Mom’s Cancer Treatment

Esto es para la mamá de mi amiga Gabriela Da Silva, entonces está escrito desde la perspectiva de mi amiga Gabi. 
This is for my dear friend's mom, so it is written in her perspective. 

ESPAÑOL
Ella es nuestra mamá, se llama Maria Odilia Nunes De Azevedo es de nacionalidad portuguesa, tiene 57 años de edad y vive en Venezuela desde hace 38 años, donde formó una familia de tres hijos y tiene una nieta de 1 año en el cual su más profundo deseo es verla crecer y seguir compartiendo con sus hijos y su esposo. Odilia ha sido una mujer muy dinámica, luchadora, alegre, excelente persona, ama de casa y con muchas ganas de vivir.

Hace cuatro años tuvo un cáncer de mama donde llevo 19 radioterapias con un tratamiento de pastilla por 5 años continuos llamada Anastrazol, donde actualmente fue suspendida ya que se detectó metástasis por presentar DOLORES ÓSEOS SEVEROS EN COLUMNA DORSO-LUMBAR acompañado de PARESTESIAS EN AMBOS MIEMBROS INFERIORES Y DOLOR EN COXOFEMORAL DERECHA CON LIMITACIÓN DE LA MOVILIDAD causando pérdida de peso por la falta de apetito.

Se requiere 10 sesiones de Radioterapia en la columna y coxofemoral derecha y se planifican 8 ciclos de quimioterapias con evaluaciones clínicas de laboratorio y radiología cada 21 días.

Su doctora nos da posibilidades de vida ya que sus órganos no se han visto comprometidos, están sanos y al presentar históricos de esta misma enfermedad no fue posible asegurarla por lo que nos vemos en la necesidad de pedir colaboración para poder costear todo el tratamiento, adicional a esto se suma la situación actual del país y en el seguro social ( IVSS) no nos garantizan las medicinas a tiempo para su tratamiento, por lo que valoramos de su apoyo y colaboración para poder costear los gastos y garantizar el tratamiento y la recuperación de nuestra mamá.

ENGLISH
This is our mom. Her name is Maria Odilia Nunes De Azevedo, and she is 57 years old. She and my dad are raising a family of three kids and she has a one-year-old granddaughter that she desperately wishes to see grow-up.  My mom, Odilia, is everything to my family; she holds us together by being the happy, warm, funny, feisty person she is. 

Four years ago, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. Since then, she has undergone 19 sessions of radiotherapies with continuous pill treatment that was supposed to last five years; however, her prescription was canceled after a doctor's appointment where they diagnosed my mom with metastasis (cancer cells were found in various locations of her body including her various locations on her spine and her hip). She had been suffering from severe back pain for a couple of months prior to the visit; however, but when the doctor said she had cancer again instead of some sort of muscle issue, we were distraught. Since her diagnosis back in February of 2020, my mom's back pain has increased to the point of having to use a cane just to stand, and she has lost a significant amount of weight due to the treatment's effect on her body.

My mom needs 10 sessions of radiotherapy on her spine and her right hip as well as 8 sessions of chemotherapy along with clinical laboratory evaluations and radiology every 21 days. 

The doctor told us that with proper treatment, she is unlikely to be terminal since her organs have not yet been affected. However, we don't know how long it may take for cancer to spread, so we are desperate to get these treatments done as soon as possible so that my mom has a better chance of living. Unfortunately, the cost of these treatments is very expensive and with the political problems going on in our country along with the global pandemic that is happening, it is almost impossible to get the funds necessary to save my mom. So I am pleading for your help and collaboration in order to help pay for the expenses and guarantee treatment and recovery of our mom.