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MY CANCER STORY - Chapter One

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CHAPTER ONE - The Starting Point I don't remember where all of this started, definitely not one fine day, it was a gradual process. The first thing I noted that my body is not the same was a long way back, may be 2 years back. I started getting a weird rash which was a red patch sometimes in my arm, sometimes in my leg and many times it was on my face. I also has severe myalgia and my ankle seemed to be swollen, I tested it myself and concluded it be pitting edema but no one knew the reason. I was studying in a medical institution and this made it a little worse, everyone around me had some knowledge about human systems, found that my symptoms seemed to correlate with rheumatoid diseases. This made me a little nervous, told it to my parents, went to my family doctor, he ran some tests and all the results came negative and the doctor said I was completely normal.  But I knew something was not alright and this time the weighing scale took its turn to increase my anxiety. I have put o...

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Letter with Love  dated 13th Jan 2021 Do you remember? It all started off with an NGO's event, never thought volunteering could bring me my life partner. Sent you a friend request in 2018, was not a long period before we shared our numbers. From then, messages and rarely calls, that's all I remember. Met you twice in these 2 years I guess and nothing more I knew about you. Year 2020 was life changing for a lot, but for us it was different. I know it was a surprise for you, even for me. A day, I don't exactly remember the date but somewhere after my birthday, I just asked "Can we get married?". And I could sense that shock, after that I was just thinking why I asked that. But something strongly felt from inside that you were mine. So after a lot of fighting that happened between my sensible brain and my lovable heart I decided to meet you. And yes we met, I know you have forgotten the date, its 27th August 2020. Yes, it was our first date to know about each other a...