2014-02-19 Cancer Awareness Programme at DN College, Meerut

The above programme was organised by I CAN WIN Association Meerut Chapter on 19^th Feb. 2014 at 11.30 am. The programme held at DN Degree College, Ghantaghar, Meerut. Following were the key organiser of the most successful programme.

1.     Sh. G.C. Sharma, secretary, Meerut Chapter, I CAN WIN Association.

2.     Dr. R.K. Gupta, Ex Lion Governor, Vice President, Meerut Chapter, I CAN WIN Association.

3.     Sh. Alok Bhatnagar, President, Meerut Chapter, I CAN WIN Association.

4.     Prof. B S Yadav, Head Physics Deptt., DN Degree College, Meerut.

5.     Prof. S K Agarwal, Dean students welfare & Head of commerce Deptt.

Programme was conducted by:-

1.     Dr. Umang Mittal, Onco Surgeon of Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital: Causes & Prevention of Cancer.

2.     Dr. Rudra Acharya, Onco. Surgeon of BLK Hospital, Karol Bagh, New Delhi: Head & Neck cancer, its symptoms & early detection.

3.     Dr. Nandini R., M.Ch. Plastic Surgery, Colambia Asia/Yashoda Hospital Ghaziabad: Breast & Cervix Cancer.

4.     Miss Komal Gupta: A young girl of 21 year doing her M.Com. at Jind (Haryana) comes along with her parents to attend this programme . She is a cancer winner and inspite of a great complication of cancer below her left eye, she is surviving due to her will power, confidence & positivity. She expressed her views & confidence to all the participants & it was a wonderful experience for all the participants.

Total audience were about 350/400. They all remained there throughout the programme & taken keen interest. Our expert members of Ghaziabad were also presents viz Mrs. & Mr. R K Goel, Mrs. & Mr. Ajeet Nigam and Sh. B Dayal Agarwal. The programme was conducted by Suresh Prakash (National Secretary of I CAN WIN Association). It was a first programme by Meerut Chapter and proved to be a great success.

The executive body of Meerut Chapter assured to have such programmes every month in other colleges & universities etc.

 

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Cancer Awareness Programme at Agarwal Dharamshala, Urban Estate, Jind on 9th Feb. 2014

Cancer awareness & screening programme held on 9^th Feb. 2014 at Agarwal Dharamshala, Urban Estate, Jind and was organised by Jind Chapter. The programme was as follows:-

Breakfast at about 11.30 am. and awareness programme started at about 12.15 pm. The total gathering was approx 250 including ladies also. The following experts conducted the event.

1.     Sh. Suresh Prakash about I CAN WIN Association.

2.     Dr. Pawan Gupta M.Ch. Onco. Surgeon of Asian Hospital, Faridabad for about 30 minutes.

3.     Dr. Mudit Agarwal Onco. Surgeon of Max Hospital, New Delhi about 30 minutes.

Introduced by Sh. Anil Kumar Bansal Coordinator of Jind Chapter followed by President & Secretary. The following VIP’s also attended the programme.

1.     Dr. A.K. Chawla executive vice chairman Kulchitra University, Jind.

2.     Dr. Suresh Jain, MBBS, MD Disha Hospital, Jind.

3.     Dr. Brijendra Gupta along with Mrs both of professional HOD at Rohtak University.

4.     Dr. Ramnik Garg MBBS, MD.

5.     Sh. Rajendra Gupta, Vice Chairman Gangaputra Hospital & Research Centre, Jind.

Miss Komal Gupta a student of M.Com & a cancer winner shared her sentiments & the experience during her operation which lasted approx 20 hours conducted by Dr. Mudit Agarwal. Her self-confidence & positivity about life were the reason of winning cancer. Everybody was admired by the views of Miss Komal Gupta. She is writing a book “MY WILL MY LIFE” which is expected to be completed by 1^st week of March 2014.

The programme was a great success & Jind Chapter body has decided that such programs will be arranged frequently.     

I CAN WIN - "Please don’t take your body for granted and respect the pleasures of life that are bestowed upon you"

"Please don’t take your body for granted and respect the pleasures of life that are bestowed upon you"

January 1^st, 2013. Like all other people in this world I too was quite excited about the coming year and was making plans so as to decide my future actions. The main highlight of the year was my CA Final exams which were scheduled in May (and as usual was apprehensive about clearing them).

January was progressing and with it my health problems too started to rise. Like any other normal human being I too have faced health issues but that were limited to fever, cold, cough etc. But something started going terribly wrong with me and I could sense that. Well, with the end of May I got free from my exams but there were few tests that were still going on. All the doctors that I visited wrote a new test or some just repeated the old ones saying it might have gone wrong.

As all my blood tests were showing out normal I was going abnormal as I had no idea what was wrong with me. I used to get this terrible stomach ache, every month, on the very same date that used to leave me unconscious and crying with pain. All doctors applied various permutation & combination but could not give me a valid reason for my ache.

It was then in July, 2013 that I visited Asian Institute Of Medical Sciences on a recommendation of my relative (who’s a doctor there) to undergo some more tests. Thankfully, the team there is so well capable that they sensed something is wrong deep down and after a week of performing series of tests they gave me the news…..

So, I was suffering from CANCER… Yes…!! TRANSVERSE COLON CANCER is the term… There was blockage in a portion of my large intestine which was cancerous. 7^th July, 2013 was the date I came to know about it and this is the date that changed the course of my life. It’s too hard to digest that a mere stomach ache could be a cancer that was growing since past 2 years with absolutely no symptoms.

I was lucky enough to have got it diagnosed within time (As per doctors) as it was in its second stage and could be operated. So, after being admitted I was operated on 19^th July, 2013. While I’ll be cutting whole of my suffering story short, what I want to share here is the fact that sometimes there are no symptoms to warn you. No one could believe that I was suffering from cancer despite of the fact that I am a gym crazy person and love being fit (though I never took any kind of supplements to stay fit).

At an age of 25 where my other companions were busy shaping out their career or deciding to tie a knot, I was totally unaware whether I’ll be able to lead a normal life again or not. This term in itself is so scary that no matter how bold you are, it surely knocks you down. It took me 6 months and a lot of support from my family, friends & doctors to start with normal routine.

Life do gets unfair sometimes as evident in my case but as they say, if God gives you problems he surely gives you courage too. It’s again a new year and I again have dreams and planning for the year ahead but this time it’s all with a reality check. I’ll be undergoing few tests every 3 months to make sure everything is fine inside with follow ups with my doctors (Dr. Pawan Gupta & Dr. Saroj R Sahoo).

The whole idea of me writing my case story above is to just to give a message, that please don’t take your body for granted and respect the pleasures of life that are bestowed upon you. You’ll not even know how and when something small will turn out into something large and will leave you astonished.

(Submitted by the young cancer winner on 4th Feb, 2014)

    

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Cancer 'tidal wave' on horizon, warns WHO

The globe is facing a "tidal wave" of cancer, and restrictions on alcohol and sugar need to be considered, say World Health Organization scientists.

It predicts the number of cancer cases will reach 24 million a year by 2035, but half could be prevented.

The WHO said there was now a "real need" to focus on cancer prevention by tackling smoking, obesity and drinking.

The World Cancer Research Fund said there was an "alarming" level of naivety about diet's role in cancer.

Fourteen million people a year are diagnosed with cancer, but that is predicted to increase to 19 million by 2025, 22 million by 2030 and 24 million by 2035.

Read More : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26014693

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