Kris Aquino recently revealed that she has started her first "baby dose" of methotrexate.
According to her, the said medication "treats cancer by slowing the growth of cancer cells."
She added that it also "treats psoriasis by slowing the growth of skin cells to stop scales from forming" and "treat rheumatoid arthritis by decreasing the activity of the immune system."
Kris requested for prayers, recalling how when she first arrived in the US in 2022 for treatment, she found out that her three autoimmune conditions had become four.
"I started taking a new biological injectable to help bring down my IgE (that’s the number of allergens in my blood) which remained very high. Naiyak na lang ako sa frustration because my blood panel numbers were bad," she shared.
"I won’t bore you with the details but my chest CT scan showed scarring & micronodules in my right lung, my lead Dr. in UCLA, Dr John Belperio had a difficult time convincing me about methotrexate because physically I knew my immunity wasn’t ready but when i saw my inflammatory numbers were high and so was my ANA (here i’m classified as positive for a connective tissue disease- SLE or lupus, Rheumatoid arthritis, and scleroderma all fall under the umbrella of mixed connective tissue disease; from zero i now have a rheumatoid factor of 10 (14 is the cut-off)."
"I can’t be classified as outright having SLE or RA because i’m exhibiting physical manifestations for both. For now it’s definite I have 5, possibly 6 autoimmune conditions and i bit the bullet and started my baby dose slowly increasing the dosage to 7.5 mg per week.
"How badly i wanted to keep this private because i’m scared baka mawalan kayo ng gana to keep praying for me & my doctors, my sons, and my sisters. Hindi ako sumusuko, sana wag rin kayo sumuko? Please? My gratitude post will follow."