Medical Guinea Pigs

Guinea Pig is a tailless rodent used in medical experiments and testing.

I am opposed to using  animal testing unless those testing are done for the benefit of the species as is done in zoos.

I am opposed to having animals in cages for human display.

I yesterday saw peacocks displayed in Nicosia island park.

Animal should live in their natural environment or habitat.

I believe London, Paris and New York have more rodents than their equivalent human population.

My equation is 3 rats to every human being.

I believe that rats eat their own carcases by design (if not controlled by snakes and weasels).

We do not need Rat Zhar but the proper disposal of staled food.
Best place is our stomach and one should eat as much as one needs, not more, not less.

Problem of obesity is solved.

I am far off the intended long essay.

I was used as a guinea pig by a PhD guy.

I was in my third year of our medical school a guy from my own colleague who was attached to the Nuclear Medicine Unit approach me and asked me, if I can be a subject for the purpose of stabilization of the thyroxin protocol.

Without much a do, I said yes since I had a good understanding of T4,T4 and TSH.

He was physics guy with a PhD from somewhere.

He did not have any medical background.

He gave me a lethal oral dose of radioactive  iodine.

Within a few hours of it radioactive iodine was all over my body.

I was a human guinea pig.

I used go a scan every month of my medical student days for a scan and when it petered out I started testing my TSH levels every year for very long time.

When they start charging I stop testing in Ceylon and in UK and New Zealand I used to test them in my opening medical examination tests.

They are only worried about Tuberculosis.

Once in a few years I go to Singapore and get basic tests done since, I do not trust Testing in Ceylon.

I had a full examination aged 55 that was required by a UK Agency.

Thankfully the radioactive dose of my thyroid was very low.

For all its worth, I would have been hyperthyroid to begin, with lest I would have ended as a case iatrogenic thyroid carcinoma.

When I joined as a seconded officer, I actively campaigned against locating it behind the medical library and got them evicted.

I never saw this physics guy again in my life.

Somebody else much later tried to do the same trial on Kandy school girls and I told the principal that my daughter is not given a single dose and I killed the project yet again.

Then again a medical guy 3 years junior to me wanted an advice on a research protocol.

I told him test thyroid function against grey hair, which he did and he disappeared to America.

I told the professor under whom he worked he will never come back.

He was a good sportsman and with his help and my scoring in my events and relays Medical Faculty was the second runner ups   

Plight of Ranjan Ramanayake

Ranjan Ramanayake went to prison on the 22-01-2021 for 4 years.

He was pardoned on the the 20-08-2022 after 17 months in prison.

Devoting a few lines on his behalf is timely.

He went to prison using his Freedom to Express (speak) without inhibition.

Contempt of court was his prejudice.

He did not have formal education.

So his language was not polite.

He did not want to apologise for a lesser sentence.

It is a mighty judiciary.

He tried to rectify his childhood faults by studying A Level as an adult.

He passed 4 subjects including English.

He failed in Christianity.

He is now qualified to enter Law College.

I hope he would be successful in his law college examination and become a lawyer.

It is an uphill task for him, in his adult life.

But it is doable!

If he fails first time round,  he should try again like a persevering spider on the roof.

One can make use of prison life constructively.

Good example is Reverend Gnathiloka of German descent.
He was a German Jew.
During British time he was sent to prison in Goa.
His time in prison was well spent.
He translated Pali text into English and German.

His student Gnanapoinika translated classic meditation text SatiPattana.

Buddhist Publication Society is his creation.

Lot of people conspired to send Ranjan to prison.

He lost his parliament seat after 3 months.

He cannot enter politics again for a long period of time, due to the prison sentence.

He would have been an ideal candidate for the post of president with his  charm and (cinema) acting career.

If he writes a book on his prison life it won't sell.

Best career for him is law.

No current lawyer has tried to help him out of prison.

The law seems to favour criminals.

The lawyers become rich because of criminals and Ceylon is a country of criminals.

Thay is why I wish NOT to be born again in Ceylon.

Casualties of JVP Upbeat

There is unusual activity at my blog site.

I do not know why?

I need not worry since, it is time for me to quit political jibs.

I do not carry a  brief  for JVP.

This is my opinion on the casualties not about JVP.

I do not think JVP bother to follow my opinions.

Besides, there is an unusual activity here not seen even during the 2014 launch of this site (when, I started this site to promote relatively unheard Linux distributions).

I want a few more hits before my signing off.

A moral booster of some sort!

Coming to JVP. they have the best grass root organisation and they know they are on the threshold of winning 40% of the total vote but not 50% overall.

Unless of course political stupidity of their own design, overcome and destroy, the trial run people are prepared to lend them due to political desperation.

It is not their intelligent political first choice but probably the second choice.

I am the first casualty in politics by default. None of my earthly aspirations was fulfilled in my entire life.

I would be wetted by JVP come elections.


1. JVP is out for me by first choice.

2. Vasu Deva comes second.

3. Wira Wansa is probably third.

4. Rajitha Senaratne fourth.

5. Champika is high on the list.

6. Maru Sira.

7. Dallus.

8. Kumara Welgama

9. Premadasa junior

10. Arjuna Ranatunge's Family

11. Sports minister Roshan

12. Old sports minister Dayasiri

13. R.W. and Mara Family for over 3 decades.

Listing more is politically redundant!