Breast Cancer
CANCER: A friend who warns or a foe with thorns!
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…
Breast cancer at 31 and getting through Chemotherapy
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…
Connected by the thread of pain and love
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…
Cancer was just a part of my story
“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…
Goodbye Year of Cancer. Hello Hope!
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…
The “Spa” effect of chemotherapy
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…
