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Committed To Looking After My Body, Mind And Soul While Living With Pancreatitis
Shruthi Meera Shankar, 36 from Bangalore has been tackling Pancreatitis for the last seven years, a condition that has changed the course of her life. She discusses here how she has learnt to live with an almost incurable condition which increases…
When There Is A Will, There Is A Way To Donate Blood
With a motto like 'Give blood and keep the world beating' World Blood Donor Day this year strives to keep the Blood Banks in proper shape, despite the travails of an ongoing pandemic. Some committed blood donors share their views and talk about how…
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Donating Blood Is An Easy Way To Help Save Lives
On this World Blood Donor Day 2021, Dipesh Tank, an avid blood donor recounts his experience of donation during the Covid pandemic and the importance of donation. #BloodDonation #WorldBloodDonorDay #WorldBloodDonationDay Dipesh, tell us how did you…
I Have Rolled Back My Age by Powerlifting
From a Chartered Accountant to a Powerlifting athlete has been an exciting journey for 52-year-old Vinutha Raghunath. Here, she talks about her radical career change midlife, reversal of many symptoms and issues and a new found passion. You have…
Saved by Covid Vaccine and Social Support
In an uncommon occurrence of Covid breakthrough infection, Vivek Kumar Singh, an AIIMS Hospital employee, tested positive three weeks after being fully vaccinated. Here, he is grateful that vaccines and colleagues at AIIMS helped him survive. I…
My Family's Ordeal With COVID
Deepti's family, including her parents stayed safe for more than a year until it all changed. Despite vaccination, despite being careful, her dad, a senior doctor and her mom got COVID and then other members of the family. She shares their…
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Moonshine Brings Solace During Covid
Usha Jesudasan, author of self-help books, writes how the sudden loss of loved ones in the second wave of the pandemic shut her down completely, till the enduring light and beauty of the moon instilled hope. Read to push back Covid gloom. This time…
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Lupus Has Certainly Made Me Tougher
Naveen, 27, from Noida was diagnosed with Lupus Nephritis out of the blue. It left him shocked and in immense physical pain, followed by a series of emergency visits to the hospital, each more critical than the previous one. Through all this, Naveen…
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I Did Not Correlate My Intense Headaches to Stroke
Jennifer Menezes, 28-year-old stroke survivor, fights her paralysis with hope and courage. Here she narrates her account in detail to disseminate information, particularly against prolonged headaches which could indicate a looming stroke. I suffered…