Last Thursday, January 20th, I had the opportunity to conduct an interview with my aunt who lives somewhere in Antique. The interview was about the life challenge that she’s facing right now. I asked her some questions and she answered them all honestly and positively. Please make sure to read this post until the very end so that like me you will also learn a lot of lessons in life. To those who are going through the same life challenge, you will also learn facts about cancer chemotherapy in the Philippines and some of its side effects. I decided to write about this topic because I have noticed that when I go online and try to search for cancer patients and cancer survivors here in the Philippines, I can’t seem to find decent information. I am always directed to foreign patients and survivors. So I really hope that this will help someone from our country.
Before I continue, let me share a little something about my father first. Those who are close to me already know that my father passed away December of 2009 because of lung cancer. He battled with the disease for more than three months, but my father was no match to the cancer. Although I write about how I feel when I miss him, or post some photos of him here in my blog, I have never really shared any of my experience or my family’s, to what was the most challenging time of our lives. But to be honest with you all losing my father made me realize so many important stuffs. It was also a wake-up call that no one is invincible and we will never know when our time will come.
Papang and Auntie Diding
So I am sharing with you all today this story of my aunt. She is my father’s younger sister. The purpose of this blog post is not to scare people, but to make everyone aware that cancer exists not only here in the Philippines but all over the world and how to cope with it and survive. I hope my aunt’s story will also inspire those who are going through the same disease.
