By Geetha Paniker, a survivor of triple negative cancer with double mastectomy. A believer of being positive against all odds who pens, all that the mind can reason with the heart. A teacher, turned home maker, she loves …
Says Shachi Marathe, 30, eight years after their unnerving encounter. Her experience.
Age 22, File Number BX9059- Breast Cancer Carcinoma Grade 3… this was my identity for a while.
It was during that time, lying on my hospital bed,…
A poem by Rita Banik, Founder, RACE to rein-in-cancer
The never uttered word CANCER
The word that fills our heart with grief
Turns our feet cold with fear
The word that haunts and shatters …
How long shall we go on fearing?
How long…
Rajita, now 42, looks back on her ‘shock’ diagnosis and treatment, and how she kept going through rough chemo sessions.
Please tell us a bit about your condition and your history.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 31…
Breast cancer survivor and founder of RACE to rein-in-cancer, Rita Banik talks about how cancer changed her life and why she is passionate about helping others. Here, her thoughts on getting a second opinion, staying active, yoga… and more…
“On paper, I am better: I no longer have cancer… But off paper, I feel far from being a healthy 26-year-old woman,” said Suleika Jaouad in a New York Times article Lost in transition after cancer, documenting her battered and traumatised…
Death stared at me up close this year, says cancer survivor Minakshi Ray. What did that teach her about life?
As I sit back and take stock of how 2014 treated me, I would say, it was a mixed bag. There have been losses and gains. I don't…
Minakshi Ray talks about her experience – the weird and the wonderful - while being treated for breast cancer.
I was scheduled for my first chemotherapy session on April 17, 2013. Even though I believe “ignorance is bliss” sometimes…
Minakshi Ray on her battle with breast cancer and what it took to win.
“Life is like a game in the boxing ring. Defeat is not declared till you refuse to get up”
The line pretty much defines me – I am generally known as a very positive person…