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...
My deepest condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones in this earthquake. May Allah give the departed souls eternal peace and best place in Jannah, and bestow His Mercy and solace upon the ones who are grieving their loss. Thankfully, with the Grace of God Karachi and other parts of Sindh and Baluchistan have remained safe even with such huge magnitude of earthquake. These are the moments when you feel most uncertain about your existence and your heart is gripped with fear and anxiety of the unknown. What to say in such times is still unknown to me, there are no right words that could express the true feelings. However, with the kind of atrocities prevalent in our state today this earthquake should not really come as a surprise. Sacred places of worship are bombed regularly taking hundreds of innocent lives, small children are brutally molested, arms and bullets are cheaper than vegetables, and corruption of every kind is circulating with the blo...