Mohit Gupta, 34 from Delhi is visually impaired since birth. He has learnt to overcome his vision problems by adopting assistive technologies which help him negotiate his professional and personal space.
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Author and writer Usha Jesudasan illustrates, with a parable of Chicken Little who believes the world is coming to an end, how illness related anxiety can get difficult. Here she offers some tried and tested tips that have worked for her to come out…
Rashne Dubash, 76 year old from Mumbai shares her journey of living with Rheumatoid Arthritis for over two decades. She talks about her symptoms, how she manages her health and the lessons learnt.
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When Mr. Sudhir Waghmare, 58, PhD, entrepreneur and innovator, was diagnosed with esophageal cancer he took it in his stride quite stolidly. What broke him down was the loss during chemotherapy of his luscious hair which he dearly cherished. He…
Maxwell Gomes, 34 is living with a debilitating condition called Ankylosing Spondylitis in Kolkata which is so painful that it can even paralyse a person. Delayed diagnosis just makes it worse. Maxwell talks about how he manages AS as well as a host…
Filomina Pawar was a caregiver for 10 years to her Belgian artist partner, Eric Weets, who lived with severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Here she narrates how till his death she helped him with oxygen cylinders, chicken soup and air…
Uday Kerwar, survivor of stage 4 bladder cancer and currently Chairman of Ostomy Association of India (OAI) talks about his journey with bladder cancer, urostomy bags, its many challenges and plenty of adjustments before it becomes a part of you.…
Renu Bhuwalka from Mumbai has lived with hypothyroidism for the over 3 decades. She shares her lived experience from early symptoms to diagnosis and how she managed it well to ensure an active lifestyle.
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Patients need doctors. Sometimes they complain about doctors, and often they are grateful to doctors. What they truly want are supportive doctors. We decided to ask our community of patients with chronic conditions what they mean by supportive…
