Stars
are
vain
creatures
-
so
what
happens
when
they
fall
ill
-
that
too,
when
the
ailment
might
be
something
contagious?
Neha
Dhupia
got
mumps
during
her
trip
to
London
last
week
for
Zee
Awards
(April
26)
and
has
since
been
confined
indoors.
Moreover,
she
doesn't
want
people
to
know
that
she's
unwell!
It"s
odd
Says
Neha
from
London,
"I
have
mumps
but
I
don't
know
how
I
got
it.
I
got
inoculated
as
a
child
so
I
must
have
picked
it
up
from
somebody
at
the
awards
event.
It's
odd
to
get
mumps
at
this
age.
You
normally
have
it
in
childhood.
I've
never
felt
so
unwell
in
my
life.
One
moment,
I
was
attending
the
Zee
Awards
the
next
I
was
flat
out
on
my
back!
I
started
feeling
unwell
during
the
awards
itself.
I
had
planned
to
take
a
break
with
my
sister
who
is
based
in
London
but
I
suddenly
developed
high
fever,
got
chills,
headache,
nausea,
vomiting,
and
terrible
pain.
It
has
been
the
most
painful
week
of
my
life."
Neha
moved
out
of
her
hotel
because
of
the
swelling
in
her
facial
glands.
"I
shifted
out
as
I
wanted
to
recover
properly
at
my
sister's
place
but
with
my
face
hanging
down
and
my
glands
all
swollen
I
can't
even
stay
at
a
hotel.
The
good
thing
is
that
my
sister
is
presently
in
New
York
so
I
can
recover
on
my
own
without
her
getting
it
too.
I
am
returning
to
Mumbai
on
May
10
but
please
don't
tell
anyone
that
I
have
mumps.
I
want
to
reach
safe
and
sound
and
don't
know
if
the
airport
authorities
will
make
a
fuss
and
quarantine
me!
Though
I
know
mumps
is
not
an
infectious
airborne
disease,
I
don't
want
to
take
that
chance!"
Story first published: Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 13:55 [IST]