 My name is Aftab Ahmad. I'm 65 years old. I stay in Rajya Rajeshnagar, Bangalore. During two, three years back, I had been to Mecca to perform pilgrimage. The temperature was very hot and I used to have all type of food. During that time, I found some blood coming out of my stools. I thought it must be due to overheat, something like that actually. Then after the pilgrimage, I got over and came back to India and went to one of the hospitals. Then they checked all those things. Then they thought something has to be sent for biopsy. So a portion of the thing was removed from my rectum and sent for biopsy. After getting the report, I was told that I suffered from cancer actually. I was taken aback. I could not control myself. What is this disease that has come to me? I went and discussed with my wife regarding this. Then she told, why don't you take an opinion from a new hospital? Then it so happened that I met my younger brother. He told, why don't you go to Manipal Hospital and take Dr. Somshekar's opinion? Then we came directly and happened to meet Dr. Somshekar. He immediately did all those tests, everything. He said, yes sir, you have to undergo this operation. Then when I got all those things, I had an operation. What this operation would be? Because I was a very active person. During my college years, I was a college captain. I was a university football player. I was done trekking to Himalayas actually. I was very fond of thrilling work. All of a sudden, these things have come to a standstill. I was very much disturbed with all those things. So I got the address of Saleel Jain. Then I got his address and I went and met him. He was so kind. He spent three hours with me and gave all the information about all those things actually. Then I thought, it is nothing. We can go. Saleel Jain has been standing like a really good person. In my sixty-five years, the best friend I have found is that it was Saleel Jain. Immediately he came to the hospital, made water format, he was completed. Then I got admitted to the hospital. Then after that surgery took place and after one week I came back home actually. Then after surgery, I was advocate to take chemotherapy actually. Again I had to meet Dr. Amit. Then he asked me to come every fifteen days for twenty-one days for like six, seven cycles of chemotherapy was given to me. During that time, I had little imbalance in my mind actually. Initially when stoma was fixed, my body was not accepting it fully. I was finding it so difficult. It so happened that as days passed it became more difficult and difficult for me. To treat cancer, to go through the journey, the patient as well as the family, they need somebody to hold their hands and to guide them all throughout the journey. Right from the time of diagnosis, post-treatment also. Realizing this, Manipal Hospital, they floated a vegan division. Vegan, people help me hand and help me in all ways how to tackle with the stoma problem and get away with it. Then as time passed, when all those things, the chemotherapy effect has completely come down, I think I slowly started getting up actually. I started having a disciplined way of life. Now it's a completely different life. What life I used to have earlier is completely different life. Thank God, I was in army, in fact, I was in Belgium. I had done my army attachment. All those things have really helped me to realign my lifestyle in a different manner. After completing the treatment, we can, people give us the right direction, what to eat, how much to eat, and how to make your life more purposeful. And I got a wonderful guidance book in which they have given me all the instances regarding what are the food I can eat, what are the vegetables I can eat, what are the type of exercise I can do, and how much I can walk, how much I can, all those things, they have given me. It's a wonderful book of guidance. I'm very thankful to We Can Team and the entire Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, for their wonderful support which I got to get rid of my disease. The first treatment is the most important treatment. So the right knowledge needs to be given to them so they can make the right decisions to try and make sure that the patient can recover. We can run by Mr. Salid Jain and Sathya Jain Bhiti. They help my hand throughout the journey to recover and become a normal person.