I was diagnosed with stage 3B triple negative breast cancer, during my treatment I was scared and confused with the changes that were happening due to the side effects of my treatment. I am sure other patients undergoing cancer treatment must feel the same. With these videos I intend to share my experiences so that they don’t feel alone in their fight against cancer and uncover challenges that a cancer patients encounters. In next few videos I will try to share other challenges that I faced which were really difficult for me to overcome.

After undergoing 6 cycles of neo adjuvant chemotherapy, doctors decided to perform MRM which included complete breast removal and 14 lymph nodes from my axila. The surgery took about six hours and it took me almost one month to recover. Post surgery my pain level was quite high on most of the days but with physiotherapy and other holistic therapies I was able to control it to the certain extent. I came across many other survivors who experienced similar kind of pain. But the real stigma is that a lot of women feel less feminine due to their surgery. I believe it’s a small price we have to pay in order to survive.

I was diagnosed with stage 3B triple negative breast cancer, during my treatment I was scared and confused with the changes that were happening due to the side effects of my treatment. I am sure other patients undergoing cancer treatment must feel the same. With these videos I intend to share my experiences so that they don’t feel alone in their fight against cancer and uncover challenges that a cancer patients encounters. In next few videos I will try to share other challenges that I faced which were really difficult for me to overcome.

It is estimated that every year over 5 lakh women die of cancer in India. Cancer treatments are long, expensive and agonising. Strand Life Sciences and Cheers to Life Foundation has prepared a short video in which Dimple Bawa (Founder CTLF) shares her encounter with Stage IIIB Breast Cancer at the age of 32, highlighting the various parts of her cancer treatment and how she over came the mental trauma of losing her mother to the disease and then fighting it out with her grit and determination and ultimately defeating cancer on all counts.