When a child is diagnosed with a rare disease, it is most agonising and traumatic for parents, especially because they are left alone and helpless. Shital Bhatkar, whose son Aarya succumbed to Niemann-Pick Disease, narrates her long, harrowing time…
Deepa Kannan, who has an 8-year-old son suffering from a rare condition called Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), bares her heart and mind about all her family has been through in trying to cope with the disorder and also about how she is…
Dr Divya Parashar, Head of Rehabilitation Psychology, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi, shares about her own battle with weight issues and how her loss of the extra kilos also invited flak.
This is me, 12 years ago, when we were packing to…
Aditi Goel, 30, a budding food entrepreneur, recounts how the tough upbringing of her parents helped her come to terms with her vitiligo and how she is ready to pull the punches when faced personally or professionally with discrimination because of…
Raju PK,60 from Ernakulam, Kerala deals with Parkinson’s Disease in his own way, sticking to proper medication and exercises. He shares his hacks and tips to facilitate movement in the house.
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MHR, as she prefers to be referred to as, has been battling Behcet’s Syndrome, a rare auto-immune disease for the last 17 years. Having been through various stages of pain, depression and hopelessness, body image issues she has tried ayurveda and…
Javed Khan and his wife describe their 14 year old son, Tavish’s journey with cancer - from diagnosis to treatment and the support they received from Accesslife.
5 months ago, Tavish started complaining of knee pain in his left leg. He was an avid…
Migraines can disrupt your life severely, but the best way to keep them in check is to identify and eliminate the triggers, suggests Abha, 40, who has been having chronic migraines for the last 20 years and maintains a trigger diary to reduce…
This World Cancer Day, cancer survivors and PatientsEngage contributors share advice based on their lives experience on how best to deal with a cancer diagnosis. #WeCanICan #WorldCancerDay #WCD2018
What would you tell a person who just learned of…
