I was at the peak of my career when my body started sending quivering signals. I felt washed out and tired. I thought the distressing signs were an overlap of stress. Thanks to my exciting work schedule, ignoring them was a costly affair. Amidst work and travel to India I underwent a routine blood test and to my apathy, I was advised a blood transfusion. I stopped traveling and on my return to Canada, life gave me a cold blow.

I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma - a rare incurable form of blood cancer.

I refused to embrace distress, decided to fight the dreaded disease for my life with simple rules as my companions to combat cancer.

The disease hijacked my life for long enough and then I decided to take matters into my own hands. I embraced stem cell transplant as an ultimate treatment option.

Today I proudly stand as the true testimony of how stem cell therapy could be a boon to someone who has lost all hopes of recovery. I am ecstatic about the new lease of life.

I had my stem cell transplant done in January 2010 and it's really been a kind of rebirth.

It's like being reborn from the inside out. It's a big cleaning from the middle of your marrow and spreads out. It is not only about curing the body of the disease, but also about identifying and healing the entire person, as cancer drastically affects one's psychology.

Today I'm back to my career, which is as exciting and blissful as before. I owe this to stem cells which made this happen and gave me a second life.

Thank you stem cells - without you I would not have existed in this world today.