Zeenat Aman Faces A Near Death Experience, Shares A Life Lesson From The Ordeal

Zeenat Aman's Instagram is a treasure trove of life lessons, thoughtful epiphanies, BTS stories of iconic moments, and more. The veteran actress's Tuesday post is a story of her recent near-death experience and the lesson it taught her. Here's what happened. 

Sharing a stunning picture for herself on Insta, Zeenat Aman wrote, "At the risk of sounding like an old lady suffocating on her tablets, allow me to share with you what happened last night."

"It was the end of a long day of shoot at a studio in Andheri East. I had returned home to an ecstatic Lily and, after giving her the attention she is entitled to, had swiftly gone through my night rituals. My very last task before I could surrender to sleep was to take my blood pressure medication," she continued. 

The painful ordeal began here. 

"I popped the pill into my mouth, took a sip of water, and then felt my breath catch. There it was, this little pill lodged in my throat. Too far down to regurgitate and too far up to swallow. I could still breathe, but it was restricted. I took another drink of water, and then another and another, until the glass was empty but the pill remained stuck," Zeenat Aman wrote, describing how it all started.

This is when her son Zahaan Khan came to her rescue.

"There was nobody at home with me other than the dog and the five cats, and panic began to set in. The doctor's number was busy, and so I made frantic calls to @zanuski, who abandoned his plans to rush over," she stated. 

"As I waited for him, the discomfort in my gullet grew. I could think of nothing but that deviant pharmaceutical robbing me of easy breath."

So, what happened after Zahaan reached her place?

"There's no dramatic ending to this story. Zahaan landed up, we finally got through to the doctor who said it would dissolve in time, and I spent the next few hours sipping warm water and waiting," she wrote.

The actress, learned a lesson on how sometimes in life, having patience is the answer to everything. 

"Sometimes it's important to tackle an issue head-on. To confront, challenge, change. But sometimes a situation requires those other softer acts of patience, restraint and equanimity."

Check out the post here:

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On the work front, Zeenat Aman will be seen in Manish Malhotra's Bun Tikki and The Royals on Netflix.