed away recently and I was devastated. It was a shock to us all. Health care in a developing country is virtually non existent, and the foreign doctors from Cuba, India, etc, have become so acclimatized that bribery is now part of their everyday routine in patient care. If you have the money to pay for their attention, then you will receive it in good measure. Unfortunately the poor aren't so lucky and they get left by the way-side, oftentimes literally.
Today, I've been diagnosed with shingles. What is a 30 year old doing with an 'elderly' disease?! Maybe 2011 isn't so much re-invention as the need for a complete overhaul! I'm off again to see another doctor again tomorrow to get to the bottom of all this health crisis. Sometimes I wish I was rich enough to get better health care in better hospitals in other parts of the world. Needless to say keeping my spirits up is a struggle given the constant health issues I've been dealing with for the last year and a half. I wonder why I'm going through all the pain and struggling, and if I am learning the lessons that are needed.
