Vijay*, from Mumbai was diagnosed with Glaucoma when he was 42. He shares his experience of managing glaucoma and his mantra to others living with the condition.
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52 years old, Indian man. Active and healthy! An Engineer by…
14-year-old Veydaant Shah has the rare Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy condition which makes him a wheelchair user. He shares with us his thoughts and dreams.
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I didn’t ever run like normal kids, and when I…
Sindhu Saiprasad from Ernakulam, Kerala talks about her son Nikhil who is on the autism spectrum and got a late diagnosis of a rare genetic disorder Fanconi Anemia and how that has impacted their lives.
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Arvind CV, a 27 year old young man had a sudden stroke in November 2019 while working as an Operations Manager for a company in Qatar. He had no history of hypertension or any other health issues leading to this. His life naturally turned upside…
Manaswini Lata Ravindra, 38, a theatre artist, who has been off the anti-epileptic drugs for 17 years, recalls her challenging childhood and how epilepsy shaped her personality.
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Author Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi discusses his latest book ‘Loss’ and examines from up-close mortality, personal grief and achieving equanimity.
Your book ‘Loss’ dwells extensively on the death of your parents, a pet dog and the devastating impact…
In Sickness and in Health! A Valentine Day Special!
Cancer Power Circle brings together two couples to talk about how they navigated the cancer diagnosis and treatment, the challenges they faced and how they supported each other.
"He was my pillar…
Rashi talks about her sensible approach to dealing with breast cancer and taking all the help and support she could get. She also talks about why she chose to do genetic testing and how that influenced the future course of action.
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Madhura Balasubramaniam, 27 from Chennai tried everything to manage Crohn’s disease, getting past the grossness of it. She considers the PEG tube as the best gift she has received and takes life one day at a time.
I am Madhura, a 27-year…
