BEFORE I START, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO STAND UP AND GIVE A WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THE TWO BROTHERS, MR. NESTOR AND DINGO BONIFACIO AND TO OTHER PEOPLE BEHIND THIS SEMINAR FOR WITHOUT THEIR LOVE AND EFFORT THIS SEMINAR WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.

FIRST, I WANT TO THANK MR NESTOR FOR INVITING ME TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCES TO OUR FILIPINO CANCER PATIENTS.

IN JUNE LAST YEAR, MY DAUGHTER MILLIE, SISTER VIVIAN AND I ATTENDED A SEMINAR IN VIVERE HOTEL, WHEREIN WE WERE SO GLAD AND HONORED THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO INVITE DR. XU KECHENG, THE PROFESSOR, FOUNDER, PRESIDENT, AND THE OWNER OF FUDA CANCER HOSPITAL IN CHINA, TO SHARE AND EXPLORE THE MODERN TECHNOLOGY IN TREATING CANCER PATIENTS, NOT ONLY IN CHINA, BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE ARE VERY LUCKY BECAUSE PHILIPPINES IS ONE OF THE COUNTRIES DR. XU VISITED.

THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER THE SEMINAR, MY DAUGHTER MILLIE AND I CONSULTED DR. XU AND SHOWED ALL MY MEDICAL RECORDS. I ASKED HIM WHAT KIND OF TREATMENT IS APPROPRIATED TO THE KIND OF CANCER WE HAVE. HE RECOMMENDED AN IMMUNOTHERAPY TO REMOVE THE PAIN I HAVE IN MY BONE AND ENCOURAGED ME TO GO TO FUDA FOR THE TREATMENT. FOR MY DAUGHTER MILLIE, HE SUGGESTED TO SEE HER AFTER THE CHEMO AND RADIATION THERAPY BECAUSE MILLIE JOINED THE UNDER STUDY PROPOSED BY THE DOCTOR IN MAKATI MEDICAL CENTER. I TOLD DR. XU THAT I CANNOT GO THERE RIGHT AWAY IN FUDA BECAUSE OF OUR FINANCIAL STATUS. WE STILL NEED TO SOLICIT MONEY FROM OUR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS TO COVER ALL THE EXPENSES. WITH THE HELP OF MY SISTER VIVIAN, WE WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE THE MONEY WE NEEDED FOR MY TREATMENT AND WERE ABLE TO GO TO CHINA. WHEN WE WERE ALREADY IN FUDA HOSPITAL, I NOTICED THAT THE PATIENTS WERE TREATED FAIRLY. ALL THE DOCTORS AND NURSES ALONG WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES WERE VERY ACCOMODATING, LOVING AND SERVES EVERYONE WITH A FANTASTIC SMILE.

I STAYED IN FUDA FOR 21 DAYS AND AS PART OF MY TREATMENT, MY DOCTOR GOT AN 80CC OF MY BLOOD, CULTURED IT FOR 10 DAYS AND PUT SOME CHEMICALS, SIMILAR TO STEM CELL. WHEN THE COLOR OF THE BLOOD THEY GOT BECAME WHITE, THEY RETURNED IT BACK TO MY BODY THROUGH I.V. FOR 2 DAYS. THEY INJECTED 2 KINDS OF VACCINE, ONE VACCINE IS FOR 5 DAYS AND THE OTHER IS FOR 21 DAYS. THERE WERE SIDE EFFECTS LIKE FLU SYMPTOMS AFTER THE INJECTIONS. THEY GAVE ME PARACETAMOL FOR MY FEVER AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE PAIN IS GONE. I AND MY SISTER VIVIAN VISITED ALL THE FILIPINO CANCER PATIENTS TO GIVE THEM MORAL SUPPORT AND MAKE THEM HAPPY BY SHARING FUNNY STORIES AND WHAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED BEFORE, ONCE I FEEL OKAY. I BRING WITH ME MY CAMERA AND TAKE A PICTURE OF THEM TOGETHER WITH US. WE ALSO GOT THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS SO WE CAN KEEP IN TOUCH ONCE WE GO BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES. JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW MR. NESTOR CARES FOR THE PATIENTS, HE EVEN TOLD US, BEFORE HE WENT HOME, TO TAKE CARE AND VISIT ALL THE PATIENTS AND MAKE THEM HAPPY SO VIVIAN AND I DID THAT.

