Thanks, Ushadi ji, for the detailed mail. Yes, it is really a very difficult time for all of us. It is great news that you are managing well, which is a really difficult task for old people, particularly those who are alone.
On Fri, 30 Oct 2020 at 15:21, ushadi <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Tapasda > > > > somehow a few weeks ago i had seen your msg in another thread > > but was not in a position to respond > > > > in Kolkata there are too many people suffering from Covid19 and are in > hospital. > > i am not in any direct contact with anybody, yet it has been very > depressing, hectic and busy without business time > > Doctors and hospitals are encouraging relatives and friends to just stay > home. > > so keeping my distance > > but telephones to their doctors, relatives, funeral arrangements and > > then Prathana sabha took /takes a lot of time, all by telephone !!! > > its frustrating when i cant go and give solace directly, nor give the > bereaved widow a hug. > > plus calling all their relatives, many esp the NRIs get indignant and want > to know about the treatment given or not given. > > But i have no answers, nobody does, the doctors are not telling us, not > even the husband or the wife of the deceased. > > Depressing state of affairs. > > > > PLUS I AM taking care of by TELEPHONE, the uplifting of sagging psyche of > a large numbers > > of old people living alone or without any younger generation near by. > > and on telephone, preventing some older ladies living alone from falling > prey to people who come > > to the door saying they were there to help clean the house!!! > > clean the house? indeed! more like clean out the house and may be murder > the hapless woman. happens a lot here. > > > in one case, i asked the auntyji a lot of questions and discovered that > the man who had come to the door, > > had been looking at her balcony for the last several days and i guess that > was recce surveillance > > to make sure she was living alone. Fortunately she has two doors, only one > opens, the other needs a key, so not easily opened. > > That saved her from the guy inviting himself in, by force or else. > > such are the perils for old people nowadays. > > > > PLUS doing all my own housework, no helpers, no maids. > > And even minor repairs, my building has decided not to let mistries in. > > Plus this pandemic has increased my workload, every time groceries come in > , > > to disinfect and wash etc takes more than 18 hours instead of usual half > to one hour. > > > > Doing all this I myself am falling prey to some depression and dejection > but > > calls from my siblings and nieces and nephews and some friends save the > day. > > of course intermittent fasting, meditation and reiki, vitamins D, A, E and > C, and zinc , magnesium , potassium > > and the ayush promoted Kaddha( i do it only occasionally) and > > gujarati garam masala cha or coffee once in a while is helping. > > and I read a lot. > > Since end of March when the lockdown started, I have read about 25 books > anew > > and re-read about 10 or 12 books from my library and Cancer therapy books > .... > > today I lost a cousin to cancer, in usa. > > > > so thats my excuse for not looking at the micromini mailbox since lock > down started!!! > > > > but last couple of days i have really cleaned out the mailbox, down to 4 > gb used. > > Thanks for your prompt > > I hope you and your family are keeping hale and hearty and safe. > > > > I also hope all of our members are safe and keeping to the rules of a > pandemic and > > not succumbing to the lure of puja pandal hopping and now Diwali shopping. > > if we are alive, we can do shopping later to our heart's content. > > > > > > Regards > > Ushadi > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CANAwU1VURhzR1M-kF_87zOv%2BWzkyMqKMfVKj6V2Nmf5uuspiWg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CANAwU1VURhzR1M-kF_87zOv%2BWzkyMqKMfVKj6V2Nmf5uuspiWg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFBfiZkYx%2BZdyXztiSu_LA-%3DAPbTq0hKGCBG5%3D5%2BZWxxSQ%40mail.gmail.com.
