The former Uruguayan president José “Pepe” Mujica revealed that during the last medical checkup that was carried out a tumor was detected in the esophagus whose treatment, according to the first diagnoses, has some seriousness due to the autoimmune disease that he has suffered from for more than two decades.
“It is something obviously very involved and it is obviously complex in my case”reported the 88-year-old former Broad Front leader, recognized internationally for his keen reading of the global situation.
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During a press conference that took place this morning, Mujica said that The diagnosis was confirmed after a check-up last week. at CASMU, one of the most important health cooperatives in Uruguay.
“It turns out that it was discovered that I have a tumor in my esophagus.”said the former president and added that this problem “is something obviously very compromised and obviously complex in my case because I suffer from an immunological disease from more than 20 years ago that affected, among other things, my kidneys.”
According to Mujica, this history means that the disease that was diagnosed has “obvious difficulties for chemotherapy treatment or surgery”.
For this reason, the doctors who treat you “they are evaluating” their state of health and in the meantime they will continue “doing cellular analyzes to see how this story continues.”
“I want to convey to you that in my life more than once the grim reaper was hanging around the cot, but it continued to shepherd me all these years. Surely for obvious reasons this time he comes with the scythe in polish, and we will see what happens,” he commented in front of the Uruguayan press.
Due to the transit that it will have in the coming times, the former president confirmed that “As long as I can I will continue fighting with my companions, true to my way of thinking.” He said that he will also continue with his work on the farm where he lives and stressed that “As long as the roll holds, I’ll be there”.
During his brief statement, he thanked the press and took the opportunity to “convey to the young people of this country that life is beautiful and it is spent. It goes. But “succeeding in life is starting over every time you fall.”
Also He advised them that “if there is anger, transform it into hope and fight for love; Don’t let yourself be fooled by hate. And if they get caught by drugs, they should not be left alone because no one can save themselves alone.”
“The only freedom that exists is in the head and is called will. And if we do not use it we are not free,” she stressed and pointed out that “Life is so beautiful that it makes no sense to sacrifice it for stupidity”.
“I’m thankful. At the end of the day, let them take away what I danced from.”closed during the conference in which he asked not to ask him anything because “I don’t know anything about medicine and I have no idea what the doctors are going to do.”
