In the last few days we as bloggers, tweeples (and whatever other word you’d like to associate to it) suffered a great loss.

Salman Mehmood who was more commonly known as ‘skdev’ online passed away at the age of 24. Personally I hadn’t known him very well, but for his actions online and for the blood drive campaigns that he often organized I respect him from the bottom of my heart.

He was already a Thalassemia major, and the blood drive he organized were for the treatment of the patients suffering from the same, but very recently he had been infected by Meningitis, for which he was admitted to Aga Khan University Hospital.

For about a week he suffered, his brain activity had gone zero and he was put on ventilator, which was finally removed on the 19th of October 2009.

During all this his sister Ayesha Mehmood, who he had always encouraged to move forward with the Blood drive kept us all updated via twitter, which was very kind and brave of her considering what she was going through watching her brother in the hospital.

During these days we saw most of the Pakistani blogger community praying for the better of Salman. We saw some deep emotions surface, since we on some level had interacted with Salman, and needless to say he was one awesome person, friendly, helpful and lively.

I offer my condolences to his family, and yes we will miss him, I want us to move forward with the Thalassemia project so his dream of getting rid of such disease in Pakistan can come true. Ameen.

Please take a moment and say a little prayer for Salman and his family. Thanks.

Tags: Aga Khan University Hospital, Ayesha, bloggers, blood, brain activity, community, death, Salman Mehmood, thalassemia, ventilator

It was around a few months ago when I had donated blood for the thalassemia patients, when I was employed at Creative Chaos, it’s been a long time.. and a very long time if I speak in internet time.

Any how, I was at the Blogap forum, when I read the post by Ayesha, that said that they are looking for blood donors. I was easily tempted at the idea of getting my blood into some one else’s veins, but anyway, help is good, so I decided I’ll do this.

Yesterdey after work, even though I was like super sleepy, I decided that I’ll go to Iqra University and meet Uzey and Abdullah. While I was there I got to catch up with Fahd and Iraj too, which turned out to be nice.

After that I hit Asim’s place, which is one of the best places I go, no kidding, where we called up Kamran and went to Aga Khan hospital, I got myself registered, and waited a few minutes before it was my time to give blood. I guess I was done in a few minutes.

Now I hope that blood does go to some one really in need. May God bless. Ameen.

Tags: abdullah, asim, blood, donate, fahd, help, iraj, kamran, thalassemia, uzey

What’s up right.. well for one, I m not ! and the way things are giong around, I m suspecting I won’t be properly up either

Zair has recently become ‘The Incredible Hulk‘ in case you didn’t know. and I’ve become I don’t know maybe the military that runs from him, but I ain’t running from Zair.. he’s a darling.. Muah muah… haha !

I’ve started using the Wacom tablet we have at our office for the design team, but not really properly, and honestly it’s so much fun to use it, rediscovery of talents haha.

I missed today’s Gunaah’s concert, coz yes, I m not really well.. I m pretty weak and ill for now, thats why the folks around my office don’t get to see a lot of jumpy me

And boy oh boy, add to that, I donated blood, for a good casue, incase you have some extra blood too, go donate them to thalessimia patients, I swear it’s worth it, thats why I did it.

I actually saw them in person, and also saw another good number of folks from other disorders realted to blood… Blood is so important, I just found out the importance, and I feel like thanking the All mighty for giving me a healthy supplu of blood in my veins..

On the other hand when I went for the donation with my office staff, we had a surprizing incident, which I m not going to write here to save someone from some embarassment.. yes I care

Then we even discovered a BLOODY MUFTA, ok for those who didn’t get it, it’s an internal office joke, posted here for no reason

Love all the rest..

Teabreak‘s rocking btw

Tags: blood, concert, donation, farhan, furqan, gunaah, hulk, illness, random, rashid, thalessimia, weak, Zair

I feel I should post this, just because, a few people do read the blog, maybe it could help them sometime, just maybe.

You could save a life.

STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters… S.T.R.

My friend sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and spread the word. I agree.

If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks.
STROKE IDENTIFICATION: During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall – she assured everyone that she was fine and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. (they offered to call ambulance) They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food – while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid’s husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital – (at 6:00pm , Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today.

Some don’t die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead. It only takes a minute to read this… STROKE IDENTIFICATION:

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke…totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough. RECOGNIZING A STROKE Remember the "3" steps, STR . Read and Learn! Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a
bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions : S * Ask the individual to SMILE . T * = TALK. Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (eg "It is sunny out today"). R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS . If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call the ambulance and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher. NOTE : Another ‘sign’ of a stroke is 1. Ask the person to ‘stick’ out their tongue. 2. If the tongue is ‘crooked’, if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke. A prominent cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved. ….and it could be your own…..

I thank my darling, for sending this to my email, I generally don’t email forwarded messages, hence I shared it on my weblog.

Tags: blood, care, clot, concern, death, health, life, mental, negligence, stroke, thoughs