Hospital

Sitting in the hospital waiting your turn, wondering and worrying. The worst thoughts gallop through the mind.... may be it is just a mild fever, maybe this cough is H1N1 or maybe this lump on my arm is a tumor. Maybe the yearly check up is going to show my worst nightmare... Cancer! These thoughts are seen in the face and body language of each person sitting in the clinic.Even the most healthy person looks pained and trying to look ill, almost trying to justify the reason to have a MHC ( master health checkup)

Some are there for a just cause, genuinely ill, they look spritely, trying to ward off the malaise and put on a brave front. The others who are here for their yearly check up have the gravest faces, expecting the worst. They pick up their cell phones constantly speaking in hushed tones giving blow by blow commentary on their current status.... " Waiting for the scan, finished x-ray, blood test pending ......" and on and on. All the while looking suitably ill, acting the part to justify the fat bill at the end of all this probing, prodding and testing!