After battling breast cancer in 2020 Madalena da Camara Pereirafado singer’s daughter Nuno da Camara Pereira, again experiencing a delicate moment. The artist’s daughter has been diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, an acute pre-leukemic disease, and is now looking for a compatible donor for a bone marrow transplant.
Thus, Madalena da Camara Pereira decided to make a public appeal on social networks.
“My name is Madalena Madalena Camara Pereira, whoever knows me calls me Laranjinha. I am 45 years old, I have two daughters whom I would like to see grow up and accompany. I had breast cancer in 2020 which I cured with 6 months of chemo, surgery and radiotherapy at IPO in Lisbon. I returned to work and to my normal life. In April 2022, I was unexpectedly and again diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome – a long ugly name, in simple words, acute preleukemia.started with a story in the text, also shared by Nuno da Camara Pereira.
“I was placed in the IPO to undergo chemotherapy to heal and ‘buy time’ before a bone marrow transplant, the only treatment that will save my life. Compatibility between my brothers has already been studied, but unfortunately none of them are 100% compatible with me. Therefore, I am already waiting for a compatible bone marrow donor at the World Bone Marrow Donor Bank.”he explained.
Finally, Madalena also stressed the importance of bone marrow donation. “So I came to ask you to go to the mobile post or any other hospital from the list below to sign up and, go around the corner, enjoy too and donate blood!! At each hospitalization, I need several bags for transfusion of blood and / or platelets, their absence is not dreamed of in hospitals, where there are times when you even have to ration blood and platelets for different patients !! Donate blood and register as a bone marrow donor”it’s finished.
