Houston, Texas
Big Toe Hurting
Anuttama and I, with umbrellas held up to
stave off the pouring onslaught of rain, were dodging puddles on our way to
early sadhana at 4:30 a.m.
“My
God!” I thought, “Houston is usually as dry as a bone.
It’s been like monsoons all night.”
Here we were on a mere two-block walk, when
I began to feel a creeping up of pain into my left big toe. We made it to the temple after avoiding a
near-flood-world. An inflammation had
started to occur. Fortunately, Dr. Rao
is in the room next to me and administered help with ice packs and also brought
in another doctor from the community.
“It could be gout,” she said.
I looked it up and inquired online about better
foods for this type of agitation with pain of an arthritic nature. As you can imagine, sugar is a big culprit,
along with nightshade veggies like potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant. Helpful foods are pineapple, turmeric, ginger
and devil’s claw. I’m missing a few
points here on food. Oh yes, bagels and
pasta aren’t good, and barbecued anything is bad. No problem for those of us on the veg diet.
The point is I’ll have to take care, and keep
my left foot and leg raised when in a reclining position. “Don’t walk today,” said Dr. Rao.
Still, I went through some meaningful
meetings, some involving pushing to promote female gurus in our society. For if someone is qualified in a woman’s
body, why not help the male gurus who can use the relief? I felt less pain in the course of talking on
that topic. Kept me alive in the
meeting.
May the Source be with you!
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