Zsa Zsa Padilla’s Surgery Successful

MANILA, Philippines – Zsa Zsa Padilla's prayers were answered with the success of the surgery she underwent in the US on Aug. 28 (local time) that removed her kidney cyst.

This was announced by Zsa Zsa’s daughter, Zia Quizon, via Twitter on Tuesday afternoon.

“As far as the doctors could tell it (cancer) has not spread anywhere else. Thank you everyone for your prayers and support. <3,” she added.

Several minutes later, Zia posted a photo of her with the Divine Diva, which bore the caption: “Much love, guys! Thankful to be loved, to be blessed, and for every second. :)”

The veteran singer-actress underwent laparoscopic surgery (a minimally invasive procedure) at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Zia, along with her half-sister Karylle, are also in the US to support their mother.

Zsa Zsa’s other daughter, Nicole Quizon, related the turnout of Zsa Zsa’s surgery during the healing mass tendered for the 48-year-old diva on Tuesday afternoon at the Dolphy Theater of ABS-CBN in Quezon City. Others who attended the mass included Dolphy’s children Eric Quizon, Epi Quizon, and Vandolph.

Zsa Zsa was diagnosed with Stage 1 kidney cancer just several weeks past the death of her life partner, Comedy King Dolphy. In her series of examinations at the Cedars-Sinai hospital, Zsa Zsa learned that she had a malignant tumor almost the size of golf ball—three centimeters.

In her recent interview with the ABS-CBN North America News Bureau, Zsa Zsa said that she will stay in the hospital for two days. After a week, she can fly back to the Philippines then resume work after a month.

Notwithstanding this latest battle, Zsa Zsa continues to embody venerable strength.

“I always need to be very strong and the only time I really cry is when I tell people closest to me [about my condition] and they break down. That’s when I feel weak. Kung iisipin mo kasi parang, ‘O, namatayan ka ng asawa, may cancer ka ngayon.’ Pero naisip ko, it could happen to anyone. So I’m just very lucky and very grateful na naagapan. Stage 1 nalaman na na cancer para matanggal,” she related.

She is likewise buoyed by optimism, inspired by the ups and downs she had triumphantly weathered with Dolphy.

“Si Zia naga-assess. Sabi niya, ‘Mama, I think it’s because we’re still in a phase wherein we can take it.’ So I can’t… not see the brighter side to things. That’s how Dolphy and I would survive our relationship.

“We have been through the best and the worst of times, so lahat ng pinagdaanan namin, lalong-lalo na nu’ng umpisang-umpisa pa lang ng relasyon namin, sobra na ‘yung test. Na parang ‘yung mga susunod pang trials namin totoo namang nakayanan namin lahat...,” said Zsa Zsa.

article source: mb.com.ph

Zsa Zsa diagnosed with kidney cancer 40 days after Dolphy’s death

“When life situations get rough, I find myself taking deep breaths… And I am ready 2 take on new challenges. Living life. One day at a time.”

That was Zsa Zsa Padilla’s tweet early Sunday morning as news broke out that the already grief-stricken partner of the late, great Comedy King Dolphy had been diagnosed with stage 1 kidney cancer.

Earlier reports stated that the 48-year-old singer-actress was conspicuously absent at the Mass for the 40th day after Dolphy’s death held Saturday because she had left for Los Angeles to seek medical treatment.

She consulted doctors at Cedars Sinai Hospital after her doctors at the Makati Medical Center had detected an abnormal growth in her kidneys.

Zsa Zsa told ABS-CBN News on Sunday that a certain Dr. Folkes, her doctor at the Los Angeles-based medical facility, told her that she has a malignant growth the size of a golf ball.

“The first time I saw Dr. Folkes, he immediately told me it was malignant. So when I heard that word ‘malignant,’ I said, ‘Oh man, I have cancer.’ I went back the next day for blood work and a scan and it showed the same thing — almost a 3 centimeters growth — and he advised for it to be taken out,” Padilla said.

News of her ailment took everyone by surprise, including the very people that form part of her extended Quizon family.

“I just heard about it too,” Ronnie Quizon, one of Dolphy’s 18 children, admitted to Interaksyon.

“Whether it’s confirmed or not, I think, with a little help, it could be cured. I have a friend who was diagnosed with stage 1 cancer before, and now he’s completely cancer-free. We even had common friends who were praying for him before, and have passed on even ahead of us,” Ronnie added.

Zsa Zsa’s colleagues in the industry were also quick to issue statements of support.

“We love you. Get well soon. We are all praying for you,” said fellow singer Gary Valenciano, a co-host at the Sunday noontime show, “ASAP” and a co-star in the upcoming movie musical, “I Do Bidoo Bidoo (Heto nAPO Sila)”.

Twitter was also flooded with an outpouring of support as “Zsa Zsa Padilla” is now a trending topic following the news of her ailment.

rufamaequinto ‏@imrufamaequinto
@zsazsapadilla I love yah

Paolo Valenciano ‏@paolovalenciano
Prayers for sec Robredo and my ninang @zsazsapadilla ….

