María Luján Rey’s message in the midst of her fight against cancer: “We depend on solidarity”

The deputy was diagnosed in April 2023 (Instagram @marialujan.rey)

Almost a year after the national representative of Together for Change María Luján Rey revealed that she had been diagnosed with cancer, the legislative representative launched a solidarity campaign on social networks, with the aim of calling for blood donors. “We depend on solidarity,” says the plaque in which they ask for blood givers for her.

After the absence of the president of the Criminal Legislation Commission of the Chamber of Deputies set off alarms in May of last year, while attending her chemotherapy sessions, the legislator began to share the day-to-day life of her fight. against the disease on social networks.

A few months ago, Rey confirmed that he had finished the oncological treatment he had started for multiple myeloma, known as plasma cell cancer, and amyloidosis, a condition derived from cancer cells that affected the kidneys, liver and heart throughout of process. However, the final stage will consist of a bone marrow transplant, so the deputy opened a call to gather blood donors.

The news was announced through his profile on the social network . “Yesterday and today I needed a platelet transfusion, because there are people who donated their blood,” she explained about the procedure she had to undergo.

The information to be able to donate to the blood bank of the Italian Hospital (Instagram @marialujan.rey)

“Today I want to ask you to do it or to help me by spreading this request, I or other patients may still need it,” requested the member of the Together for Change block when spreading a flyer with the necessary data to be able to get an appointment in the area. of Hemoterapia through Whatsapp [phone]) or the email address [email protected].

Although the deputy acknowledged that she had not had any complications in undergoing the blood transfusion, she stressed the need to replenish the blood bank’s supply, with the aim that another patient could access the resource without problems. “We depend on the solidarity and collaboration of the community so that our patients continue with their treatments,” she highlighted.

Currently, the representative of the relatives of the victims of the Tragedy of Once was admitted to the clinic in mid-March, so that they could perform the bone marrow transplant. “I already had a transplant, I’m fine. It was difficult, with some strange sensations,” she described, saying that all she had to do was wait for the tissue to connect with the rest of her body.

Despite the pain he has experienced in recent days, Rey does not lose hope of improving (Instagram @marialujan.rey)

Through the log that she started since she was hospitalized, Rey said that the platelet transfusion was performed, since the doctors detected that she had low platelets and white blood cells. “The truth is that yesterday was a very ugly day,” she revealed, later adding that she also had to be given morphine to relieve the pain she felt throughout Friday.

Amidst the tears and the emotion she expressed when thanking them for the support they gave her, the representative assured: “Today the +8 started a little better, although they had to give me some medications on my return, I am sure it will be better than yesterday,” he said.

Prior to this, the legislator for Together for Change had said that her defenses had begun to lower as a result of the treatment and stimulation that was carried out on her new bone marrow. However, she does not give up hope of making a full recovery. Likewise, she assured that she had not had alarming symptoms such as fever and that the last CT scan she had had positive results.