03 - ZOOM SESSION & SUMMARY,

 WORK IN PROGRESS

SCREEN SHOT OF ZOOM SESSION AS CAPTURED BY LOGANATHAN

Post Zoom Session:

I wrote:

I was encouraged to go down this path after Najeela, my Fav Singing Partner on Smule sent me a forward on "Dying Empty"  as I mentioned at the beginning. But for her there would have been no zoom session Yesterday. Thanks Naj for being an inspiration.  

Najeela wrote "I think everyone got a clear point of how to observe their health and get a good understanding of what  we need to be more healthy. So I think this was a great start in my point of view. 👍👍👍👏👏👏🤲🤲....Please  go on with your great work.it will be very helpful for many of us for sure👍👍. 

When the session ended I forgot to save the recording as I assumed my sister who set up the session would have recorded it automatically. Luckily for me Naj has recorded the Audio...🙃🙃🙃🙃 (Except I have not figured out how to upload the audio file here)

Click here to listen to Part of the Audio of the Zoom session held on 

Sunday the 24th Oct 2021

I wrote:

Thank you for joining the zoom session yesterday. Was my first attempt to discuss health. I am actually disappointed, as I lost the text and the flow. Been a while, since I hosted a Zoom session. On hind sight I should have made it all a "Key Note" - Slide show with images and text instead of jumping around and waffling on.  I did get a bit rattled and lost the flow. Think my text was packed to the rafters. Too much info can be an overload 

The Good news is last night Mithu and I made an agreement to make You Tube Videos Series sharing our health battles she being a Diabetic Type 1 from age 13 and me having A to Z ailments baffling medicos and how we survived for what it is worth. Thank you for joining. 

What was the take away summary from your point of view ?       

I have had a couple of very valuable feed backs that I will share with all of you. Thank You again

Comment-1:

My Best Buddy Raju Jairam from Colorado who is my Pillar of support in analysing my symptoms and finding everything he can through Google searches and Mayo Clinic had this comment to make.                                                                                              "I "Thought you had some good information, some common sense items that folks ignore or are totally unaware of. Most important message is to listen to your body.  I don’t know how many got that. 

I agree that you rambled a bit."                                                                                        (Now that is what Good Friends are for and I love my critics as they help me fix my shortcomings. I Feel  Blessed as I have No shortage of good friends. )

Comment -2:

Madhushree wrote "The session was extremely interesting and enlightening.      I enjoyed it thoroughly. Thank you for sharing with us all  and enriching  us". 

Comment 3:

My Friend Loganathan wrote                                                                                          "After the zoom, I called our friend Kumaraswamy and he told me he listened to your entire talk using his grandson's Rithin Mob Phone. As much as I was, he too was surprised about your in depth knowledge in medical and health science, he told that you are more a Doctor than Engineer. He was also full of praise about your vast experiences in life. My opinion is that you had expressed yourself better without the slide show. We had an opportunity to see you and your Mrs on this zoom call.  So life goes on as usual by God's grace and good circle of friends.😀😀😀

Comment 4:

Indrajit Ray wrote " It was indeed an excellent session."

Comment 5:

My IITM buddy Kuppuswamy wrote                                                                               "Dear Ram,You spoke very well. Learnt the importance of water and the need to consume adequately. Well explained. 

I enjoyed the session. My doubts clarified by your wife. Need for consulting the right doctor is well said and I am with you.

Comment 6:

Shankarswamy wrote "I came in briefly by Zoom at 5 minutes, past 10 but, while I could see you, I couldn't hear you... So I disconnected...😏

(Sorry Shanks. will share details with you)

Comment 7:

Rohin Mahajan also IITM alumnus now in Sydney wrote :                                                                                                            "Thanks for organising the session uncle, it was a good one ,      

The water part was good,.  

The good takeaway was that all the facts were probably there in back of mind always but you reinforced them, something like don't eat after dinner and before breakfast.. Fasting one day a week is also good idea

Comment 8:

Najeela wrote: For me all your points were  very valuable and my hubby was complaining as to why I didn't record it from the start. I was multi tasking at that time and was on my phone.  So my son had to download zoom in his computer then started to record.😭😭

Me: I am not sure if any of you have this habit of leaving the best piece for the last when eating Dinner.I developed this habit and worked great until Anand was about 5 years old. He thought it was fun to grab the last piece of prawn chicken or potato from my plate like a hawk and eat it and say "Na Nanna naanaaaaa" Believe it or not he does it even after becoming a dad himself . I left the best Response for the last 👇👇👇

Comment 9:

My Good Friend Chandra Kumar aka CK from Bangalore wrote "You were Great Ram....Nice to see you sharing your health know how and experiences....AM sure may found it very useful. I will send you a note on my thoughts. both on what you shared and few more.