WHEN I WENT HOME, I STILL HAVE THE MEMORIES OF THE CANCER PATIENTS AND ALL THE DOCTORS AND NURSES HAVE SHARED WITH US. I WILL NEVER FORGET EVERY SAD AND HAPPY MOMENTS DURING MY STAY IN FUDA. WE WERE LIKE BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WHERE WE SHARED WHAT WE HAVE; WENT TOGETHER TO THE MALL TO BUY FOOD; SHARED THINGS NEEDED LIKE RICE COOKER AND UTENSILS. WHEN WE WERE ABOUT TO GO BACK TO MANILA, THE PATIENTS TOLD US THAT THEY WILL BE SAD. WE TOLD THEM THAT WE WILL KEEP IN TOUCH BECAUSE WE HAVE THEIR EMAIL, TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND ADDRESSES. WHEN I CAME BACK HERE IN MANILA, I HAVE NOTICED THE RED MARK FROM THE INJECTION IN BOTH ARMS, SWELLING. I REMEMBERED MY DOCTOR TELLING ME THAT IF THERE ARE SIDE EFFECTS, THAT MEANS THAT THE IMMUNOTHERAPHY MEDICINES ARE EFFECTIVE. AFTER A WEEK, THE REDNESS OF BOTH ARMS WAS GONE AND I FEEL VERY STRONG. MY IMMUNE SYSTEM WAS OKEY AND I NOTICED THAT MY SKIN WAS STRETCHED AND I LOOK PRETTIER AND BETTER THAN BEFORE. MR.NESTOR SAID THAT THESE ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF IMMUNOTHERAPY. I FEEL BETTER NOW AND FEEL NO PAIN. PLEASE DON'T LOSE HOPE BECAUSE BEFORE I WENT TO FUDA I EXPERIENCED A LOT OF PROBLEMS.

