Today and Tomorrow

CHAUBAL

For past six months or more I was suffering from swelling of gums. Wearing the partial denture that I have was so painful that I used to wear it only at the time of lunch and dinner. Several times in a day I was massaging the gums with medicinal gel, or gargling with Listerine or applying Vicco Vajradanti to gums. But the trouble did not subside. My dentist told me that the remaining four teeth are also affected and because of them the infection enters the gums. The only solution is to remove them and have a full denture.

Following doctor’s advice I got the four teeth extracted. Now there are no teeth at the lower level. It will take about four weeks for healing. But now I can’t eat – can’t chew. I have to take only liquid or semi-liquid food which can be just swallowed. So I am having only soups, different types of kheer, shrikhand, ice cream, etc. Yes, I can eat pastries. They are so soft, and I don’t have to chew; just swallow them. After four weeks I shall get the denture. It may require a few days more to get it adjusted, but then I shall be able to eat anything that I please.

We have to sacrifice our today to have a better tomorrow.

But are we not doing it since childhood? We sacrifice our playful life when we start attending school. We sacrifice income thru job when we join the college or University to have higher education. We sacrifice entertainment when we burn midnight oil to prepare for the University examinations. Innumerable examples can be given from the later life also.