 Hi, I'm Swathi. I'm a breast cancer patient now a survivor. So about 14-15 months ago my life changed when I found out I had cancer. I was just like any of the normal person. Mother, someone who quit my job, full-time job for my daughter's caregiving. And then I started my writing work, I have my freelance business content writer. So life was going on very normal. We are an active family, healthy eaters, no alcoholism, non-smokers. So I never suspected I'd have cancer. But when I did, I visited Manipal. Dr. Zavedi was the first person I met. And he guided me through the entire treatment cycle. The first meeting with him was more of a counseling session where he told me what cancer is all about, why I got it. And he told me a few very important valuable points which I think every survivor must know. Or every cancer patient should follow is that don't google about your illness. If you start reading too many articles and a lot of doomsday theories, it doesn't help your case. And so stay positive through the journey because the early part of the treatment during surgery and chemotherapy I think I personally felt were the most challenging phases of my life. And in that period what helped me a lot was not reading too many articles online, not talking to too many people online about my illness or to friends and family members. I just followed what my doctor said to the team and that was something that really helped me. And the constant words of encouragement from the doctors, the nursing staff, they're all very well trained professionally but they're also great human beings. Which is something that me and my family, my husband especially has been through this journey. My parents, everybody has felt that the human part of it is as important as the professional care that we got here. And I think I know words are enough to thank them for this. And then I met Shradha and Dr. Mr. Salil Jain of the weekend program and I think they helped me a lot in coming to terms with you know, we survivors are just like any other normal people. Nepal has helped me, the doctors and all the staff have helped me deal with it. I think better than I could have imagined. After my treatment, I plans to travel all over the world but given the current situation with the pandemic, that's taken a back burner right now. That's gone on the back burner but I have started writing again. I'm blogging about my illness. You can all visit my blog on Medium and share your comments if you like it. During this journey, I would say that Swati herself has been a pillar of strength for all of us, for the family. There were times when our daughter missed her too much and there were times when her parents also felt very sad given the chemotherapy and the long drawn treatment but Swati herself kept that strength and showed a positive vibe always and always had the strength to come back stronger. I think with her positive attitude, a lot can be conquered along with the medication and the treatment.