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I was diagnosed with prostate cancer

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I am a middle-aged working professional. Due to my job, I stay far from my family. As a result, I don’t have a specific routine and diet. I used to have a fit body previously. After I shifted to Bangalore, my whole lifestyle changed, and I became fat. My friends used to tell me to work on my obesity, but I never paid heed to it. Two years ago, one day, I was unable to urinate properly. I thought that it might be because I had not drunk enough water. But the problem persisted, and gradually I noticed a decreased force in my stream of urine. I kept having a lot of water to deal with this issue, but it didn’t help me. After a few days, I found blood in my urine, and my bones started paining.  I also started losing weight for no reason. I was tensed, and a friend suggested that I should visit a doctor. I went to a nearby doctor, and after I told him about my symptoms, he provided some tests and told me to call someone from my family. I understood that there was some major issue. I took...

The cancer specialist cured me with radiation therapy

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  Five years back, I was diagnosed with stage 0 breast cancer. Towards the beginning, I found a lump on my breast. I thought it to be just a growth that would vanish with time, but after some days, I noticed a bloody discharge from my right breast. I told my mother about the same, and she took me to a doctor. After checking me thoroughly, the doctor advised me to go for a mammogram screening test. After going through the reports, he asked to go for a biopsy. I had stage 0 breast cancer. My parents took the necessary actions quickly. The doctor said my cancer was yet to spread much, so the surgery called lumpectomy would be the treatment followed by radiation therapy. After my lumpectomy, there were still some remaining cancer cells in my breast. The surgeon recommended a  cancerspecialist  who, according to the surgeon, provided the best  radiation service   in Kolkata . I booked an appointment with him and visited him without delay. He used high-energy beams an...