Vicki Belo reveals past breast diagnosis
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Vicki Belo reveals she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016 and given only two years to live.
Vicki Belo has spoken up for the first time about her breast cancer battle.
The celebrity doctor told broadcaster Korina Sanchez in an online show, "This is the first time I'm going to discuss it and only because I trust you and I think it's over. I had cancer in 2016 and I was diagnosed with third stage cancer of the breast.
"I was diagnosed, I think, January of the year, and then I went to Europe and I was told by them there that I was going to die," Belo said.
The popular cosmetic surgeon also mentioned that her doctors told her to "don't bother to have chemo," and gave her two years to live.
Still, she did not give up and found other doctors. "I went to New York and they wouldn't give me anything. I said, 'So what are my chances?' They were very quiet."
She eventually underwent chemotherapy and was even completely bald during her daughter Cristalle Belo-Pitt's wedding.
When asked what helped her overcome her battle, Belo answered, "Prayers, family, love, support. And you know, the number one secret is Scarlet."
"Kasi, I look at her and I want to be with her. I don't want to leave her naman so young," she said of her daughter, now seven years old, as she started crying. "Basta I kept praying, 'Lord, please give me time.'"
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