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How Can I Cope With Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss
Miscarriage or loss of pregnancy is never the fault of the woman. Kavita Nehemiah, who suffered a miscarriage in her first pregnancy, has co-founded a social community to help women navigate life through baby loss and grief and understand this.…
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Wanted to Get Rid of My Walker But Covid Struck
Sapna Punjabi, who has Multiple Sclerosis, has been deeply affected by the long Covid lockdown. Her limbs have become weak and stiff in the absence of physiotherapy leaving her a dependent again. Here she prays for an end to the pandemic so that she…
Inspired by Hurdle Racers To Deal With Young Onset Parkinsons Disease
Five years back when she was diagnosed with an early onset of Parkinson’s Disease, much to her disbelief, Sunandita, 45, had everything going for her. Since then, it has been an uphill task living with a condition that has cramped her lifestyle in…
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"I am okay if Lupus is in the body, I am just not okay if it is in the head"
Shambhavi Chaudhary is a gutsy young lady living with Lupus who decided that life is too beautiful to allow a condition, however debilitating, to take control of her. Accordingly, she started pursuing a normal and active routine and also went…
I Am Working Hard to Survive My SMA
Dr PA Abhinand, 33, with spinal muscular atrophy, who has been on a wheelchair since a teenager, completed his PhD, works as a lecturer and is driven by a never-surrender mindset. Here, he talks about how sometimes life can be depressing and cruel…
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Fibromyalgia Has Been A Catalyst To Understand What I Truly Value
Nine years ago, Shruti Singh, 39, was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, an invisible chronic illnesses, that changed her identity from a career woman and passionate outdoor person to a homebound individual. Today, with active rehabilitation she has taken…
Living with a Rare Autoimmune Disorder
Living With A Rare Autoimmune Disorder
Nishat Fatima, 28 from Hyderabad, India was diagnosed with ITP, Immune thrombocytopenic purpura, a rare autoimmune disorder that can lead to excessive bruising and bleeding. She shares her journey through diagnosis and the challenges of living with…
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Newly Married And Diagnosed With Lymphoma
This young man was diagnosed with Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma within six months of his marriage. He shares his experience of getting through a very difficult period and and having a baby a year after his cancer treatment. 2016.….I was 26 years old. It…
Dealing With Hair Loss: Cancer Power Circle Meet Announcement
Announcing our next Cancer Survivors Meet on 18th Sept 4PM IST. Please block your calendar. Read below on how to participate, share and join    In the last Cancer Survivors meeting we did in June, the group preferred a quarterly meeting.…