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Treat Lupus As A Phase Of Life
Shreya Shukla, 26 years, runs her own Digital Marketing Agency, based in Kanpur, UP and lives with a diagnosis of Juvenile Lupus. She shares her experience of the complexities of Lupus at such a young age, from delayed and wrong diagnosis to…
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Living With Lupus Is Complicated
Hrishita Gupta, 23 years old is a teacher in Siliguri and has lived with a Juvenile Lupus diagnosis since 2014. She shares her experience of managing this complicated condition and how she copes with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Diagnosis I…
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Living with Lupus and Sjogrens
A. Alphonse Prabhu Roy, 60, was diagnosed at a young age with two chronic autoimmune disorders, Lupus and Sjogren’s Syndrome, with multiple complex symptoms, the most challenging being dry mouth and brain fog. Narrating his experience, he said both…
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Cherishing Every Moment After A Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis
Rajat Subhra Biswas, 56 years old from Kolkata has lived with multiple myeloma and has even gone through a BMT surgery. He talks about his journey. I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in September 2018. I am currently in remission. What were the…
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Learning To Live and Love With A Chronic Illness
Vibha Gupta, 49 originally from Delhi and now in Chicago, USA, lives with multiple chronic illnesses like Sjogren's and heart failure. She shares her journey of learning about her illness, the lifestyle changes that help her cope and why she thinks…
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Are Violent Dreams or Facial Masking Signs of Parkinson's?
Rajeev K Gupta, who lives with Parkinson’s, recounts his own experiences with many surprising and not so well-known non-motor symptoms of PD like sleep behaviour disorders which can be a nightmare and others like facial masking, speech problems,…
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Teamwork Enabled Recovery Over Aggressive Leukemia
Harvinder Kumar, a 33-year-old farmer from Aligarh, diagnosed with acute promyleocytic leukemia, was brought in a critical state to AIIMS Hospital, Delhi. With timely medical attention, he was given a second lease of life. Read about the teamwork…
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Focusing On Quality Of Life Now
Usha Jesudasan, a prolific writer of deeply motivational books and articles, affected by polio, diabetes and breast cancer, started using a wheelchair recently after a very active life. On her eighth breast cancer anniversary, she builds hope from…
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A Rare Nerve Disorder Suddenly Paralysed My Legs And My Life!
Anita Mody, an active grandmother and housewife wakes up one day with suspicious pain in her legs. A week later, she is unable to walk, move or feel her legs. A rare and progressive nerve disorder called Guillian-Barre Syndrome changes her life with…