Mirabai Sebastian

31/01/2025

POV: You’re me, looking down at your January lunch salads. 🥗

11/07/2024

Hi friends! I'm scheduled to have my bone marrow transplant soon (like probably next week if there's enough staff) and to help with crazy expenses (it's like 2.5-3M total for the whole procedure including doctor's fees, meds, stem cell harvest) I'm selling some of the things I made and designed throughout my other treatments. This treatment will reduce the chance of another recurrence since I had a relapse/recurrence last year after a few months in remission.

You can also read a little bit about my journey so far in the Donate page of my site. Love you all, thanks for the support! 💚

Joti Studio

18/11/2022

Cycle 1 vs. Cycle 6

It’s been quite the journey, 1 biopsy surgery, 1 bone marrow biopsy, multiple trips to the ER, emergency appendectomy, multiples scans and blood tests, and so many lessons learned. More on what I learned later on.

In two weeks I’ll be doing another CT scan, but so far from my last CT scan after Cycle 4 the mass had shrunk more than half. But the part that still remains is still impeding on my superior vena cava which means blood flow upwards of my chest still isn’t great and is still causing some swelling.

I’m grateful for my body for being able to go through it all with almost no side effects. Never once threw up, or got the side effects most people warned me about. My body stayed strong and healthy despite there being an unwanted mass inside me and really strong medicine I never thought I would get. I’m still here, still feeling strong and healthy, still cooking my own food. 🥗

Big big thank you to each and every one of you. For all the love you’ve sent me, the kind messages that would bring tears to my eyes, the support meant the world to me. I felt like I had the biggest cheering squad and for that, I have nothing but love for you all. More from me soon, because I have so much to share. For now, I have more healing to do, then I can finally press unpause and I can’t wait for what the next chapter holds. 💚

29/07/2022

We’re having a SHAVE-ATHON! This month I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma, which is cancer of the lymphatic system. After many tests they found small tumors in front of my heart adding up to 5 inches. It has been restricting proper blood flow to my neck and head.

Getting diagnosed with cancer has been the biggest challenge I’ve ever had to face. It’s also been the most expensive. And I can’t really work like I used to and won’t be able to for the next 6 months as I go through chemo and radiotherapy. Since some people have been asking how they can help, I’ve put some donation channels incase you’d like to donate. Or you can share this post! All support is appreciated. 💚

Since my hair started falling so we’re going LIVE tomorrow as I shave my head, along with my 2 sisters and my sister’s boyfriend as they shave their heads in solidarity with me. ✨ We’ll also share the whole story of how my symptoms started and the long road to getting diagnosed.

14/01/2022

Another appreciation post. 💚 Such gorgeous nourishing food. ✨

13/01/2022

My kind of bowls. 👌🏽

11/01/2022

Making this salad and smoothie later over at 💚 Looking forward to a fun conversation about food too!

10/01/2022

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26/08/2021

Ub(a)e.

Not my favorite ice cream flavor, but definitely one of my faves to shoot because the color is so vibrant. Tastes like regular non-vegan ube ice cream, but as someone who has never liked ube flavoring, it isn’t for me. Ube halaya is the one for me. If you like ube ice cream though, you’ll probably LOVE this! 💜

18/08/2021

Been a while since I shot something just for the fun of it. So before I had this vegan froyo, I set it up in all its glory, then devoured it. Mostly been shooting for work, but shooting just for fun is something I need to do more often.