Bassbaba Sumon opens up about battle against health issues

On March 2021, beloved Aurthohin front man Saidus Salehin Khaled Sumon, popularly known as Bassbaba Sumon, was at the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital in Bangkok. 

He described his sufferings and painful journey, through an inspirational post on Facebook. He writes, "At the beginning of 2021, I was bedridden due to some spinal complications. I would even lose my sense as the pain would rush in. I was on pain killer injections for a certain period of time." He further described the terrible pain he went through every day for one month and seventeen days. "It is very tough for a person like me to sit down and do nothing, like not recording and being able to play the strings of my guitar. It hurt me like anything as I was not being able to perform at a concert or talk with loved ones, I wasn't even able to dine with my family for 10 minutes."

He also admitted that he did not want to express his depression to anyone, but he was quite positive that the tough times will pass. "On March 10, I was flying in an air ambulance to Bangkok," he writes. "The Immigration Officer at Dhaka Airport was shocked to see me in such a terrible condition. Even I couldn't hold my emotions at the time." At one point, Bassbaba feared that he will not be able to return home. "That moment was the worst moment of my life," he shares. However, with his strong will, he wiped out the fear from his mind.

"On the first day of 2022, I am writing this post to let people know that eventually, we all go through terrible days, but then, good days arrive. Happiness is a choice and life is beautiful." On May 28 last year, he walked for six kilometres and sat for two hours. After regular physiotherapy for four months, he returned to Dhaka. "Many of you know my story, as I stepped into 2021, it was miserable. However, by the end, it was incredibly beautiful. I regained my life." The message behind his post was to keep up the spirit of life, and never lose hope.