Sofía Vergara remembered her scar on her neck after overcoming cancer

Sofía Vergara shared an emotional message in which she recounted her experience when she faced thyroid cancer at the beginning of her acting career.

Through a photograph published on her networks, the actress of “Modern Family” remembered the scar left by the disease and took the opportunity to send an important message to her followers.

“At 28 years old, “Cancer” was not a word I expected to hear. It was just a routine checkup. But the doctors found a lump in my throat and that word became part of my story. I spent countless hours in radiation treatments and eventually surgery. Today, I can call myself a cancer survivor,” the reality TV star commented.

Sofía Vergara also explained that the photograph was taken after the diagnosis and treatment, therefore she feels grateful to life for overcoming the dreaded disease.

“This was my first acting class after diagnosis and treatment, and seeing the scar on my throat reminds me how blessed I felt that day, and every day since,” she argued.

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Sofía Vergara and her experience when cancer was detected

Sofia Vergara. Photo: Instagram @sofiavergara

“I’m lucky and grateful to be able to share my story and say ‘early prevention is so important!’ Schedule your annual checkup for this year if you haven’t already,” she concluded in the emotional message.

As explained by the actress, the cancer was detected in time after her doctor detected a lump in her neck.

“I think when you go through an experience like that your priorities change. You realize what is important to you”, recalled the Colombian actress at an event on the fight against the disease.

“Having cancer is not fun. You will not want to deal with anything else while you go through it, ”explained the also model about her experience since a person who is diagnosed with the disease must be under harsh treatment to prevent it from progressing.

The actress has become a symbol in the fight against the disease and her followers always thank her for inviting netizens to take care of their health and get timely checkups.

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Donovan Carrillo's story of overcoming

Mexican Donovan Carrillo managed to get a ticket to the men’s single figure skating final at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

The young man is the first Mexican Olympic skater in thirty years and got a third place that will allow him to be in the long program. Donovan debuted in the men’s single figure skating short program at the Olympics. This Tuesday, February 8.

The 22-year-old Mexican performed a routine on the ice rink with the theme ‘Black Magic Woman’ and managed to obtain a score of 79.69, placing 19th and securing his pass to the long or free program; there he will compete for an Olympic medal. The final will be Thursday, February 10.

“It is an honor that my country is proud of me, it is something that motivates me a lot and it is something that I enjoy like no other to give my best in each of the competitions. For the free program I am going to look for the same as in this program that was key to obtaining the result, simply enjoy without forgetting to give my best, “he assured

Photo: Instagram/donovandcarr

Donovan Carrillo’s story of overcoming

Donovan is 22 years old, originally from Zapopa, state of Jalisco, Mexico, but currently lives in León, Guanajuato, and it is there where he practices with his coach Gregorio Núñez.

“I started skating when I was eight years old and all because I liked a girl. My sister was the one who skated and I would accompany her to practice. And thanks to the fact that she accompanied her, I met a girl that I liked. To try to win her over, I convinced my parents to put me in skating classes, “she said in an interview with AFP.

The young man began his training on the ice rinks of a shopping center, without imagining that he would be able to represent an entire country in the Olympic Games.

“From training on the ice rink in a shopping center to the Olympics. In a country with hardly any Olympic-size ice rinks and overcoming numerous obstacles, Donovan Carrillo will be the first figure skater from Mexico in 30 years”, published the JJ.OO. on Twitter last January.

Regarding training in a mall, Donovan recounted that: “There are certain kinds of distractions and situations there, like skating to music all the time or with people who still don’t know how to skate very well and who only do it recreationally.”

However, it ensures that “This makes the training a bit more challenging.”

Photo: EFE.

Carrillo defends himself from those who criticize him for practicing a “girls” sport

Donovan has rejected the prejudices that exist regarding figure skating; In addition, he exposes the homophobia that exists in the discipline. Throughout his career he has received different accusations for choosing to practice this sport and in 2016 he published a tweet attacking those who attacked him.

“It doesn’t bother me to be called gay because I’m not. It infuriates me that they see the word gay as a mockery or an insult to my effort, “said the Mexican.

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A relief for Cali after overcoming the fourth peak of the covid pandemic - Cali - Colombia

Several days of anguish passed after the number of covid cases began to increase in the capital of Valle de Cauca. However, thanks to the number of vaccinated, Cali can officially say that passed the fourth peak of the pandemic.

The announcement comes after several meetings between advisers from the Cali Health Secretariat and the district agency’s team of epidemiologists.

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“At this time the positivity of the cases is at 15 percent and the speed of transmission shows a number of infected for each infected of 0.5 percent, “said Miyerlandi Torres Agredo, secretary of health.

Thus, the official explained that these percentages mean that the peak of infections has already been overcome, so it is now a duty to reduce the occupation of Intensive Care Units.

He clarified that 85 percent of the ICU beds that are currently occupied, and 36 percent are people infected with the virus.

“Let us remember that two weeks ago it was 45 percent with covid load. Now we are at 36 percent, which has also been decreasing mortality, “added Torres Agredo.

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According to the health entity, 20 daily deaths are averaged, when at the height of the peak they exceeded 40. “67 percent of the deaths correspond to people over 60 years of age who had not been vaccinated or who did not have the reinforcement dose ”, sustained the secretary of health.

According to the data collected by the epidemiological team, the fourth peak, led by the Omicron variant, left a total of 83,420 confirmed infections and 769 deaths. Compared to the second peak, the last one that occurred without vaccination in the population, and there were 40,320 more cases, but 300 fewer deaths.

In other words, while the lethality of the second peak was 0.02 percent, that of the fourth reached 0.009 percent. This allows us to calculate that during this last peak Nearly 1,300 deaths were averted.

“67 percent of deaths correspond to people over 60 years of age who had not been vaccinated or who did not have the booster dose”

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Advance Factors

According to the analysis of health experts, they attribute the progress thanks to different factors that imply the decrease in figures.

One of those reasons is the progress of the vaccination planadjusted to the goals proposed by the Ministry of Health.

On the other hand, according to studies it was possible to determine that the nature of the Omicron variant is less lethal; and another of the factors to overcome the fourth peak was the existence of antibodiesgenerated naturally in citizens who were previously infected.

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Torres considered the news as a relief for the people of Cali, and likewise invited citizens to continue with biosafety protocols, mainly the use of face masks.

“Although the immunization process is going well, it is not yet time to stop using the mask, since the levels of vaccination do not allow us to be safe without its use,” he specified.

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