June 2020 by Bandra Buzz newspaper

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On the Road to Recovery

Amit Butani and Neetu Butani share some truth and encouragement about facing Covid-19 at home and in the hospital Still, in isolation, our anxiety levels are surging, even as we try our best to stay home & stay safe. Amit Butani (43 years old) & his wife Neetu Butani (41 years old) hadn’t travelled outside the country for a year. They were taking all the necessary precautions since the lockdown & stepped out of home only for essentials. Amit tells us that he felt the sudden onset of fever on the 27th of April, shortly after Neetu showed symptoms of fever, nausea & stomach infection on 25th April. Writing it off as a normal stomach infection, they began treatment with antibiotics, but her fever refused to break. That’s when they decided to test Neetu for Covid-19. Against what they were expecting, the results turned out to be positive and she was admitted to a hospital. Amit knew that there was a possibility he was positive as well. As per protocol, the BMC officials came home and thoroughly tested him as well as the senior members of the family. However, they didn’t test his son and the house help beyond checking their temperature and their levels on the oxymeter, because they didn’t show any symptoms. Thankfully his parents tested negative, which was a huge relief for them. The only symptoms that Amit exhibited were fever & a headache on a couple of days. The maximum temperature his body went up to was 102 degrees. Since he exhibited manageable symptoms, BMC officials asked him to maintain home quarantine given that he’s in a separate room with an attached bathroom. And shortly after, he felt fine & normal. The viral infection spanned about 11 to 12 days for him post which he felt completely recovered. Don’t dread the disease Talking about what helped him get

with an onset of cough or headache & body ache, similar to a regular viral infection. What you can do is keep your immunity up, sleep well, eat a good amount of fruits and vegetables, let nutrients keep flowing into your body. The elderly definitely need extra care & protection during this time. But with kids, their immunity is much better off & they’ll be able to bounce back more easily. Don’t fear the disease. Trust your body to heal on its own. Our bodies are vessels that have been serving us so well and that’s what we need to remember. Simply put in the right ingredients to help it function well.

Amit Butani alongside his wife Neetu through this time, Amit says that he’s into an energy medicine routine which helped him a lot. He practises breathing exercises, kapalabhati, anulom vilom & there’s an excellent breathing technique provided by Wim Hof, which helped him a lot. Besides this, he’s been doing the usual steam inhalation, hot water gargles, sipping on green tea, taking his multivitamins, especially vitamin C & zinc. He has also been meditating a lot & his wife mentions that this period is like a self-imposed vipassana. Amit was fortunate enough to be home quarantined, but he talks about the several emotions that one goes through – there’s

frustration due to the fever. In the mornings, the body temperature is low and towards the evening or late at night, the fever spikes; that’s when the virus comes alive. There is also a feeling of defeat that comes in at times and you’re prone to a lot of selftalk. The idea is to try and stay positive through this time as this changes the body chemistry and helps with the healing. This self-upliftment is in your hands and it’s up to you to steer your mind through it. Keep calm and let it pass For the majority of people, the virus will only exhibit flu-like symptoms, maybe

Embrace the enemy Neetu, who has been recovering in hospital talks about her journey through Covid-19. Although Covid is similar to having a flu, Neetu was worried because she has undergone a splenectomy, which in turn reduces her immunity. But she says that if she can fight this disease, then anyone else can fight it much more easily. After surgery, her stomach has always been weak, & the virus probably attacked the weakest part of the body. She suffered from a serious stomach infection & her fever went up to 104° the next day. Although she was on antibiotics, there was a lot of weakness & she couldn’t eat much besides liquid foods. However, in a few days, the antibiotics began working & she got her appetite back. She was recovering & feeling better, which convinced her that it was only a stomach infection, something she was used to experiencing over the last few years. Just to rule it off, they took a Covid test at a drive-through testing centre. Pearl Mathias Continued on Page 2 >>

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