“He jests at scars who never felt a wound” Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet
You may want to take a seat, this will take a while.
This week I have learnt that the best ‘cure’ to Chicken Pox is of course, short nails. The axiom has changed: I have been trapped between an itching skin and a splitting headache. Forget about devils and beep blue seas.
So, Tuesday morning, fresh from Bungoma and Trans Nzoia counties where I had invested my Easter break (relax fellow Pharisee, the question here is not whether it is Biblical to have an Easter break!),I notice some small illegal tenants(or squatters) on my skin. I quickly rationalize that the water in Kitale for sure was not ISO certified and so this Nairobi water must be asking it out. For that intellectual slothfulness, I am forever guilty.
So, I rush to Westlands for my SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) class—there, preachers are not looking for sins to rebuke all the time, we have lives! Needless to say,I did half day and quickly got on the contact group I have named: Fire Fighters. There I have saved doctors’ contacts. And real fire fighters like Lawyers. Then from there it has been a barrage of ideas from the good Acyclovir which according to the manufacturer not only handles Chicken Pox but also does something on some strain of Herpes!) .Acyclovir am told works much like ARVs so that says as much.
Then of course Calamine for the itching skin.It is either purple or pink so again, not much to be said. Of course Piriton and Eucalyptus got honorary mentions and am still looking to stroll to the Arboretum for obvious reasons. For sure, before someone recommends Eucalyptus, they should ask where you live. Some day we will leave the cities for the smaller ones. Yes we will.(Cheeky Grin)
So, of course I switched my focus briefly from The Great Controversy to a book by Dr.Paul Brand & Philip Yancey titled: PAIN, The Gift Nobody Wants.
So, when did you last have to endure pain? Am talking about real pain. Forget that episode where your high school crush called you a ‘mushroom’! Real Pain .The kind that gets you awake half the night or forces you to sleep. In the world there are many examples. One of my mentors has quipped:”..the whole creation groans and travails together in pain until now.”
If the Chicken Pox allows we will explore the anatomy of Pain and what its object is.That’s a big IF of course.
