After months of social media hiatus, Queen of All Media Kris Aquino comes back with good news for her supporters; her health is now improving and she is in high hopes to be back in the Philippines before the year ends.
The still skinny-thin and weakly yet ever communicative Kris who is still based in the US for her medication faced the public for the first time in months when she and her son, now 17-year old Bimby, agreed to an exclusive interview with talent manager-turned-vlogger Ogie Diaz published Saturday (June 29).
Aquino has been diagnosed with several autoimmune diseases but her condition has been showing improvement which could possibly allow her to come home and continue her medications in the Philippines.
“Let’s keep it positive na yes, gumagaling ako pero as I told you earlier, may mga natamaan na blood vessels so kailangan ko pa magpalakas,” she said.
“I can reveal to everybody na hopefully sa last quarter ng taon bago mag pasko, I’ll be back in the Philippines,” she said.
According to the actress, she would still need to be cleared through several tests, one of those is an MRI with contrast which according to verywellhealth.com is an imaging test that combines magnetic and radio wave imaging with an injection of a contrast agent (dye). The dye highlights blood vessels, organs, and specific soft tissues so they show up more clearly and help your radiologist determine a diagnosis.
“May fear ako kasi the last time I had that done was way back 2019 eh ang mga allergy nag-e-evolve inasure naman ako na kaya ko daw kasi kung na-survive ko ‘yun, bago kami umalis ng Pilipinas so this was 2022,” she said.
Apart from surviving the tests, she also said she is cleared of cancer.
There are still very strict considerations to do once she gets clearance to continue her medication in the country.
“May mga gamot do’n na hindi available du’n sa mga binibigay sa’kin ngayon wala sa atin, pero pwede naman daw na, there are three hospitals in the Philippines na pwede mag-import nung gamot,” she said.
“The requirement is kailangan ang magbibigay sa’kin is a rheumatoid specialist at anesthesiologist or a surgeon na magbibigay sa’yo ng gamot,” she said.
Even if she gets back home, Aquino said, it will still take a long journey to recovery but she is fighting for her sons, Josh and Bimby.
“Mahaba pa ‘yung proseso bago ko gumaling,” she said.
“Kung umuwi ako it would mean another one year and a half to two years na ‘yung gamot kailangan patuloy,” she said.
“Kailangan pang palakasin ‘yung resistensya ko, after that, makauwi na ko,” she said.
