Filmmaker
Tahira
Kashyap
took
to
her
Instagram
handle
to
express
gratitude
to
doctors
on
July
1,
2020,
which
is
Doctors
Day.
Tahira
shared
a
picture
from
her
last
chemotherapy
session
in
January
2019,
and
wrote
that
her
battle
with
cancer
made
her
value
doctors
like
never
before.
Sharing
a
picture
with
nurses
and
healthcare
staff
from
her
last
chemotherapy
session,
Tahira
wrote,
"I
never
knew
#doctorsday
even
existed
earlier,
but
my
recent
health
ordeal
has
made
me
value
all
of
them
so
much!
This
picture
is
from
the
day
of
my
12th
and
last
chemotherapy
session!
Can
never
forget
the
date.
5
January
2019."
She
continued,
"The
cotton
swab
on
the
shoulder
blade
is
of
the
port.
And
the
nurse
in
green
is
holding
a
box
of
chocolates
that
I
had
shared
with
them
all,
expressing
my
sincere
gratitude!
big
thank
you
to
my
doctors
especially
Dr
Mandar
Nadkarni.
Had
this
covid
situation
not
been
there
I
would
have
paid
a
visit
to
the
doctors
and
nurses
with
another
box
of
chocolates
who
really
take
care
of
all
of
us!
No
matter
how
many
apples
I
have,
I
am
never
keeping
the
doctors
away!"
Tahira
added,
"No
matter
how
many
apples
I
have,
I
am
never
keeping
the
doctors
away!
#doctorsday
#doctors
#nurses
#healthcareworkers
#earlybreastcancerdetection
#earlybreastcancerawareness
#nationaldoctorsday2020."
Tahira's
post
received
much
love
from
actors
Twinkle
Khanna
and
Tisca
Chopra.
Twinkle
commented,
"Big
Hug," whereas
Tisca
wrote,
"Girl,"
and
added
a
heart
emoji.
Tahira
was
diagnosed
with
cancer
in
2018.
On
World
Cancer
Day
in
2019,
Tahira
shared
a
picture
of
her
scar
due
to
mastectomy
and
wrote
about
self-love
and
removing
stigma
attached
to
the
disease.