"Gilma Pereda was having trouble quieting her brain. That's where doctors found a cyst the size of an egg a few weeks before Halloween, when an unexpected trip to the emergency room turned into a life-threatening prognosis, forcing the now-three-time cancer patient into quarantine during her favorite holiday's festivities. When Pereda was first diagnosed with stage 1B cervical cancer almost a decade ago shortly after immigrating from Mexico City the grueling treatment taught her a lesson about self-love and health."
"After all that, receiving catastrophic health news again this year was a staggering blow she didn't expect. I was pissed like, Come on, it's not fair I did what I was supposed to do,' said Pereda, now in her early 50s. But I need to move on, because if you get stuck, it's even more painful. I'm trying to make the best of it."
Gilma Pereda first received a stage 1B cervical cancer diagnosis in 2016 shortly after immigrating from Mexico City, and learned self-care lessons from grueling treatment. A metastatic recurrence in 2021 spread to her lungs and fractured her spine, requiring chemotherapy and immunotherapy that she barely survived. Weeks before Halloween, doctors found a cyst the size of an egg in her brain after an emergency room visit, prompting a life-threatening prognosis and scheduled brain surgery at Kaiser in Santa Clara. Pereda experiences anger and fear but uses family time, qigong, weekly yoga and meditation through Cancer CAREpoint to find calm and resilience.
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