So you forget once in a while!
That is ok!
Then again you forget that you forgot! That is not ok!
This double forgeting is the lifestyle of a parrot!
When you have a busy life then automation sets in! You may think that you forgot to lock the car but in fact you have forgotten something else!
You may forget that you have locked the car!
It is the same with examination for us clinicians! The examination is routine for us ENT. I always start with the nose then the throat and then the ears and finally the chest! Whatever the complaint may be! In fact most of the times the patient would be wondering that he or she told me that his or her right EAR is paining but this doctor is checking the nose and the throat! “Guess this ENT must get his hearing tested!”
Then I would explain that all are linked so I need to examine everything!
Suddenly though after full examination of when I would be writing the prescription he or she would ask, “Doctor how is my chest? or how is my nose!?”
Now of course we would have examined all but we would have forgotten that!
This is because unless there is a finding or something different, you would not resgiter a ‘normal’ ear or nose! A senior doctor would simply claim that everything is ok! I normally examine the part again so that both of us would be more satisfied!
This is also important since even the patient would have ‘forgotten’ that even though he or she had specific complains, I did in fact examine everything else! Many times he or she would even forget that I had examined the other normal ear!
Now listen about the kākāpō!
The kākāpō, also known as owl parrot, is a species of large, flightless, nocturnal, ground-dwelling parrot!
According to the evolutionary biologist Douglas Adams, these birds have wings but with such a stout and fat body, they really can’t fly!
Apparently their ancestors could but these birds have forgotten that! Which means that at one time their great great grandfathers used to fly but then decided that it is not necessary! Or worth the effort!
The more interesting thing about this is that they have forgotten that they have forgotten to fly!
So once in a while they jump down from a tree to soar up in the sky only to fall down on the bushy grass like a brick! And get up with whatever pride they have left till the Amnesia strikes again! Or they reach a tree or cliff which is high with a view great for a flight!
Flight assessment needs physics and who else to remember by that other than C N R Rao!
Now don’t forget to place the alarm before you sleep!
Shubh ratri!
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