I WILL BE SHARING MY EXPERIENCES BEFORE I WENT TO FUDA HOSPITAL. I WAS OPERATED SEVERAL TIMES HERE IN MANILA WHEREIN MY GALL BLADDER WAS REMOVED BECAUSE IT HAS STONES. MY GALL BLADDER WAS ABNORMALLY ATTACHED TO MY LIVER SO THE DOCTOR MADE A RUX AND Y OPERATION BY ATTACHING MY SMALL INTESTINE DIRECTLY TO MY LIVER. AFTER A FEW MONTHS I WAS AGAIN OPERATED. THE BILE THAT THE LIVER PRODUCED CANNOT COME OUT BECAUSE THE ATTACHED OPENING IS TOO SMALL WHICH FORMED A STONE IN MY LIVER AND SO THEY NEED TO REMOVE THE INFECTED PARTS. AFTER A YEAR, THEY OPENED IT AGAIN WHERE THEY MADE THE DRAINAGE BIGGER BY GOING TO MY SMALL INTESTINE. AFTER 6 MOS THEY OPENED IT AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS BLOCKED AND THE GREEN BILE WAS STUCKED IN MY LIVER WHEREIN I GOT JAUNDICE. MY EYES AND MY SKIN BECAME YELLOWISH AND THEY NEEDED TO REOPEN IT BECAUSE MY LIVER WILL BE HARDENED AND MIGHT TURN INTO CANCER. AFTER MY 4 DAY STAY IN THE HOSPITAL, MY INTESTINE HAD AN ADHESION SO THEY NEED TO REOPEN IT AND ARRANGE MY INTESTINE. AFTER A YEAR, I AGAIN SUFFERED INFECTIONS IN MY LIVER BECAUSE THE RUX AND Y THAT THEY MADE CLOGGED AND NEEDED TO REOPEN TO MAKE ANOTHER PASSAGE OF BILE. THEY CUT MY LIVER IN THE CENTER, MADE ANOTHER BIGGER OPENING AND ATTACHED MY SMALL INTESTINE DIRECTLY TO THE LARGE VEIN IN THE CENTER OF MY LIVER. THAT OPERATION WAS LIFE-THREATENING BECAUSE ONE OF THE VEINS WAS CUT AND I HAD A PROFUSE BLEEDING. I DIED AT THAT MOMENT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SAW THE IMAGE OF THE LORD, GETTING MY HANDS. JUST THEN I ASKED HIM “DID I DIE LORD?” AND HE SAID “YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW?” THEN I SAW MY BODY IN THE OPERATING ROOM DEAD. AT THAT POINT, I ASKED THE LORD, NOT TO TAKE ME BECAUSE MY CHILDREN WERE YOUNG THEN AND STILL NEED ME. SO THE LORD PROMISED TO RETURN MY SPIRIT INTO MY BODY AND HEAL ME. SUDDENLY, MY SPIRIT CAME BACK TO MY BODY AND I FELT THAT I WAS ALIVE AGAIN. UNTIL NOW, I ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT THE LORD HAD PROMISED ME, THAT HE WILL HEAL AND HELP ME. AFTER 8 YRS, ANOTHER TRIAL CAME. I HAD A CT SCAN AND THEY SAW A SMALL BENIGN TUMOR IN MY KIDNEY. THE DOCTOR ADVISED MY RIGHT KIDNEY TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE IF THE TUMOR BECOMES BIGGER IT MIGHT BE CANCEROUS. I DID NOT MIND THE DOCTOR'S ADVISE BECAUSE AT THAT TIME, MY HUSBAND WAS SICK. HE WAS DIAGNOSED OF STAGE 4 LUNG CANCER WHEREIN THE TUMOR IS AS BIG AS AN APPLE. HE WAS ADVISED TO HAVE 6 SESSIONS OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND 33 TIMES OF RADIATION THERAPHY. I FOCUSED MY ATTENTION ON HIS HOSPITALIZATION, TOOK CARE OF MY HUSBAND'S NEEDS, NURSED HIM AND GAVE ALL MY BEST. AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS, MY LOVING HUSBAND DIED. DURING THOSE TIMES OF SADNESS, MY DEAREST MOTHER WAS ALSO DETECTED OF LYMPHOMA CANCER AND DIED 6 MONTHS AFTER MY HUSBAND'S DEATH. I WAS SO DEPRESSED DURING THAT TIME AND WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF MY CHILDREN, I WENT TO MAKATI MED TO CONSULT A PHYCHATRIST TO SEEK PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP. THERE WERE TIMES THAT I COULD NOT SLEEP, I LOST WEIGHT AND BECAME VERY THIN. THE DOCTOR ADVISED ME TO ENHANCE AND MAKE USE OF MY TALENT SO MY MIND WILL BE FOCUSED ON OTHER THINGS. THAT IS WHEN I STARTED TO PAINT AND REALIZED THAT MY PAINTINGS ARE STARTING TO SELL.

