MANILA, Philippines – Kris Aquino is set to “finally start” immunosuppressant therapy, the actress and host said in her latest health update on Instagram.
Kris posted about her health situation on Instagram on Wednesday, September 7 – her first post in over two months. Shein early June to receive treatment for various autoimmune diseases, and has been based in Houston, Texas. In the post, she said that the following morning, her time, her PICC line – a catheter used to give medications or liquid nutrition – will be removed.“I am grateful to be blessed to have the means for us to move to another state, and have more tests done and go to other specialists; and finally start my immunosuppressant therapy,” she said.
“I was warned that the safest form of chemotherapy that can be used for my autoimmune conditions will make me lose my hair. Hair will eventually grow back but permanently damaged organs won’t – soKris opened up in her post about struggling through her treatment. “There have been times I wanted to give up – because of fatigue and being forever bedridden; the bruises all over my body that suddenly appear; my inability to tolerate solid food; headaches; bone-deep pain in my spine, knees, joints in my fingers; and my constant flares especially in my face that just keep getting worse,” she said.