7 Quotes by Niyati Tamaskar

There is so much kindness in this world. It is unfortunate that it took this cancer to help me see it. But I see it everywhere now—more kindness than hate, more empathy than indifference.

Parents say they’ll do anything for their children, including take a bullet. This is me saying I’d go through cancer treatment, and even laugh for them.

My story is a culmination of epic fumbles, brilliant coincidences, extraordinary twists of fate, and divine intervention. It is the story of an immigrant, an engineer, a wife, and a mother. But more importantly, it is the story of a cancer survivor.

The miracle of life they call it, and it truly is a miracle. The birth of my two children is the closest I have felt to God. I cannot explain it, but there is something about that moment when the baby comes out that is spellbinding and so pure, the most honest, incorruptible moment of my life.

There’s a phenomenon known as “chemo brain.” She described it as feeling foggy, not being as sharp or alert, to which I said, “So, I’ll finally know what it’s like to be above average?

If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a bloody army to battle cancer.

It was a fortunate stroke of serendipity, to end up in a country that boasts of the top ten cancer hospitals in the world. Cancer treatment in the United States is unparalleled.