THIS IS A TRUE STORY. IT DESCRIBES THE G. B. SYNDROME IN DETAIL. THIS SYNDROME HAS ATTACKED THE BHAGWAT FAMILY TWICE, FIRST THE MOTHER OF THE FAMILY AND THEN THE SON OF THE FAMILY. THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF THE FAMILY HAS DESCRIBED THE SIGNS OF THE SYNDROME IN DETAIL WITH WHOLE AND SOLE INTENTION OF INFORMING PEOPLE, PRESENTING THE PERFECT PICTURE OF THIS CRITICAL ILLNESS. G.B. SYNDROME IS AN ILLNESS WHICH ATTACKS THE IMMUNITY POWER OF THE PATIENT MAKING IT DISASTROUS FOR THE PATIENT. THE VIRUS OF THIS DISEASE STARTS WITH THE NERVES, SLOWLY TURNING ITS ATTENTION TOWARDS VICTIM S TOES, LEGS, FINGERS, HANDS, LUNGS AND THEN THE TRACHEA ITSELF. THIS DISEASE IS VERY RARE. ONE PERSON IN 2-3 LAC PEOPLE IS AFFECTED WITH THIS DISEASE. THIS BOOK DESCRIBES THE EXPERIENCE OF THE BHAGWAT COUPLE. EVEN THOUGH, IT WAS MR. BHAGWAT WHO WAS THE VICTIM, MRS. BHAGWAT WAS THE SILENT PARTICIPANT OF ALL THAT WAS GOING AROUND. SHE WAS SEEING HIS PAIN, AND SUFFERING ALONG WITH HIM. TOGETHER, THEY BOTH FACED THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE DISEASE, THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL STRESSES, THEIR EVERLASTING BOND, THE STRENGTHENING OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP.... MRS. BHAGWAT HAS VERY SENSIBLY DESCRIBED ALL THIS IN HER WORDS, IN A NARRATIVE MANNER.THIS BOOK DOES NOT JUST GIVE DETAILS OF THE DISEASE; ON THE CONTRARY, IT GIVES US AN INSIGHT, COMPELLING US TO THINK MORE ABOUT OUR SELF, INWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY. स्वत ची रोगप्रतिकारक शक्ती स्वत साठीच घातक ठरवणारा आजार म्हणजे जीबी सिंड्रोम मज्जातंतू हळूहळू निकामी करून या आजाराचा विषाणू बोटं, पाय, हात आणि पुढेपुढे फुफ्फुसं आणि श्वासनलिकेवरही हल्ला करतो. लाखामागे केवळ दोन-तीन जणांना होणारा असा हा आजार चारुदत्त भागवतांना अशा आजाराने पछाडल्यानंतर त्याच्याशी झगडताना ते व त्यांची पत्नी कल्पना यांना आलेले अनुभव, तीव्र मानसिक चढ-उतार आणि त्यातून वाढीला लागलेली श्रद्धा यांचे संवेदनक्षम चित्रण कल्पना चारुदत्त भागवत यांनी या कथनातून केले आहे. म्हणूनच निव्वळ भयंकर आजाराच्या पुढे जाऊन हे कथन वाचकाला शरीर-मनाबद्दल अधिकाधिक प्रगल्भ करते.