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...
This is a story of a woman who belongs to Pakistan. Once upon time not long ago there lived a woman whose life was peaceful and everything was perfectly under her control until…… Until someone comes in her life, hands over to her something which is very precious for them, and asks her to become a part of the most important time in their life. It is the wedding invitation . Oh no! there are other invites also: one for mayoon, one for mehndi, baraat and valima. Since the families are close so you are also heartily invited to attend dholkis as well. The life which was once calm and composed suddenly begins to shake…and then just when she is about to make some sense of it all…. There is another invite and another and another…. Then she begins the greatest search for clothes, a wild hunting for the best and the most exquisite, and if something appropriate is not available in her closet she would make panicked calls to friends and family asking for help, some g...