Diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Meher Roy thanks his father for instilling a habit of checking up his heart, kidneys, and lungs regularly. It was on one of these regular health tests that he was able to detect cancer at an early stage, resulting in a timely action.
From a very young age, Meher Roy was taught to listen to his body. A habit instilled by his father, even as a young adult, he would try to regularly monitor his heart, kidneys, blood, and other health aspects.
“My father instilled this habit in me from a young age after my mother went through an episode of illness, which only seemed to reaffirm his belief in the practice,” he says.
These regular checkups allowed him to collect years of data about his body, giving him a better understanding of what is ‘normal’ for him.
In 2021, during one of the regular checkups, he noticed that his resting heart rate had increased from 55 to 90.
“After I caught COVID, I decided…