May – June Meanderings

Hospitals humble you. There are many cases with such intensities that your suffering seems incomparable to them. We are taught countless times that ‘Health is wealth’ and we all must have written dozens of essays on the same topic.

Helplessness aggravates when you God forbid have neither health nor money to support your treatments. The irony is people would invest in life insurance but not in health insurance which actually gives you a better quality of life. I myself also never did.

What about a poor over-populated family who have no means and accessibility to the bare necessities? All this at this moment in time, what’s me to get down to my knees and be thankful.

I know I would’ve cholesterol (even it’s on borderline and not that severe) because of my weight and eating issues. I also have minor gallstones diagnosed this month. I was advised for urgent surgery but I am thankful that through this process I now know that how can I manage all this. Major problem for my pains was actually an acute liver infection and my surgery was cancelled after second opinion but finally I feel I am back on the track of healthy lifestyle.

So this month, I got admitted not in Aga Khan University’s surgery ward but in the university’s Institute of Educational Development for M.Ed program. Now this is what you call a close call.

I always wanted to study in AKU. It was a silent wish. Never thought much about it all my life as I never wanted to go into medicine. The major reflection I went into, was only when I got to know about the Teacher Education program for Masters in Educational Development by a friend and decided to apply. Now I know this is it!

God is kind, mashallah.

ps: We take so many blessings for granted and during this process, we might also end up abusing those blessings. We should think more about the choices.