Monthly Musings : Apr -22 Summit Scaled

 Monthly Musings : Apr -22 Summit Scaled

It was in Nov-2019 when Manas my son complained about a lingering pain in his back, we thought it to be the after effect of back to back cricket matches that he was playing, little did we realize what we had in store. What was assumed to be simple spasm turned out to be a Malignant Tumor affecting the spine and protruding into his nerves thereby he loosing sensation to his leg. An arduous cancer treatment of 2.5 years comprising of innumerable chemo sessions and the fear of how he would be gain his mobility strength seemed like an unscalable peak in front of us.

On 18^th April after 29 months, Manas completed his last chemo and also underwent a small surgery where his constant companion, the ‘Chemo Port’ was removed. It is the happiest day of our lives and we cant thank enough all those who have been part of our journey and support system. We can never ever repay the debts of the doctors and health care workers of Muzumdar Shaw Medical Center (Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals)  Bangalore, especially Dr Shobha and her team of oncologist who took care of Manas as their very own along with Dr Sunil Bhat, Dr Komal Prasad, Dr Thimappa Hegde, Dr Pooja, Dr Salman, Dr Rhea and the physio Kirubanidhi who made Manas not just stand but run again.  

While in today’s world when each one seems to be arguing, fighting over whose God is superior for us it came in form of numerous prayers in Temples, Churches, Mosques, Gurudwaras, Spiritual Guru’s and anyone and everyone who believed and prayed for us.  Last but not least, this has been a long battle that could never have been fought alone and all our Families, Friends, Colleagues, Team Members, Managers, Well Wishers, Neighbors and Strangers who stood like a rock with us encouraging and motivating us that this too shall pass. We all have come out stronger and far more grateful than we ever were. Manas has taught us that however down you are, one has to smile and fight it out, there can be no better way to sum this up than he penning his thoughts in his book aptly titled ‘Its Not That Hard’ which we hope to publish soon and share. Thanks to each one of you. A few snaps with doctors enclosed. Have a blessed life.