Tryst with Tonsils

So..

The first time they swelled up to the size of medieval boulders was when I bunked college to eat ice cream! There hasn't been any looking back since!

We have shared a love hate relationship since that first date at Sankey Tank. Of course variety has been the spice of our lives..Various doctors, Varied antibiotics, Multiple Mutations, Variety of grub, and of course a huge retinue of hospital pals!
Many summers ago,I bunked college and ran away with my then love of life to an exiting date at Sankey tank. People who know this place would know what a hub of activity it is for lovers and lazy people! And to cater to the whims and fancies of the fauna , there are the bhel walas, the chat walas, the bhutta walas, the cucumber wala and the kwality ice cream wala! In the heat of the afternoon sun me and love of life decided to dig into ice lollies! Ah what super pleasure in life..the orange ice lolly dripping away,melting in my mouth and slurrp!
The next day I had an ice glacier stuck in my throat and it hurt damn bad! Doctor ENT specialist at Ramiah hospital took one look and said "nod - nod tch tch infected tonsils" :( .. I felt like Satya from the pepsodent ad! Mummy ko jhoot bolunga ki Ice cream khaya!

That was then..
There were some other chronic occurrences on and off , pretty much in a gap of few months. One of the worst was when we traveled all the way from college to Electronic City in a polluted maze of traffic called "bangalore". I had a final round interview with a company and then had to be back at college for another. Man! That night was crazy.. I had got both the jobs. The morning after sucked! ( As it usually so often does ;). That week while everyone celebrated at placement parties I nursed a lump..in my throat!

While at HP, one of the funniest was the day I danced to "maar dala" in the afternoon heat. I was thirsty before the dance and took a swig of a concoction which I later discovered had a potent amount of white rum! La de la la.. I couldn't have danced to a more apt song. The next day I was not only down with tonsillitis but a generous dose of "swelling of lymph nodes" as well!

This has been my 8th year in Bangalore, the city of "dust in your nose"! Almost 7 years since my first date with the then love of my life!
Loves of my life have come n gone. Often!
The only 7 year itch, I guess, I have ever experienced are my tonsils! And I know that this itch aint going anywhere too soon,because we always have a reason to get back together! :)