"I feel angry at times that we did not receive good guidance from the doctors whom we first approached and sometimes I redirect the anger at myself for not doing enough of reading up when so much of information is available on the Internet." …
Paro has been caring for her mother, 86, who has dementia, for the last six years. She is frequently found in doctor’s waiting rooms and has their numbers on speed dial. She tells us what she has learnt from the experience.
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High cholesterol and heart trouble ran in her family. But Varsha Marfatia, 85, didn’t let it control her life, says her grand-daughter Utsa Shah.
Tell us about your grandmother’s condition.
She had high cholesterol leading to…
Dubai-resident Indu, 48, tells us how she managed her asthma and is now medication-free.
When were you diagnosed with asthma?
I was first diagnosed when I was around 11-years of age. Then, for the second time around age 44. …
Cancer survivor Lam Yi-ning is only 12 years old. She was diagnosed with cancer when she was just seven. She underwent brain surgery, four chemotherapy sessions and 30 radiotherapy sessions. Despite frequent headaches and impaired vision,…
In the words of Kamini Pradhan, a featured Ovarian cancer crusader
Family and friends have a major role to play in the treatment of a cancer patient. A cancer patient can be supported in the following ways :-
MENTAL / EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
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Says Mumbai-based Pradeep , 59, who gave up sweets and took up yoga to keep his diabetes under control.
Q. What kind of diabetes are you suffering from?
Type 2 diabetes
Q. When were you diagnosed?
1994
Q. Early symptoms?
I had pain in my…
A Mumbai-based mother talks about her son’s cancer (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia) treatment in India and the US. As told to Utsa Shah.
My son Anshuman was diagnosed with T cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when he was 13 years old.…
Chennai-based R. Radha did not let rheumatoid arthritis (or negative comments) stop her from leading a full life as a wife, mother and grandmother. Here, she talks about the treatments, therapies and determination that helps her fight…
