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Osteoporosis
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Learn About Your Condition To Manage It Better
Kavya Poornima Balajepalli lost her eyesight at 21 after a brief period of intense headaches due to Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH), a rare neurological disorder. Here she talks about her struggles after loss of vision, how she manages…
Mausumi, a dark haired woman on the right with her mother, a person with dementia on the left. Mother is wearing specs and  a bindi on her forehead and you can see the blue and white sari draped around her shoulders
Patience And Innovation Are The Most Important Attributes Of A Caregiver For Persons With Dementia
Mausumi Ghosh from Mumbai talks about the travails of taking care of her mother, 77 who suffers from dementia in addition to other conditions like osteosporosis. My mother is an osteoporosis patient from 2003 when she underwent hip replacement…
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Slowing Down to Speed Up Wellbeing
Kajal* had been active and careful about her lifestyle. When she experienced weight loss and started having knee pain she went through a series of tests and specialist doctors. Not satisfied with the solutions presented, she pro-actively looked at…
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I Should Have Gone For A Second Opinion
Gita Kantawala, 72 from Mumbai had a complete knee replacement of left knee preceded by arthroscopy due to a meniscus tear. She talks of the failures and successes of her surgeries and the recovery and rehabilitation process. And the need for a…