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...
How can you write or focus on anything when the mind is traveling in eight different planets? Yet you gather all your strengths, make yourself a nice strong cup of cold coffee and sit down to write something; to say something because this quietude is literally taking the breath away. I don’t even know if I have used ‘take my breath away’ appropriately in a sentence but somehow it suited my condition most aptly. I feel that I am standing at crossroads in my life, with different options to choose from. It is a very common dialogue in Indian movies, when the Hero says, ‘in real life there are no retakes. You get one shot and you have to get it right or else.........’ Wow! I think I should join the film industry as their dialogue writer or might be as the story-writer, trust me I have some real material that would just blow out the minds of audience. After a long period of renovation at home, everything is finally settling. It was two grueling mon...