Suchismita Das was an Engineering undergraduate when the diagnosis of a rare soft tissue sarcoma (rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer) in the lung, hit her like a bolt from the blue and turned her world upside down. She fought it out bravely and now she…
Anita Sharma*, 41, is a regular, busy professional in Delhi, who was suddenly diagnosed with GIST (Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor). She shares her experience with us.
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I was diagnosed with GIST…
Priya*, a 64-year-old shares her struggles of supporting her 91-year-old mother-in-law’s needs while keeping her safe and cared for as well as finding time for her own interests and priorities. She shares some tips on what worked for her.
My mother-…
Runjhun Hajarnis, 34, suffers from PVOD, a largely invisible illness which is a variant of Pulmonary Hypertension, which, in turn, prevents her from living life as normally as she would want to. As she says: "No one knows just by looking at you…
The Japanese art of Kintsugi is not only about repairing valuable broken ceramics with lacquer and gold, it celebrates the history of the breakage and repair which increases the value of the piece manifold. Nilanjan Bandyopadhyay, a great admirer of…
A toothache which turned out to be mouth cancer. Kashyap Dalal, 60 from Ahmedabad and his wife Hemal recall how he found out about his cancer during a dental check-up. A decade into his diagnosis and multiple recurrences, he now spends his time…
Ishika Gupta was born with a rare muscular dystrophy condition Lama 2, which naturally shattered her parents. This is a story of how the parents Shruti and Raghav Gupta found the strength to fight on and make Ishika’s life as comfortable as possible…
Jaya Jamrani, 42 is a senior Marketing Professional who had painful periods since she was a teenager. A severe abdominal pain attack led to a diagnosis of endometriosis. She spoke to us about her experience in dealing with endometriosis. She says, “…
Jaswinder Banga is a 26-year-old young man who was stopped in his tracks with a sudden diagnosis of the debilitating ankylosing spondylitis. While waiting for his critical surgery, he shares his travails since the diagnosis.
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