Uncategorized

Musings from a sickbed

Published

on

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"lp9i9mki" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><strong>By Harun Muhammad<&sol;strong><&sol;p><div class&equals;"pB8zOhPe" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>I miss writing&period; I miss swinging back and forth with words&period; Bro&comma; I miss dictating my thoughts and manipulating my fingers within the stadium of my keyboard&period; I miss everything&colon; the muse&comma; the control&comma; the feeling of expressing myself in words&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You see&comma; you do all these things when you are hale and hearty&period; It doesn’t matter how much you crave for it&colon; it happens only when you’re not lifeless&period; Beyond here&comma; our brains are programmed to make sense of what’s before them&comma; or make a prediction of a pictorial view of what has happened in the past&period; That’s it&period; No more&period; No less&period; Our brains are rigged&comma; and thus&comma; can’t know&comma; predict&comma; or make sense of what’s beyond their territories &lpar;Spoiler&colon; they guess&comma; which is disputed&period;&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The nights are endless&comma; horrible&comma; terrifying&comma; and beautified is the oppressive bone-chilling cold clapping the innocent me — all this in addition to unbearable pain&period; How long&quest; I kept asking&period; For how long&quest; I prayed in soft tongue&period; I have suffered enough&period; I know&period; But&comma; when will I get back to my table and write again&quest; I wailed in the agony of pain&period; My natural look helplessly disappearing on me&period; Day-in and out&comma; like the way moths have no choice than to dance with flames&comma; I lied in deepening silence while the pain resonates through my body&period; Keep the faith&excl; That’s the slong the President-elect Joe used to redeem the hope of American people&period; So&comma; I say to my ebullient&comma; keep the faith&comma; you’ll pull through this&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"V2NwBQK2" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Recall that our brains are rigged&comma; yeah&quest; People here can’t sense what I have been going through&colon; the unbearable pain remains known to only people that are staying with me&period; Outside that&comma; I look fine&period; I tweet&period; On Facebook&comma; I shared quite a number of stories and responded to all tags&period; Update my status&period; Yeah&comma; I am fine&period; If I die&comma; it would be like&comma; he just shared something yesterday oh&&num;8230&semi; or I viewed his status few hours ago&comma; or was he sick sort of&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2020&sol;10&sol;09&sol;opinion-poll-sets-kwankwaso-to-win-2023-general-election&sol;">Opinion Poll Sets  Kwankwaso to Win 2023 General Election<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You see&comma; memories are lonely horse riders&period; They never stay too long in a new town&period; They are always on the road&period; I’m learning to love them without getting committed&period; The more I play catch-up with my memories&comma; the more I track-shot the next one&period; Could this be end for me&quest; Maybe&period; For my adult life&comma; I have never been this sick&period; Long&period; Pain&period; Horribleness&period; Name it&period; I picked up my note&period; And guess what&quest; I wrote to my sister&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote; In case anything happens to me&colon; note these passwords&period; There you can have access to everything that belongs to me&period; The rest are easy”&period; I forwarded to her&colon; please keep this safe and don’t tell anyone that I am sick at home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Two-days before I fell sick&comma; I picked up a freelancing project&period; My client is one of the top provider for online professional and higher education here&period; I wanted to have used the best in me to deliver an excellent work&period; But&comma; you know&comma; the poor me ended up in the sickbed&period; Double wahala&period; I thought of returning the project&comma; but&comma; my stubborn mind pushed for finishing the project regardless of the pain&period; If I manage to get recovered&comma; I would get more projects from them&period; BTW&comma; working for them will enhance my experience and earned me recognition going forward&period; Pain killers came to my rescue&period; I managed to have used pain killers within for few days to deliver the project&period; And&comma; the fight to staying alive continues&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;3658" style&equals;"width&colon; 235px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-3658" class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-3658" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;FB&lowbar;IMG&lowbar;1605206023546-225x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Harun's Sickbed" width&equals;"225" height&equals;"300" &sol;><p id&equals;"caption-attachment-3658" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Harun&&num;8217&semi;s Sickbed<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Here we have enough medics&period; Access to basic healthcare services is effortless&period; The first medic told me after he prescribed drugs to go and see one surgeon and showed him the paper he gave me&period; The surgeon checked the paper and thoroughly examined me again&period; He said&comma; do not to take this drugs&comma; go and get these drugs I write for you&period; Don’t forget to comeback in the next seven days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Less than seven days&comma; little progress&period; Rush back yesterday and told the surgeon the little progress&period; It was as if the man predicted my comeback&period; I was given a room to lie down&lpar;picture below&rpar;&period; I was thoroughly crossexamined&period; Given another sets of drugs and asked to comeback again today&period; Strange like a resurrection of Lazarus&comma; for the first time in 3 weeks&comma; I had a very sound sleep&period; Long one for that matter&period; I feel&comma; now&comma; so good&comma; energetic&comma; and lively&period; Alhamdulillah&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If there’s one thing our leaders should tirelessly work for&comma; let there be access to basic healthcare services for all and sundry&period; While going through this&comma; I imagine our medical workforce&comma; the infrastructure&comma; and the services&period; It’s a thing that will blow your mind and make you pray for our dear country&period; I hope one day we get things right and better&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Until then&comma; folks&comma; I am sick no more&period; Yay&excl; 😀<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1004305389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

Trending

Exit mobile version