Breast Cancer Inspired Me to Live My Life- Dr.Sudesh Mukhopadyaya Year 2016 brought me a number of challenges; may be these started before that. I did not realize under the guiding hand of the Supreme Power. After superannuation, I got my new knees in 2013. Was learning to walk when was blessed with a job... Continue Reading →
FINDING MEANING IN LIFE BY CARING- Prof. Sanjukta Bhattacharya
FINDING MEANING IN LIFE BY CARING- Prof. Sanjukta Bhattacharya Life is challenging because it is never static. A beautiful dream story of happy family life and achieving the very pinnacle in the work sphere, shatters when out of the blue, one partner faces the inevitable and leaves the other, lonely and bewildered, for the hereafter.... Continue Reading →
Hope and (sacrifice)-O Henry story
In situations of uncertainties of life, many factors can make a difference. Here is a beautiful story by the master story teller, O Henry which illustrate how hope of looking at the falling leaves and the not falling leaf gives a chance to recover. There is also a hidden message of sacrifice. Caregivers are so... Continue Reading →
How Alzheimer’s Changed Our Lives -Ms.Nishi Pulugurtha
How Alzheimer’s Changed Our Lives -Ms.Nishi Pulugurtha Our lives changed one day in November eight years ago. That day was like any other normal day. I left for work as usual. Amma was at home. On reaching work I called her up as I normally did. The phone went unanswered. Amma must have gone out,... Continue Reading →
My tryst with invisible illnesses is almost lifetime long- Ms.Pooja Priyamvada.
My tryst with invisible illnesses is almost lifetime long Ms.Pooja Priyamvada. My late father would call me “fragile bones.” Health was always a concern for me, and my immune system was always weak. After years of misdiagnosis as tuberculosis of the bones, I was correctly diagnosed years later with having Osteoid Oesteoma when I was... Continue Reading →
Caregiving experience-Lessons learnt- Ms.Sujata Pant
Caregiving experience-Lessons learnt -Ms.Sujata Pant My sister Sunaina passed away just 10 days before her 58th birthday. She suffered from GIST cancer for close to 3 years. It is one of the most debilitating and painful diseases, aggressively attacking the entire body and the mind too. Some of the things which helped us cope and... Continue Reading →
MY MOTTO IS TO NEVER GIVE UP -Dr. Usha Benjamin
MY MOTTO IS TO NEVER GIVE UP -Dr. Usha Benjamin Lessons for living with life’s adversities…. Nothing prepares you to be struck by severe pain and inability to walk when you are 42 years old. Life was perfect with a successful career, a very talented surgeon for a husband, and two young boys in school... Continue Reading →
Lighted to Lighten-Ms.Michelle Normen
Lighted to Lighten (Inspired by my Alma Mater) Michelle Normen Curiosity killed the cat! In my case Curiosity found my passion for Psycho-Oncology. As a young Psychology graduate I found myself struggling to make a profession out of the many popular fields of psychology while I was approaching the end of my Master’s degree. The... Continue Reading →
COPING WITH LOSS OF A PARENT-Dr.Dallep Mukharji
COPING WITH LOSS OF A PARENT-Dr.Dallep Mukharji 1974 was a very special year in my life. I got married on 22nd February and in September my wife and I were to go to London for my postgraduate studies. I had got a scholarship at a prestigious University College. There was so much to look forward... Continue Reading →
My close encounter with death-Dr.V.Sridharan
My close encounter with death-Dr.V.Sridharan I really don’t know how to start this! I have some doubts if this will be of use to others not because I think it is exclusive but because “I” actually didn’t “do” anything!! My background is like this: I come from a very orthodox traditional Hindu family and my... Continue Reading →
Living with cancer 