XI. When to become Desperate!

Please be aware that this is a WHACK-O Theory.

I was talking with a friend about my recent experience in leaving Las Vegas due to a coming down with a debilitating health condition there.  He had a similar experience in Vegas, himself.

What became the center of our conversation was our experiencing an initial feeling of desperate panic followed by our initiating a course of action that involved moving out from Vegas.  It's true, had I stayed in Vegas,  I could have submitted to medical testing and therapy, but it would have cost into the thousands and thousands of dollars--money I do not have--and I was really sick in need of some immediate remedy.

But why was I so sick?   Had not the physical environment in Vegas contributed muchly to my debilitated and physical incapacities?  I thought so.  The point was to get out of that environment and then seek medical attention!  Whatever it was that my body was reacting to was part of that Vegas atmosphere. 

Together, he and I agreed that it takes courage to get out, to take your belongings, such as you are able, and make a hasty departure. I reasoned, in a different environment, my body should be able to draw new strength.  It could respond to the elements in the new place, differently.  And in fact, that's what happened, even as my friend declared it had happened that way to him.

The Indians--from India--have taught this precept in Hinduism:  The old should be prepared to move on; and in new surroundings approach their debilitating ailment anew.  Some old people retreat into a realm of isolation, but most apply some medical remedy in a different environment they hope is free from the taint of that from which they had come and where they had experienced this particular illness.