Me: I just listened to the Zoom audio that Naj saved and shared with me and in My opinion I conclude that it was a lot of good information but badly presented. I am unhappy I botched the audio as an acoustic engineer. I should have used my iPad with my Dynamic Microphone. Macs Built in Mic is not good enough. Plus I was rushing through as I realised it was 1,00am for Nacha in SF and also very late for Raju in Colorado. So Perhaps a Valuable lesson. 

I am definitely getting my Rode Pod Caster with Microphones and Ear Phones for Ram & Mithus Podcast series...Thank You for your support and feed back

As My Wife Mithu says I am a perfectionist. I am not feeling Bad. We can plan all we want but so many factors beyond our control influence the final outcome.

30th October 2021:

Message from Subash Chandra

Ram, it's now been 9 years since I first started conducting exercise classes for ISCA (Indian Senior Citizens Association) - initially once a week, then twice, and then Covid and Zoom enabled 5 times a week.

80% of the regular attendees are still alive,(other 20% must be ghosts Subash :-( )  have regained movement in joints and limbs and muscles that they and their doctors had given up as a lost cause, reduced their medication for diabetes, pain and God knows what else, and I have personally benefited from exercise all my life.

Medicines are a necessary evil and I've found that Ayurvedic and Homeopathic are a better option in the long run.

Personally, I'm very cynical about the entire Pharmaceutical industry and their hold and control over politicians and the medical profession.

Like death and taxes, medicines are inevitable, but the less of them, the better 😊😊😊

Best for the Last:

On Sunday the 24th of October 2021, I decided to Host a Zoom session for Friends who were interested in hearing my experiences in life to stay alive.

Every one who attended was Polite and Kind and told me I did a Great Job. But in My Mind that I am a Perfectionist, I was not Happy as I was rattled and it ended up as a Rambos Ramble. Had a few technical Glitches with share scree to share my Key Note slide and the process lost my Notes, rushed it through as it seemed to be taking too long and forgot about Question Time.

Basically My Forte is Writing and I decided I should stick top it and hence the Blog which will live on as Long as My Gmail continues to Live

I was so Rattled I must confess that I even for got to Save the video/audio of the session. Fortunately for me Naj had saved the audio and my Friend CK produced and amazing bulleted Summary that you can read below:'

CKs Valuable Summary:-

Ram’s Health Tips for 60+

1. Choose a right Physician who can advice specialists when needed

a. Ideally above 40 for experience

b. Patient Listener

c. Tries to identify the root cause than only symptoms

d. Advices calmly on dos and don'ts

e. Follows up or ask for revisit for confirming his treatment

f. Treats  based on your lifestyle and age.

g. One who is aware of all your medical problems and medication

WATER:-

2. Water is the key for keeping blood flowing

a. More the merrier. Excess is not an issue.

b. Before bedtime and after wakeup time for sure

c. Less after meal as it may dilute digestive juices

d. Helps blood pressure and avoids strokes

e. Water is 60% of body and needs regular replenishment

f. One can live without water for about 3 days only

g. Water is more important than food

h. Soft drinks, Coffee, Alcohol, Tea are dehydrant

3. Food

a. Eating less as you age as your metabolism reduces

b. Every 6 hrs during the day is ideal.

c. Easy to digest food

d. Raw foods in the morning

e. Cooked food in the night

f. Light meal at night

g. At least 2 hrs before going to bed

4. Exercise

a. A must to keep muscles active.

b. As much as you can but regular.

c. Simple walk for 30 mts is good enough

d. Flexibility to be maintained for good flow of blood and oxygen

e. Breathing deeply is a must to keep lungs healthy

f. Be happy to move about and not wait for help.

g. Twists & Turns helps.

5. Mind

a. A strong mind maintains a strong body

b. Be positive. It helps heal your body.

c. Confident mind works better with medicines.

d. Body is a machine. Mind is your energy to drive this machine

e. Be calm under any circumstances. It helps.

f. Anxiety leads to depression and many more complications.

g. Keep your mind active. Live in the present. Smile and feel the joy around

h. Meditation is an exercise to calm your mind.

i. Prayer is a form of meditation which gives hope.

j. Let life happen the way it happens. Do not brood too much.

6. You are Unique

a. We are all same same but different

b. Each body has evolved over generations and unique

c. Same treatment cannot work for all

d. Comparing can be futile. Be the best of yourself.

e. Be grateful. Its a source of energy

f. Forgive everyone as it releases your stress.

7. You need energy beyond air, water and food.

a. Electricity is needed to drive for most equipments

b. Life force is needed to drive your body and mind

c. LIfe force comes into you from the universe and is used up.

d. Constant flow is needed to keep you alive.

e. Life force comes from healthy food, water and breath and through resonance.

f. Breath is a most critical part of inviting Life force into your system

g. Deep breathing or forms of Pranayama practice keeps this healthy.

h. Most healing happens internally when there is optimum life force.

i. Only beyond a point, it needs medical intervention

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Thanks CK for this wonderful summary. I might have to add a few more to it based on my life time experiences