Category Archives: Anecdotes

“Just Pin the Sandwich onto Your Pants.”

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Pooja Parikh

This isn’t a story of boy meets girl, but you should know upfront, this is a love story. This is the story of the lengths a family will go to in order to make sure their loved one is fed. … Continue reading →

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Outrageous Diagnosis #1

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Pooja Parikh

As I’ve mentioned in “My Story,” I was handed some pretty intense diagnoses before I was finally given the correct one. They were…stressful, to say the very least. And each one put me through its own layer of hell before … Continue reading →

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That Time I Thought I was Dying

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Pooja Parikh

(Spoiler Alert: I survived.) Let me start by painting a picture for you: The morning of Friday, July 24th, 2009 (and by “morning” I mean 3:30am–the one time we were grateful that my dad regularly went to work so early), … Continue reading →

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“Maybe College Isn’t the Thing for You”

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Pooja Parikh

…is what a faculty member at my university said to me when I had to medically withdraw from school for the third time. I was also reminded that no other student had withdrawn so many times and that I could … Continue reading →

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