Former actress-turned-chef Aya Medel announced in a series of Facebook posts that she has been dealing with an iron deficiency anemia and has needed large amounts of blood donations.
She announced that she had gone through five blood transfusions and three operations, and was going to undergo her fourth procedure, “The cause is bleeding after giving birth to my son Simon,’Di [na] nacorrect ng medication due to my hormonal imbalance.”
“I’ve been fighting. ’Di lang halata kasi I don’t pity myself as I am happy I gave life to a precious son: now 4-year-old healthy and jolly Simon.”
She even compared herself to a factory because of how she produces so much estrogen.Her operation mid-March was canceled due to the pandemic.
kung nahaharvest nga lng to I donate ko n sa mga babae na kulang mag produce Ng estrogen. Due to pandemic my operation last mid March was cancelled coz its not safe for me to be exposed and lockdown pa. “https://www.facebook.com/aya.medel1/posts/10220383730558002
Aya was building her own restaurant in Tabaco, Albay.
