Dr. Maitreyee Parulekar (MS, MRCOG UK) For many women in Mumbai, the journey to a diagnosis of Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis (DIE) is paved with years of being told their pain is “just a bad period” By the time they reach a specialist, the disease has...
You’re holding that crisp sheet of thermal paper, and your eyes keep darting back to two words: “Bulky Uterus.” It sounds heavy, doesn’t it? It sounds like a diagnosis that demands immediate worry. As a gynecologist who has sat across from thousands of women in...
You know the feeling. Your period is a week late, then two. Your first instinct isn’t to call a doctor; it’s to call your mother or a close friend. You start with the ginger-jaggery tea (the famous kadha), you maybe try a bit of papaya, or you reach for those...
You are the CEO of your home, the strategist at your office, and the primary caregiver for everyone—except yourself. In India, we have a cultural habit of “adjusting.” We adjust to the backache, we adjust to the fatigue, and we certainly adjust to...
Chronic pelvic pain, irregular bleeding, and fibroids can silently take over daily life—but for many women, the bigger fear is not surgery itself, it is the six-week recovery that follows traditional open procedures. This is where robotic hysterectomy has transformed...
Today is February 4th, World Cancer Day. In my clinic, I spend my days as a Gynaec Oncologist and Robotic Surgeon, but today, I want to talk to you as a friend, a sister, or a daughter. We often think of cancer as something that “just happens” or is purely...
