Letters from the hospital

journal of a surgical resident in one of the biggest corporate hospitals in Bangalore. *names of people mentioned in this blog are changed to protect their identities*

Friday, May 06, 2005

Will he become a father?

Basavarajappa has travelled a long distance to see us. He has come all the way from Gadag in north karnataka to show a letter of reference and some reports. His problem- he wasn't a father yet. He is married for 10 long years and his wife has been much rediculed for not having become a mother yet. The cruel social stigma first points out the finger at the wife and in this case, it took ten long years for him to realise that the fault was not with her. The doctor there finally told him that he had no sperms in his semen.
He turned up at our OPD and we looked at his reports. Everything was fine with him expect of course, the sperm count. We ruled out various causes through a thorough history and examination. Primary infertility? Testicular failure? Maybe. Next stop: Aspiration biopsy of the testis.

3 Comments:

At 10:15 AM, Blogger DreamClicks said...

interesting to see such a blog. Reminds me of 'ER'. Keep it going and all the best with this blog.

And i'm awed at the fact that you are a doc and you have an awesome talent of photography! Kudos!

 
At 10:11 PM, Blogger Pallavi said...

well most of the times it is the woman who is blamed and typically the man refuses even to have a check up.. Sigh :) i hope your patient gets a quick solution soon :)

 
At 4:31 AM, Blogger Alex said...

Came here through your photo blog, don't know why but i never thought you'd be a doctor... I loved your photographs, please don't abandon your photo blog.

Cheers,
Alex

 

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