Allhumdolillah! I am at a much better place since my last post with series of lab tests, utlrasounds, a mammogram and some other really scary tests, and a gut wrenching anxiety of results. I am doing well thankfully everything was clear except low iron levels with vitamin d3 deficiency. These deficiencies are now on their way to recovery. It is worth noting that I have been struggling with intense brain and physical fatigue since 2019 but not a single doctor was able to identify my problem. Once somebody is diagnosed with depression or anxiety then every health issue they complain about is looked from the psychological lenses. Nobody asked me to check iron, vitamin b12 or vitamin d3 deficiencies even my mum who is a dermatologist always assured me that I am fine and this weakness is just a phase. It was a phase alright, it engulfed almost 8 years of my life pushed back my career and research ambitions. This is not the case alone with me but there are many people who silentl...
Once more Karachi is in the easy range of crime and criminals, few days of peace and you worry what next is coming up for you to endure. Living breathing humans become number count in the headline news. People lose their lives, families lose their loved ones and all we see helplessly is the ‘strict notice’ taken by some unconcerned authority figure. Maybe my intelligence is not enough, as I always fail to fully understand the concept of this Strict Notice. I wonder why people even bother to say these two meaningless words when they cannot do anything. Sometimes it scares to see that everyone in Pakistan is at the mercy of Rs. 500 bullet. There is a limit as to when you can be in all the wishful peace state. There is a limit as to how to long one can ignore the crude reality and live in the Lala land. We as a nation have become immune after being continually traumatized on so many levels. We see small helpless children begging on the roads, and we cannot even dare to...