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Hello everyone!
That girl you
see in that picture is me 9 years ago. I couldn’t let this month pass without
me sharing my victory. This month is really important to me because it is like
mi second birthday. Nine years ago they told me that I entered remission. For
those who don’t know, remission is when you are cancer FREE!
My story
began when I had 10 years old. I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma stage
4A, which is the strongest. I had the mass in my chest which was 12cm and
because of where it was it wasn’t operable. I also had metastasis in my spine,
hips, femur and supraclavicular. They couldn’t even explained how I was
walking, the considered it impossible. One day I was getting some blood tests,
the other I was in the San Jorge children hospital. They began my chemotherapy
right away but the first thing they told my mother was that I had not even a 1%
chance of making it.
I remember
spending the 24 of December in intensive care because God sent me a doctor that
came back from his vacation to do my biopsy. The next six months I spent them
in the hospital taking six sets of chemotherapy that consisted of different sets of chemos for seven days. But because I always had complications, the one week
always turned into two or three.
One of the
complications during the chemo treatment was that the doctors inserted a catheter into
my chest and few weeks after, it got infected. They removed it but I was stuck with
a severe bacteria and when they removed it they left a particle in the orta
vein, which can’t be removed because the high risks of suffering an embolism. Later
on, during my 4th chemotherapy I didn’t showed change, the cancer and metastasis
was still there and showing resistance. Doctors told my mother that there wasn’t
much to do. But a miracle happened and at the fifth it was gone.
Because of
how aggressive the cancer was, I had to take radiotherapy. I needed 14 in my
chest and 14 in my hips. During the 7th session of it in my chest I
got hemorrhagic dengue fever and had to get hospitalized. I needed 7 blood transfusions
and 5 of platelets. After I recovered from the dengue, I had to start all over
my radiotherapy treatment and ended up getting 21 in the chest. After
it, I was cancer FREE!!!!!! Although I made it through, I was the only one. All
my friends that were going through the same process that I was, lost their
battle.
After everything, as a secondary effect from the radiotherapy, I was diagnosed two
years ago with Thyroid cancer. That one didn’t surprised me because it was so
much simpler than the first one. I only needed to extirpate the glandule, take
a pill and that was all.
Through my
first cancer I learned so much, I grew as a person in ways no one can imagine.
I learned to really value life and what is important, I learned that we need to
cherish every moment we have with our loved ones and appreciate literally
everything. Life is so short, I understood this nine years ago, but get it even
more now since my dad passed away. I am a miracle, a proof of God’s mercy and
my purpose in this life is and will be to inspire everyone to be the best
version of themselves.
I have never shared these
photos because I felt they were really personal, but this might be a good time.
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| With the best daddy in the world! This is when I started to loose my hair! Miss you dad! |
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| The fun part was that artists visited us! This is me with Menudo!!!! |
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| During my treatment I continued with my classes. I slept during the days and my mom taught me at nights. I got all A's! |
I think that
bold is beautiful. When I see a kid that is going through what I was I get
sentimental because they remind me my times as a cancer patient, but mostly,
because I know they don’t understand it at the moment. But I have faith that
the same way God used his power on me, he will do the same with them.
This is me after nine years, better than ever.
I hope this
post inspired you and helped you. Hope you have a wonderful day!
