{"product_id":"the-days-i-walked-through-hospitals-a-visitor-in-the-kingdom-of-healing-9798198396845","title":"The Days I Walked Through Hospitals: A Visitor in the Kingdom of Healing","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sudip Kumar Das | Sabita Das | Dipan Kumar Das\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Day Time Stopped\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJune 1, 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElection day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutside, people discussed democracy, votes, and political futures. Inside my life, another election was taking place. Life and death were standing at opposite polling booths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy father suffered a heart attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo family is prepared for such a sentence. Heart attack. Two words. Yet they arrive like thunder splitting an old tree in half.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI still remember hospital corridors that day. The hurried footsteps. The smell of antiseptic. The tension in relatives' eyes. The helplessness of waiting outside emergency rooms while machines decided what humans could not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI lost my father before completing my Ph.D.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrief does not announce itself dramatically every day.\u003c\/p\u003eChapter 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlood Donation and the Beginning of Fear\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour months later, I participated in a blood donation camp at the university.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA few days later, after giving a conference talk, I suddenly experienced dizziness and palpitations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy heart raced wildly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe body becomes terrifying when it behaves unexpectedly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a physics researcher, I trusted equations, logic, measurements, and observations. But anxiety is not easily solved by equations. The human mind can amplify sensations into storms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI visited a hospital in Jatni.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGas injection. Painkillers. Basic treatment.\u003c\/p\u003eChapter 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eApollo Bhubaneswar and the Search for Answers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen symptoms continue, the mind becomes a detective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery sensation feels suspicious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery heartbeat becomes noticeable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI visited Apollo Hospital in Bhubaneswar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tests began.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTMT.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEcho.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe strange thing about hospitals is that time behaves differently there. Ten minutes can feel like an entire season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy TMT and Echo reports were normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe heart appeared healthy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEventually, endoscopy revealed antral and fundus erosion with \u003ci\u003eH. pylori\u003c\/i\u003e infection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, another explanation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stomach, not the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcidity can imitate danger beautifully. GERD can produce chest discomfort, palpitations, throat tightness, neck sensations, burping, anxiety, and even breathing discomfort.\u003c\/p\u003eChapter 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Neck Pain That Followed Me Everywhere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen came the neck pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConstant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersistent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUncomfortable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe body can become a map of fear. Every ache starts carrying philosophical meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI visited AIIMS Bhubaneswar. Then SUM Hospital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDifferent doctors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDifferent opinions. Some believed the symptoms were connected to gastric issues and anxiety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOthers suggested posture problems.Medicines changed.Advice changed.But uncertainty remained unchanged.\u003c\/p\u003eChapter 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Fall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree months later, another incident happened. I was riding my bike. Suddenly, sleepiness overtook me for a brief moment, and the bike fell. The calf muscles were injured badly. Walking became difficult. An X-ray showed no fracture. No fracture.\u003c\/p\u003eChapter 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe CT Scan and the Invisible Battle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn May 2025, I underwent a neck CT scan at AIIMS Bhubaneswar. The report came normal.\u003c\/p\u003eChapter 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYoga, Breathing, and Rebuilding Myself\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eHealing did not arrive dramatically. Medicine. Yoga classes.\u003c\/p\u003eChapter 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecoming Dr. Dipan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecember 2025. I completed my Ph.D. in Physics. I officially became Dr. Dipan Kumar Das. The title carried years of struggle, sleepless nights, research stress, emotional collapse, hospital visits, grief, and persistence.\u003c\/p\u003eChapter 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarriage and Light Returning Slowly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome storms become survivable when someone sits beside you quietly. Through medicines, healing routines, work responsibilities, and family life, I slowly rebuilt confidence in living again. I joined a college after completing my Ph.D. Teaching students gave me fresh direction.\u003c\/p\u003eChapter 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Hospitals Taught Me\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890502058135,"sku":"9798198396845","price":1011.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798198396845.webp?v=1781180277","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-days-i-walked-through-hospitals-a-visitor-in-the-kingdom-of-healing-9798198396845","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}