During the years every one of you supported me with lot of good wishes & prayers whenever I asked for my exams, speaking engagements, interviews & a lot of other things…now I need more of it than ever from each one of you & I need it in abundance to pull over & fight back . Long story short, I went for a regular check-up of my health & it showed that a vital organ of my body is rapidly failing, this caused a huge concern among the doctors & I was admitted in hospital immediately during the last week of December. After a lot of tests doctors are still unable to find the root cause of the problem & treating me with medication & dialysis. They are not sure why 32 yr old must have something of this sort & this can only happen to 1 in a 1million…so am the black swan out here…
This infection is a silent killer & one will not know until the end, so I must call myself lucky. In last 5weeks my life is changed more than ever & all it took for this change to happen is a 20minute scan at the hospital. Am going to write more of my experiences & reflections of life going forward & how I am going to shape-up my life from here.
What I want from each one of you now is lot of good energy, wishes, and prayers & if you can take some time to comment personally I will appreciate it. Just write few words, lot of you met me in person & I know a lot of you through other avenues. Every comment & every encouraging word counts, they will help me push & fight back. Whenever I am low I can always come back & find motivation here.
Dear Satish… You are an inspiration to us, the way you fight and face new challenges in life every single minute is incredible, we are all with you in happy/sad times.. Be a leader as you are now.. Just a phone call away from you.. Be the good/humble person for ever.. Always I am proud to be known you personally and above all you are my school mate where we have spend years together… Happiness n smiles be always with you… God bless u my friend…
Venu I know that you are with me all the time. Thanks for being there.
Hang on there buddy! You are a fighter ! This is just another battle that you will WIN eventually. As always you were, be brave,courageous and beat the hell out of your problem. We all are here to support you in this journey ! Wishing you a god speed recovery !
Love,
Abhinav
Hey Abhi,
I know you are with me all the time. Thanks for stopping by & dropping those encouraging comments.
Stay strong buddy, you’ve done it for 29 years, you can hold it longer!
See you at WordCamp 🙂
Yes umesh I have done for a long time & I can handle this easily.
My prayers are with you. May everything be back to normal soon.
Thanks Arun.
Hi Satish , you have a great willpower ,as we saw u from childhood , continue the same we all r with u wishing a spead recovery my dear friend god bless u .
Santhosh you are also a very strong person…I will continue to do what ever I can.
Dear Raghava,
I’ve known you now for many years. I still remember the first time I met you, you were loud, forward and physical. I’d never met someone like you before, and I ‘visually’ sized you up. I didn’t know what to make of you.
But over time I’ve gotten to know you and you are ‘beautiful’. I love how you always have a smile on your face and how it doesn’t take you long to see the bright side of things. You are so happy it rubs off, I love being around you because it by default makes me happy. 🙂
Your disabilities don’t hinder you, rather you make them your strengths. It amazes and inspires me to see you do, all you do and fills me with such pride to say ‘Raghava is my friend’. Nothing is impossible to you with your zest for life.
And your heart, that deserves special mention for its capacity to love. It takes a big heart to accept people as they are and love them nonetheless, truly love them.
So, I wonder, what did you think of me the first time we met, … the real me, the one you saw, the one the world usually doesn’t see, blinded as they are by sight. I don’t know what you saw, but I’m sure it must have been nice for we are friends and I’m so glad to have you in my life. I love you. <3
Freya Darling,
You know how uch I love you….it cannot be expressed in words…you are there with me all the time during all the conferences, meetups & when ever I want to bitch about some thing. I always counted on you & during the years our relationship grew more & more stronger I will simply say this “I Love You”.
Hey man, I’m praying for you. I hope you make it through ok. Meeting you was one of the highlights of my visit to your country.
Hey Topher,
Thanks for everything. It was great meeting you at WordCamp Pune.
Love you dear, keep fighting…. You are an inspiration to many.
Thanks Keshav & love you too.
Raghava,
Sending you loads of positive energy. You need to believe in yourself. We do. I know you will come out of this pain, as a new soul. Remember, You will always have well wishers around you. Not all will respond in physical words, but they all want you to get back up and fighting.
Choose to stay positive and be a the strong person that god created you to be.
Take good care of yourself,
Sheeba
Thanks Sheeba for all the kind words.
Dear Satish You are an inspiration to all of us, you will definitely win the battle as always, whenever I see your posts in facebook about your achievements I feel so proud that am a friend of such a wonderful person. Be brave, Get well soon… God bless you my friend
Thanks Vishnu priya, I am glad to have you as my friend…
Stay Strong! You can do it I am sure. You are a great and inspiring as always. Sending you good positive wishes and love. See you around soon! 🙂
Thanks Aditya, I will be strong.
Hi Raghava, Till the moment leading upto now, every victory that you have had, has been hard fought and respectfully earned. You have persevered through tough times and have found the strenght to always take that one step further. Fear not my friend for you are a lion hearted inspiration to many, the man who inspires others to roar in the face of adversities and take on them all. The most important aspect of any battle is to never give up and keep on fighting, giving everything we have and more. I wish you a very speedy recovery.
Thanks Subhash.
Hi Raghav,
I met you for a very short span of my running with RH in Bangalore. I remember you as the ever smiling, ever talking person who does not seem to stop anywhere , no matter how many obstacles you face, how many speed breakers you had to cross, jump over rocks etc there was always a friend running with you. The same way, you have so many friends in real and virtual life who are with you always. So no matter what comes across you should know that there are friends thinking of you and sending you positive thoughts to help you move forward.
Wishing you a speedy recovery so that you are back to running and partying again!!!
– wishes from Shilpa
Acquaintance from RH 🙂
Thanks Shilpa, looking forward to get back to running & partying.
hai i am anuradha MBA student from hyderabad, one of my friend said about your website , definitely i will pray for you, and i will tell to all my friends .
Thanks Anuradha.
Hi Raghava,
Nothing is permanent. Technology have grown far more than we all think. The way you shared your life’s sorrows shows your positive attitude. Don’t loose hope. All our prayers are for you. Stay strong and be happy as like before. Don’t allow your weakness to overcome you. Always a positive vibration is around you. Nothing serious is going to happen. Believe in yourself.
Keep Rocking Man :-).
Thanks for your comment Sathish, no am not losing hope & yes tech will definitely provide a solution for my problem.