MY DOCTOR IN MAKATI CALLED AND REMINDED ME TO HAVE A KIDNEY C.T. SCAN AGAIN. THE SMALL TUMOR BECAME BIG AND HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS STAGE 4 RENAL SMALL CELL CARCINOMA CANCER. SO I DECIDED HAVING MY RIGHT KIDNEY REMOVED. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, METASTASIS WAS DETERMINED IN MY UPPER RIGHT CLAVICLE AND IN MY 4TH RIGHT RIB. DURING THAT TIME, MY DAUGHTER MILLIE WAS ALSO DIAGNOSED OF STAGE 3 BREAST CANCER AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO FIRST WHETHER TO GIVE ATTENTION TO MY DAUGHTER'S TREATMENT OR MINE. BUT THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THE MONEY WE WILL SPEND. WE ARE BOTH USING HEALTH CARD AND IT IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR OUR MEDICAL NEEDS. LUCKILY, THE DOCTOR IN MAKATI MED TOLD US THAT THEY NEED 3 THOUSAND RECIPIENTS FOR TRIAL MEDICINE FOR BREAST CANCER AND MY DAUGHTER WAS SO BLESSED TO BE ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS. SHE HAD HER CHEMO IN MAKATI FOR 4 TIMES, EVERY 15 DAYS USING HER HEALTH CARD AND STARTED HER CHEMO TRIAL MEDICINE EVERY WEEK FOR 12 SESSIONS PLUS 1500 MILLIGRAM OF CHEMO MEDICINE AND 33 TIMES RADIATION THERAPY. THE SIDE EFFECT IS WORSE BECAUSE SHE BECAME BLOATED, HAD HAIR LOSS, DRY SKIN OR RASHES, NAUSEA OR VOMITING AND MUSCLE AND NERVE PROBLEMS. I REMEMBERED THE “PROMISE OF HEALING” THE LORD GAVE ME. AND I ASKED HIM ONCE AGAIN TO PLEASE HELP US FIND WAYS TO BE HEALED. WE WANT TO LIVE BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR OUR TREATMENT. SO I OFFERED HIM EVERYTHING AND GOD HAD AN ANSWER, DR. XU CAME AND CONDUCTED A SEMINAR WITH THE HELP OF ONE LIVING TESTIMONY, MR. NESTOR BONIFACIO. MY SISTER VIVIAN TOLD ME THAT WE NEED TO SOLICIT MONEY SO WE CAN GO TO FUDA FOR MY TREATMENT SO I PRAYED AND TALKED TO THE LORD THAT IF IT IS HIS WILL THY WILL BE DONE. WITH THE HELP OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A BIG HEART, WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE THE MONEY WE NEEDED. NOT TO MENTION DR.XU KECHENG, THE GOOD DOCTORS AND NURSES IN FUDA HOSPITAL. THE LORD DID NOT FORSAKE US. HE HEALED ME AND MY DAUGHTER MILLIE.

BEFORE I END THIS TALK, I ALSO WANT TO SHARE TO EVERY ONE WHAT I'VE SAID DURING OUR MEETING WITH ALL THE FILIPINO CANCER PATIENTS IN FUDA. IF GOD WILL EXTEND OUR LIVES OR HEAL US, LET'S REMEMBER THE POOR PEOPLE IN THE PHILIPPINES WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM CANCER. THEY WANT TO LIVE BUT THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY TO SURVIVE. LET'S FOCUS OURSELVES TO THEM BECAUSE I SAW MANY PATIENTS HERE ARE RICH AND MOSTLY BUSINESSMEN. THEY THOUGHT THEY ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING IN LIFE UNTIL THEY ARE CONFINED AND DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. IF WE ARE GIVEN AN EXTENDED LIFE BY THE LORD WITH THE HELP OF FUDA, LET'S SPEND THAT EXTENDED LIFE HELPING AND ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF POOR CANCER PATIENTS. ONE IS BY CREATING A FOUNDATION THAT WILL LINK TO FUDA HOSPITAL SO POOR CANCER PATIENTS WILL ALSO HAVE THE CHANCE TO EXTEND THEIR LIVES. WE CAN START BY SOLICITING AND SHOULD NOT BE ASHAMED FOR THIS MONEY IS INTENDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NEEDY. OR IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS, DO NOT HESITATE TO SHARE IT WITH US. THERE IS NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE IF WE DO IT AS ONE. EVERYTHING HAS A PURPOSE AND I KNOW GOD HAS WONDERFUL PLANS FOR US. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AND GOD BLESS US. I LOVE U ALL.

REMY MATIAS