Joy of cancer

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">He''s survived the worst. Cancer, chemotherapy, nausea, death.... Anup Kumar can still grin and talk about how his brush with death made him a positive person.<br />Essential gyan from his battle plan: Be positive; motivate yourself; believe in life. Six months after the launch of his book <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">The Joy of Cancer</span> in Delhi, the 53-year-old author will be in Bangalore today, where governor T N Chaturvedi will launch his book.<br />Simultaneously in Delhi, the Central government''s ministry of health will celebrate the 50th anniversary of cancer control in India on November 7."It''s an important day for cancer. Shatrughan Sinha will release a book with stories related to cancer. My story will also be one among them," says Kumar.<br />In Bangalore, his book will be launched at the Windsor Sheraton at 6.30 pm on Thursday. "It has been a source of inspiration for many people going through a crisis. My book is unique because it''s probably one of the first books written by a patient while he''s going through treatment. You never know whether you''ll even make it till the end."<br />When he was diagnosed with cancer two years ago, the doctors gave him only four months to survive. "I was in advertising and was to get a job in the Gulf. I went for the health check-up and was told I had cancer." He lost the job. "There I was, educated and unemployed. I had nothing to do so I decided to write and make some money to pay for my drugs."<br />Kumar never realised that there was so much power in the human mind that it could help overcome a dreadful illness like cancer. "People have wrong notions about cancer. It doesn''t always mean death. My book is a mixed bag and my illness made me realise that I can now cope better with the unexpected. That''s the joy of any crisis." </div> </div>