Rays of Hope, Happiness, and Life: Discover inspiring stories of courage and resilience from cancer patients who have turned their battles into beacons of hope for others.
Blog 7
08/11/2025
Some stories have to be told and shared.
Mrs. Verma a 60-year-old fit lady was taken up for her nasal surgery as her nasal bone had become tilted and was causing her repeated episodes of headache and cold. In medical language this is called Deviated Nasal Septum (DNS).
This was supposed to be a routine small surgery.
To everyone’s shock, operating surgeon found a tumour inside this tilted nasal bone, and he managed to meticulously remove it.
Mrs. Verma recovered well from surgery and required radiation therapy and that’s how I met her and her family.
Mrs. Verma was well supported in her treatment by her husband and children. Her husband Mr. Verma was always chatting with other patients and families in radiation treatment waiting area. He would often come and playfully ask me to take special care of Mrs. Verma and further added “I won’t get another wife in this age; you better cure her”.
Mrs. Verma’s daughter Nandini too accompanied her mother every day for radiation treatment. Nandini was married and had 2 kids and she lived in Mumbai with her family. She had temporarily moved to Delhi to be with her parents during her mother’s treatment.
One day after her radiation therapy, Mrs. Verma casually showed me a blood test report. My heart stopped after seeing that report as it showed blood cancer. I asked her whose report is this and she told me it was a blood test done for Nandini’s 8 years old son Vinayak. It seems Vinayak was running fever for last 10 days.
I had little choice but to ask them to meet a pediatric Oncologist for young Vinayak’s treatment.
And I wondered how this family is going to cope up with two members with cancer at the same time.
Mrs. Verma and her family showed exemplary strength and patience even during this tough phase of life. They managed treatment for both Mrs. Verma and Vinayak. For Nandini, it was extremely tough to see her young child and mother go through cancer treatment at the same time. Vinayak’s treatment was tough and it was for one full year. He had to drop school for a year.
Today 10 years down the line both of them are fine and cancer free.
And Vinayak has completed school and joined MBBS. Vinayak is soon going to be Dr Vinayak. Wow, can anything be better than this?
Nandini quitted her job and joined NGO supporting patients with cancer. Mrs. Verma is still graceful and quite while Mr. Verma continues to be as witty as ever.
My eyes are still filled with tears of happiness and pride while I write this real story.