Patients need doctors. Sometimes they complain about doctors, and often they are grateful to doctors. What they truly want are supportive doctors. We decided to ask our community of patients with chronic conditions what they mean by supportive…
Ashwini Nalhe, 33 from Nagpur has been battling Scleroderma and a few other auto immune conditions for over 10 years now. These are rare conditions which people don’t know about, hence don’t understand. But this has torn Ashwini’s life apart…
Aakansha Khadiya is a fun loving foodie who loves trying out different cuisines, loves dancing and travelling and yet has to grapple with a condition which is not understood, is difficult to diagnose but affects the body in various ways.
Please tell…
Rashmi Bhasin,48 suffers from a rare autoimmune condition called Scleroderma, as well as a host of other issues. It hasn’t been easy for her, but she doesn’t like ‘giving up’, which keeps her going through difficult times.
Who is Rashmi, the person…
Poonam Kamdar, a counseling psychologist, had stage 2 cervical cancer. Because of her traumatic journey, she now fiercely advocates for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine which can help protect against cervical cancer and encourages women to…
Varsha (name changed on request) shares her experience of living with Schizophrenia for the last 18 years, how she has come to terms with it and how it has affected life and work choices.
WHO AM I
I feel I was a very different person…
Sudhir Salian, 56, now living with multiple myeloma for 5 years, had a relapse in October 2021 and is now preparing for a stem cell transplant. Read how he strongly believes in the power of positive thinking, exercise and discipline to stay buoyant…
She went through abuse, gaslighting and more but she could not walk out. Kavita (name changed on request) shares her experience, her thought process and the various approaches she tried over the years and what appears to finally be working.…
On World Lupus Day, we ask Lupus patient advocates about their experience in Lupus management and what they think of the theme this year which focusses on "Let's make Lupus visible"
Vachasamrita
1. What has been the last year like…
