Shanmuga Sundaram

My name is G. Shanmuga Sundaram. I live near K. Pudur in Madurai. Some changes in the body that arose quietly. I felt uncomfortable for recent days. Even after going for review, no result at that particular corporate hospital at Madurai. But I have known one Dr. Biju since 2002. Both my knees had gone completely, the cartilage had gone. It is knee for replacement. So the orthopaedic doctors at Ram Narayanan — many of my friends are doctors there. Two of them in particular said that this can only be done by replacing it. They said an artificial one had to be put in. The technology now, the technology in 2002, had not developed to that extent, the knee replacement. But I planned it with medicine. Casually, as soon as I saw him — he was in the evening OP that day, Dr. Biju. Then I told him the problem. What he said was, it is nothing; having examined everything, there is complete ligament pain. If you follow the medicines as I say, followed by physiotherapy and all of this, you will get a cure. But you must have a will power. Otherwise, if you just take a period and then say it is not coming right and drop it and go, that is no use, he said. No, sir, what I need is for this to heal. In that case I will do whatever you say, four parts for every one part, I said. If you tell me a process, I can repeat that same process again and again. At once he gave a treatment for 15 days. He taught me physiotherapy. Then he gave external application oil and medicine and told me to come after 15 days. Then I went back to Ramnad. Going to Ramnad, just as he said, I applied the oil in the morning, did everything, took one tablet, and did what he said at double the rate. If he said ten cycles I did twenty, then gradually increased and was even doing up to fifty or a hundred. On the fifteenth day again I came for review. I came for review like that. He saw how it was. I feel better, fiftyper cent; I think I am well, I said. They told me to continue the same course for another one month. Then after one month again I went back to Madurai for review. At the review Dr. Biju Varier asked how, how do you feel. Sir, totally I am well, no pain — I could not sit cross-legged. Now I can sit cross-legged on the floor, I said. All right, now no medicines are needed; external application of oil is enough. Do the physiotherapy and come after 3 months, he said. When I came for review after 3 months he asked how it is. I walk well; the bike — I can kick-start a bike, and now — there was no self-starter then; the self-starter is what has developed now; you have to kick, you have to press with your leg. On that pedal, all of that I can do very easily. I can climb steps, and there is no pain now. He was very happy. He was very glad at that time. But he said, you need nothing else, continue that physiotherapy. Generally our foods — people know about food. After some time I suddenly gave in to taste and let it go because it was good; I made that mistake. Now the same pain came back to me at first. And besides that, in the cardiology, in recent days there had been something like a trigger pain in the heart. Likewise in the urine, below the urine bladder there is the prostate gland, two glands. That had bulged and the urine was not released freely, there was no pressure. But it had actually gone to a dripping stage. It was for those three complaints that I came to him on 8 March of the current year. Then he started the treatment. That is the 7 days package. That 7 days package finishes today. Totally I am fully recovered from all, all, all problems. Cardiology, knee problem and urine problem. Fully good. I am very happy. And I thank this AVN Ayurvedic centre. Really I must thank God; I consider this opportunity a great opportunity I have had in life. This opportunity, mycoming and staying here, in a hospital. I did not call any attender. I have known Dr. Biju from the beginning. Above him, what occurred to me is that I have sons. All are at Madurai. Two sons. None of their wives need come. Because Biju sir is here, none of that is needed, I said, and I came alone by myself. I am running 70 years. 70 years old. But my coming here was a happiness as though I had been happy; it was not at all like coming to a hospital. What heaven is, they say, is spoken of after death; I have seen heaven while alive. To that extent it is very good treatment. In the hospital nobody at all can be faulted. Everyone has a dedication. They are not doing it as a business. They are service minded. They do it with a spirit of sacrifice. As far as I am concerned, there is no doctor I do not know. I know the hospitals, the corporate hospitals people go to, the chairmen; I am acquainted with them. Nothing at all can be faulted. Neither the treatment, nor them, I mean. But all our supporting teams. Not one per cent in anything. Everywhere everyone makes you angry. Even coming now, I came from home for a freeness, for peace. God has given me many experiences. I have learned a great deal about how life should be lived. What affection is, I learned here. A little provocation and anger would come. After coming that day, for a week I was very peaceful, enjoyable. I express my heartfelt thanks to the management and to God for giving me this opportunity.