Whispers of Soul

In those summers in I was a student of BS Computer Science, my 8 semesters came to an end and I was successfully working on my project. I was the only one working on my project alone because all my class fellows think that it was a difficult one. It was Sunday and we went to a neuro doctor in his clinic as he told us to do an EMG test. It was a bit shocking because the doctor told us that this is an illness and it will increase with time. Till that point I just have to use AFOs in shoes and to go through some corrective and diagnostic surgeries. That day was something that diverted my life around a pivot. I remember coming home with helpless eyes. I remember going to university the other day and sharing with my friends, it was as if colours went out of my life. It was like a sword hovering over my head. After that I started meditation by the same doctor; it was an injection and a folic acid tablet. Doctor told that with medications we can try to improve the symptoms but the disease its...

To all my friends who want to know. This time I will write how it challenged my academics and tried to influence my whole life. When I was in school 6 years old I had pain in ankle of my right foot. We were travelling from our village to Peshawar that day. When we reached Peshawar, my uncle who is Orthopaedic Surgeon said it seems peripheral neuropathy. My one feet size was decreasing than other one. My Paediatric doctor was also giving me medicines for it. His recommendation was not to operate unless I am 18. When I was in class 3 I underwent a surgery for nerve biopsy. When I was in class 4 I did an EMG test in CMH Rawalpindi, there they revealed that my hands too are affected. They suggested some exercises for it. Along with all that I was getting AFOs and physiotherapy from a workshop of KTH under kind supervision of Dr Bakht Sarwar. In early 90s that org was mainly treating war affected patients from Afghanistan. The pain was to put orthosis in my shoes for school. And the difficu...