Former actress Jaymee Joaquin diagnosed with cancer for the third time
Actress Jaymee Joaquin revealed in a tell-all video on Instagram that she's battling cancer for the third time.
Dated February 24, the actress wrote on the social media platform, “Support my WIN!
“I'm tackling this b*tch called cancer the 3rd time around and I need your prayers, well-wishes, and support. C'mon.
“Make me believe that humanity still exists and that life, no matter how unfair, is worth the goddamn fight! #letswinthis.”
In the video, Jaymee revealed that she found out about the diagnosis last February 19.
“I received the cytology report for the liquid build-up on my left lung and it turned out to be malignant.
“Yes! It's malignant so it means it's cancerous.
“And this makes me a three-time cancer survivor,” she said on the video while looking down.
“Yes, three times. Technically it's out of my body now but it means we need to upgrade treatment and so I'm gonna do a switch to something stronger so that it doesn't come back again.”
Jaymee added, “And so, the past few days I've been angry and sad at the same time.”
“I'm so frustrated.
“I'm so fucking frustrated because I feel like I'm doing everything I can so that this cancer will just stop bothering my life but it keeps coming back.
“And I am just in this rage right now of like, 'What the fuck is this b*tch trying to do in my life?!'
“And now, I need to be very aggressive to fight this off because it's not funny to have three diagnoses in four years and I'm just blessed to have this healthy body that keeps trying to fight and a good medical team and support.
“But I am so pissed off that I can't even describe in words how exactly I feel right now.”
The former TV host then continues to share her feelings of frustration.
“No one deserves this kind of suffering so I can't really get mad that I am having this.
“I did have a conversation with God and asked Him why but you know what?
“You know what, you can't ask these things.
“These things all happen randomly and we all have our shit that we're carrying so I can't go on with this victim mode.
“But, it did hurt me so bad because well, cancer sucks. There's no other way to go around it.
“And I have to feel what I need to feel and I just have to vent out and be real about how I feel.”
Aggressive treatment
For her third round of battling cancer, the actress reiterated that she'll be putting her “foot down” in order to win her fight against the crippling diagnosis.
“I'm so fucking pissed off that it's back again and this time, I really need to step my foot down and be aggressive.
“No, I'm not doing chemo, I'm not losing my hair and all that.
“But, you know, it's gonna be really an aggressive kind of treatment.
“I'm just hoping I tolerate it well and that it really shoos away this cancer bitch because I'm done with it. I'm so fucking done.”
As she receives her treatment, Jayme is asking her family members, friends, and supporters to continually pray for her.
“Please send me your positive energy, your support, your prayers, everything that just lifts me up right now.
“I hope that you support me because this is just something that would mean a lot to me right now.
“I deserve to live a pain-free happy life just like everyone else.
“So please, help me win this battle that's all I ask.”
Battle with cancer
It was in October 2016 when Jaymee was diagnosed with Stage 2A breast cancer.
Months later, she began her chemotherapy at the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, By July 2017, she happily announced that she was cancer-free.
However, this happened to be the first stage of her battle.
In March 2019, she announced that her cancer came back but she sounded more hopeful than before.
She wrote, “It's confirmed. The cancer has come back.
“I don't want to disclose specific info right now but one thing's for sure... the recurrence was detected super early and the medical team is still doing more tests to make sure all bases are covered.”
By September, she shared the good news with everybody that her breast cancer was “starving.”
“Today, I am grateful beyond words. Today, I saw the biggest sign of hope.
“An evidence that miracles happen. A science graph that shows how strong a resilient human body is and how innovative medical science can be.”