Nagbigay ng bagong health update si Kris Aquino habang nagpapagamot sa Amerika.
Sa kanyang Instagam post nitong Miyerkules, May 17, 2023, ibinahagi ng TV host-actress na nagsimula na siyang mag-take ng isang uri ng anticancer drug upang mapigilan ang paglala ng kanyang karamdaman.
Saad ni Kris, “Roughly 13 hours ago, I started my 1st ‘baby dose’ of methotrexate (para hindi na kayo mag google: Methotrexate is in a class of medications called antimetabolites. Methotrexate treats cancer by slowing the growth of cancer cells. Methotrexate treats psoriasis by slowing the growth of skin cells to stop scales from forming. Methotrexate may treat rheumatoid arthritis by decreasing the activity of the immune system.)”
Pagbabalita pa niya, natuklasan daw ng kanyang mga doktor na meron na siya ngayong apat na autoimmune conditions.
“I arrived in the US by way of Houston June 3, 2022.
“While my 2 sons and I had our Made in Texas Covid, I received sad news that my 3 autoimmune conditions had become 4 namely: chronic spontaneous urticaria, autoimmune thyroiditis, and Churg Strauss or what’s now been renamed EGPA- a rare and life threatening form of vasculitis.
“I started taking a new biological injectable to help bring down my IgE (that’s the number of allergens in my blood) which remained very high.
“Naiyak na lang ako sa frustration because my blood panel numbers were bad.
“I won’t bore you with the details but my chest CT scan showed scarring & micronodules in my right lung, my lead Dr. in UCLA, Dr John Belperio had a difficult time convincing me about methotrexate because physically I knew my immunity wasn’t ready but when I saw my inflammatory numbers were high and so was my ANA (here I’m classified as positive for a connective tissue disease- SLE or lupus, Rheumatoid arthritis, and scleroderma all fall under the umbrella of mixed connective tissue disease; from zero i now have a rheumatoid factor of 10 (14 is the cut-off).”
Sa ngayon daw, parang meron na siyang limang autoimmune conditions na maaaring maging anim pa.
Saad niya, “I can’t be classified as outright having SLE or RA because I’m exhibiting physical manifestations for both.
"For now it’s definite I have 5, possibly 6 autoimmune conditions and I bit the bullet and started my baby dose slowly increasing the dosage to 7.5 mg per week.”
Nais daw sana niyang gawing pribado ang kanyang kasalukuyang kondisyon, pero natatakot daw siyang mawalan ng gana ang mga taong ipagdasal siya at ang kanyang mga doktor, mga anak na sina Joshua at Bimby Aquino, at mga kapatid.
Humihiling din siya ng karagdagang dasal para sa kanyang tuluyang paggaling.
Pagtatapos ni Kris, “How badly I wanted to keep this private because I’m scared baka mawalan kayo ng gana to keep praying for me & my doctors, my sons, and my sisters.
“Hindi ako sumusuko, sana wag rin kayo sumuko? Please? My gratitude post will follow.”
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Sa darating na Hunyo ay isang taon nang nagpapagamot si Kris sa Amerika.
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