It was way back in 1996, when I was 6 years old that I was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, after much trial and error by the doctors in the city. Thereafter I went to the Hospital in Mumbai for my treatment and we stayed there for a good six months till one of the doctors declared that he would be shifting to Kolkata, my city and that is when most of us residing in Kolkata were permitted by the doctors at hospital to return home. The rest of my treatment continued at Kolkata. After that i had to go to Mumbai for check-ups only. It has been more than ten years now, and while there is no presence of the cancer anymore, in medical terms, but I somehow feel that it exists as a social taboo in society. There are several instances that I have experienced, where I have been sidelined because I have been honest in expressing the fact that I am a child cancer survivor. Having completed my M.phil in Sociology recently, I now choose to study the societal reaction or approach towards cancer survivors and would love to hear the experiences of other survivors. As far as the ones who are fighting cancer are concerned or they have someone in their families battling cancer, I would like to tell you that you are a warrior and trust me you will emerge victorious.