The mother of two children Rafael Ribeiro (24) remained surprised when she learned that she was suffering from a rare form of cancer that destroys her internal organs. The doctors put her in artificial sleep, and although she warned her husband that she didn’t have to survive, she was able to recover. ., ‘ It is currently waiting for a breakthrough treatment to help alleviate the production of future cancer cells.
- Mother Rafaele Ribeiro diagnosed a rare cancer of the lymphatic system.
- She underwent chemotherapy, but received an infection for which she ended up in artificial sleep.
- Although doctors did not believe it would survive, he is currently in remission.
Rafael, real estate agent and influencer from São Paul, Brazil, dropped nearly three kilograms earlier this year, but thought it was nothing serious. Later she was troubled by a dry cough as well as swelling on the neck and armpit. “A few days later I couldn’t swallow anything stiff,” she said.
Doctors first considered her symptoms as pneumonia or allergy. However, when it suddenly collapsed, carried out examinations that make found that her upper body is full of tumors. At that time, she was diagnosed with B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a rare and aggressive lymphatic system cancer. “The tumors crushed me from the inside. I had a compressed esophagus and I felt like someone was grinding my heart“Rafael added.
Mum underwent chemotherapy but infected with a serious bacteria during treatment. Her condition worsened so much that doctors had to put her in artificial sleep. Even warned her husband Michella that she may not survive. “They told him I could die within 24 hours. As a miracle, I overcame it,” she said.
Rafaela learned after a few months that she was in remission. Now believes that coma has actually saved her life. “If I did not get this infection and did not end up in artificial sleep, I might not be able to manage the disease,” she stressed.
Brazilian is currently waiting for a modern form of treatment called car-T. This is the type of immunotherapy that uses the power of the patient’s immune system to combat diseases. They are there immune cells called T-cells modified to seek and destroy cancer. “My illness is stabilized, I still suffer from it, but it is under control,” Rafael revealed.
Mum owes her husband with whom she has two sons of eight and two years of age for helping her during her struggle with cancer. “He was the one who kept everything together. I don’t know how I could do it without him,” the grateful woman concluded.
