In a car decorated with pink balloons and a sign that said “My last chemo, I beat cancer,” Claudia Funes celebrated through the streets of the city having been able to overcome the disease. Highlighting the task of the doctors and the support of her family, she recalled the importance of controls and not giving up.
In a car decorated with pink balloons and a sign that said “My last chemo, I beat cancer,” Claudia Funes celebrated through the streets of the city having been able to overcome the disease. Highlighting the task of the doctors and the support of her family, she recalled the importance of controls and not giving up.
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“Don’t give up, I’m happy,” said Claudia
By Isabel Fernández|LVSJ
For Claudia Funes today is a special day in her life and she is full of happiness. After two years, she received the last chemotherapy session that indicated that she had finally beaten the breast cancer that she was diagnosed with two years ago.
When she left the Oncology service of the “JB Iturraspe” Hospital, she rang the bell that announced to everyone that the treatment had been successfully completed, and there her sisters Lorena and Marianella were waiting for her in a car decorated with pink balloons with which they went for a tour. triumphant the streets of the city.
At the age of 46, Claudia celebrates this new beginning in her life, together with her 8-year-old daughter Tatiana, the pillar that supported her and encouraged her to continue throughout the treatment, and the unconditional support of her family: her father Mario, her siblings Diego, Lorena, Marcos, Marianella and their nephews Felipe, Milagros, Mía Belén, Facundo, Bruno, Mateo and Lautaro.
The car parked in front of THE VOICE OF SAINT JUST and Claudia came down excited. Adorned in a pink headband and holding a picture frame sign that read: “My last chemo, I beat cancer” she told everyone that she overcame the disease.
Between hugs and congratulations from those who saw her go by, Claudia told her story without forgetting to leave a message for all women and also for those who receive the same diagnosis. “I’m very happy. You have to have the controls done, do everything the doctor says. If the diagnosis comes, you don’t have to give up and move on, take it positively.”
Claudia with her sisters who surprised her with the decorated car to go out to celebrate (Photo: Fernando Sosa)
Like most women, she noticed the presence of a lump in one of her breasts when she was taking a bath and that’s where the odyssey began, the diagnosis, the confirmation that it was malignant, the endless sessions of chemo and x-rays, noticing how it impacted her body the treatment: he lost his hair, his skin became stained and his nails even fell out.
But she never gave up, together with the doctors at the Hospital and the support of her family, she faced the treatment with the faith that she would get ahead. Now after the last chemo she will have to have controls and take medication for ten years.
“It is very gratifying to know that I was able to defeat a disease that I did not know if I would be able to overcome,” said Claudia happily. “When we hear about cancer we are very scared, but you always have to think positive and fight, it is not easy because the treatment is strong, the body changes a lot, but we must not stop thinking that we have to beat it, we must be strong and think that we are not the only ones, that there are other people who also face cancer”.
“I fought for my daughter”
She recalled that when the diagnosis came “the world fell apart, but I fought for my daughter, I am a single mother and my daughter always understood what was happening and gave me strength, she was my company, my pillar. The treatment was hard I had consequences on my body, but I understood that this was good and necessary to be able to overcome it. I also had the support of all my family, even last year in the middle of the treatment I lost my mother, but they didn’t let me down because I had to continue forward”.
Claudia works taking care of an elderly lady and also in a bakery, during the treatment she never stopped doing it and she even received the support of those who employ her. “I always kept working and at work they supported me, the grandmother I take care of, Vilma, also encouraged me to keep going, the people with their good vibes messages were very important,” she remarked.
By Isabel Fernández|LVSJ
For Claudia Funes today is a special day in her life and she is full of happiness. After two years, she received the last chemotherapy session that indicated that she had finally beaten the breast cancer that she was diagnosed with two years ago.
When she left the Oncology service of the “JB Iturraspe” Hospital, she rang the bell that announced to everyone that the treatment had been successfully completed, and there her sisters Lorena and Marianella were waiting for her in a car decorated with pink balloons with which they went for a tour. triumphant the streets of the city.
At the age of 46, Claudia celebrates this new beginning in her life, together with her 8-year-old daughter Tatiana, the pillar that supported her and encouraged her to continue throughout the treatment, and the unconditional support of her family: her father Mario, her siblings Diego, Lorena, Marcos, Marianella and their nephews Felipe, Milagros, Mía Belén, Facundo, Bruno, Mateo and Lautaro.
The car parked in front of THE VOICE OF SAINT JUST and Claudia came down excited. Adorned in a pink headband and holding a picture frame sign that read: “My last chemo, I beat cancer” she told everyone that she overcame the disease.
Between hugs and congratulations from those who saw her go by, Claudia told her story without forgetting to leave a message for all women and also for those who receive the same diagnosis. “I’m very happy. You have to have the controls done, do everything the doctor says. If the diagnosis comes, you don’t have to give up and move on, take it positively.”
Claudia with her sisters who surprised her with the decorated car to go out to celebrate (Photo: Fernando Sosa)
Like most women, she noticed the presence of a lump in one of her breasts when she was taking a bath and that’s where the odyssey began, the diagnosis, the confirmation that it was malignant, the endless sessions of chemo and x-rays, noticing how it impacted her body the treatment: he lost his hair, his skin became stained and his nails even fell out.
But she never gave up, together with the doctors at the Hospital and the support of her family, she faced the treatment with the faith that she would get ahead. Now after the last chemo she will have to have controls and take medication for ten years.
“It is very gratifying to know that I was able to defeat a disease that I did not know if I would be able to overcome,” said Claudia happily. “When we hear about cancer we are very scared, but you always have to think positive and fight, it is not easy because the treatment is strong, the body changes a lot, but we must not stop thinking that we have to beat it, we must be strong and think that we are not the only ones, that there are other people who also face cancer”.
“I fought for my daughter”
She recalled that when the diagnosis came “the world fell apart, but I fought for my daughter, I am a single mother and my daughter always understood what was happening and gave me strength, she was my company, my pillar. The treatment was hard I had consequences on my body, but I understood that this was good and necessary to be able to overcome it. I also had the support of all my family, even last year in the middle of the treatment I lost my mother, but they didn’t let me down because I had to continue forward”.
Claudia works taking care of an elderly lady and also in a bakery, during the treatment she never stopped doing it and she even received the support of those who employ her. “I always kept working and at work they supported me, the grandmother I take care of, Vilma, also encouraged me to keep going, the people with their good vibes messages were very important,” she remarked.
