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My journey so far

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Dear gentle readers, I hope this blog finds you all well. I’m doing great, thank you. My quality of life has improved — I’m able to move and wake up every day with zero blisters. After two years, I’ve finally been off steroids for the last two months. I’ve been wearing nice clothes during my hospital reviews. I still have my bad days, but they don’t bother me anymore. My doctor, my well-wisher — specifically asked me to mention this, and I’m happily obligated to do so:                   “ I wore a nice dress today, and my doctor smiled at me." Yes , I wore a nice dress. I saw the smile reach his eyes, those fine lines creasing with warmth. The laughter filled the renovated room, adding the most beautiful touch to it.          YES ! My doctor was happy to see me, and we laughed at our silly jokes.               "I am a LIVING example that your patients are doing really well." My jour...

About the doctor (Dr.Murlidhar Rajagopalan)

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W hat is an invisible string?   Dr.Murlidhar Rajagopalan head of dermatology , at Apollo hospital Chennai, Tamil Nadu for over 30years. His contribution or one could say his pure passion for dermatology lead him occupy several chairs and he’s one among the international advisory boards of all the major multinationals,I’m proud to say he’s the first person to represent India in the International Psoriasis Council, Atopic dermatitis Board of International Society which grew along with his basic interest in immunology. For past 17 years he has been heading international psoriasis council division of education and started their masters classes and fellowship programs .  His exceptional work on psoriasis drug development is being a life saver for many, and his research for the drug still continues.   He quoted “ psoriasis; more than skin deep ”,  Psoriasis; more than skin deep! One could feel the emphatic stress it carries to convey to the readers that it travels b...