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Nikhil Dayal
Jan 14, 20245 min read
With the work and all, what can I still do for self-care
1 I should walk as much as possible in the morning. But there is a glitch. Seldom do I feel fresh and ready-to-go after waking up. I...
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Nikhil Dayal
Oct 10, 20234 min read
a missing Sunday_and_a forgotten lifesaver
I (A missing Sunday) It was a weekend to read and write. The first half of Saturday was spent on the uroflowmetry test. In the rest of...
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Nikhil Dayal
Oct 2, 20233 min read
all I do is worry, and worry again
The cyclical dread A bad (medical) omen… … Inordinate weight gain or low urine flow or fever or inordinate weight loss… Any of them, or...
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Nikhil Dayal
Nov 13, 20223 min read
Cry, cry, cry, baby/ Cry, cry, cry/ [Verse: Chris Martin & Jacob Collier]/ In a book about the world
I cry more than (an) average (person does). If I start thinking about (things such as) passing of a close one, I start weeping at once...
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Nikhil Dayal
Nov 9, 20222 min read
Down to a trickle
I suffered extreme fatigue and breathlessness in November 2019. When I visited the physician, I was recommended hospitalization- as my...
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Nikhil Dayal
Oct 4, 20221 min read
The longest form
When a person gets admitted in an ICU, he enters a whole new world- with its own rules and customs. These practices are almost...
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Nikhil Dayal
Aug 3, 20223 min read
thinking fast and slow
A Sometimes I want to think fast. Sometimes, I want to think slowly. Fast I wish to think quickly when I know I have a mountain to climb....
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Nikhil Dayal
Jun 18, 20222 min read
150 and counting.
Tiredness. Fatigue. Chakkar every time I try to stand (for leaving the bed). It started on a Monday, which is fine. It is a day I have a...
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Nikhil Dayal
Jun 7, 20222 min read
the fly
After devising a (supposedly) perfect plan in self-management, kicking the garbage out of the brain, and attaining (presumably) peak...
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Nikhil Dayal
May 13, 20222 min read
glass half full
As I write a blog, and make a new entry, I am making more cumulative mistakes. I am committing grave errors, and not looking back. But...
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Nikhil Dayal
Apr 29, 20222 min read
eveready
Some things seem perplexing in the beginning, and appear a bitter pill to swallow, but reveal their true meaning and pertinence in due...
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Nikhil Dayal
Apr 29, 20221 min read
Fantasy Football
It was an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool (team I support) and Manchester City at the Wembley Stadium, London. One of the biggest...
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Nikhil Dayal
Apr 20, 20223 min read
brand new demon-- the fear of regressing
I have found a new demon- the fear of regressing. The glass-half-full doctrine is broken by this demon. It punishes every mistake and...
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Nikhil Dayal
Apr 19, 20222 min read
a new day
Every day brings new possibilities. It portends novel ideas of plots and techniques to be used for writing and editing. New perspectives...
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Nikhil Dayal
Apr 18, 20222 min read
baat se banti hai baatein bolo
I generally avoid confrontation. Hell, I don’t want to speak at all, and do so only when there is a terrible need. My fistula area had a...
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Nikhil Dayal
Apr 18, 20222 min read
When the needle exits
After a dialysis session ends, the needles need to be withdrawn from the arm. There are two ways to withdraw the needle. At one go; or a...
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Nikhil Dayal
Apr 18, 20221 min read
Live
Live like the moment at hand is the most important one ever. Rather than considering each day to be another step towards the end of your...
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Nikhil Dayal
Apr 15, 20222 min read
We are all Saiyans
Fiction, at least the good variety, is never too far away from real life. One such tale is the saga of the alien race called Saiyans,...
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Nikhil Dayal
Apr 2, 20221 min read
Kill
Kill the fear monster Kill the procrastination monster
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Nikhil Dayal
Apr 1, 20221 min read
with a smile on his face
Jose Mourinho (veteran football manager) awarded Sergio Reguilón, (right full-back at Tottenham Hotspurs) with a Jamón ibérico (Iberian...
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