Luis Manzano ‏@luckymanzano
@zsazsapadilla – we’ll be praying ms. Z! Get well ASAP :)

Angeli Pangilinan V ‏@AngeliPV
Th @ASAPOfficial family has a special message today 4 our dear@zsazsapadilla who has been diagnosed with Stage 1 kidney cancer. #JesusHeals

Janice de Belen ‏@Super_Janice
@zsazsapadilla i am praying for you

RUFFA GUTIERREZ ‏@iloveruffag
Let’s pray for @zsazsapadilla ‘s recovery… RT @ANCALERTS: ZsaZsa Padilla diagnosed with Stage 1 kidney cancer

Gel Santos Relos ‏@GelSantosRelos
@zsazsapadilla Praying for you, Zsa Zsa…may God’s grace keep you strong and faithful, awaiting the Lord’s miracles… A day at a time…

Twinky Lagdameo ‏@twinkylagdameo
@zsazsapadilla praying for you and your family. God is good and He heals! We are behind you all the way. God bless you.

bianca gonzalez ‏@iamsuperbianca
staying hopeful! praying for miss @zsazsapadilla. RT @ANCALERTSZsa Zsa Padilla diagnosed with Stage 1 kidney cancer

Mark Aranal ‏@direkmarky
Pls pray for Zsa Zsa Padilla who is diagnosed with stage 1 kidney cancer. I worked with her when I directed an independence day concert.

source: interaksyon.com

In the end, simple black and white for the Comedy King who brought color to people's lives

MANILA, Philippines – At 2:22 pm Sunday, workers at the Heritage Park in Taguig gently slid Comedy King Dolphy’s casket into the granite tomb that will serve as the final sanctuary of his mortal remains, closing a chapter on over eight decades of a life well lived, and lived always for others.

Moments before that, his children, followed by partner of 23 years Zsa Zsa Padilla, approached the casket to alternately pray and whisper final messages, their tears washing over the glass top of his casket.

At 2:28 pm, after everyone had put in their send-off flowers inside the granite tomb, officiating priest Fr. Larry Faraon enjoined the crowd to show Dolphy “how happy we are” as he would have wished. He asked everyone to address the person next to him or her and smile, and then to shout, “Mang Dolphy masaya kami, na kay Lord ka na.” He then asked them to clap and repeatedly shout, “Mabuhay si Mang Dolphy!” a greeting that befits a true king who lived in the Filipino heart in times of war and peace, of plenty and poverty, of sorrow and celebration.

In her final message to the man she loved and to the crowd, Zsa Zsa said simply, “Maraming salamat sa lahat ng pagmamahal na binigay mo sa amin, at sa sambayananang Pilipino. We love you….God bless us all..”

Confetti rained, doves were released, as the crowd cheered. Soon workers started to seal the above-ground tomb, its gleaming black image in dramatic contrast to the predominantly white background of tarps bearing Dolphy’s various incarnations, and the white dresses of mourners, except for Zsa Zsa who wore black. Dolphy’s favorite color was white; the other favorite color being red, which the crew from his home network, TV5, wore.

At the TV5 studios, Paparazzi host Cristy Fermin, joined by Paolo Bediones, Amy Perez and Dolly Ann Carvajal, annotated the live proceedings at the Heritage Park. They noted that the marvelous bronze casket--repeatedly described as fit for a king--had been bought by Dolphy way back in 1976, at a cost of P1.8 million. He had repeatedly joked to friends that he was blessed with a long life--he would have been 84 on July 25---because he prepared for his death too early.

In the end, black and white dominated the scene, an ironic sendoff for a man whose lifelong obsession was to bring color into other people’s lives.

source: interaksyon.com

Zsa Zsa Padilla: Dolphy battled COPD for 6 to 8 years

Contrary to earlier reports that Dolphy was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) just recently, the late comedian had actually been suffering from the disorder for six to eight years already.

This was revealed by Zsa Zsa Padilla, his longtime partner of 23 years, in an emotional and candid eulogy at the Dolphy Theater Wednesday evening during a necrological service for the talents and employees of ABS-CBN, the network that served as his home TV studio for many years.

“Nagsimula ‘yun noong nagkaroon siya ng walking pneumonia. Di pa namin naintindihan kung ano yun,” Zsa Zsa said, referring to the COPD. “Sabi nya, bakit masama daw pakiramdam niya wala naman siyang lagnat? Ganyan.”

The singer-actress then revealed that what started as routine visits to the doctor became more frequent as the disease progressed.

“Isang beses sa isang taon nagpupunta siya sa ospital. Tapos naging dalawang beses sa isang taon. Hanggang naging tatlong beses. Tapos padalas na nang padalas,” she continued.

“Hanggang two and a half years ago, sinabi na sa amin ng doctor na stage 4 na siya ng COPD. Kinailangang kausapin ang lahat ng mga anak niya.”

Even as they had to deal with the already terminal nature of Dolphy’s illness, Zsa Zsa said it allowed the comedian’s children to set aside whatever personal differences they might have and come together as one family unit.

“Mula noon, naramdaman ko na isa kaming isang tunay na pamilya. Posible naman pala na kahit mga anak ni Dolphy na nanggaling sa iba-ibang mga nanay ay puwede naman kaming magkaisa. ‘Yan po ang naranasan namin,” she shared.

Dolphy has a total of 18 children by six different women, including actors Eric and Ronnie Quizon who alternately acted as family spokespersons during the Comedy King’s month-long confinement at the intensive care unit of the Makati Medical Center.

Zsa Zsa also expressed her heartfelt gratitude to the entire nation for all the prayers said during Dolphy’s struggle to overcome his illness.

She singled out the doctors, nurses, and orderlies who took turns in taking care of him, the many blood donors that helped keep his pneumonia at bay and “the numerous friends who visited daily to check on his condition and those who helped shoulder Dolphy’s medical condition.”

Zsa Zsa also gave special mention to the management of TV5 “who continued to give Dolphy his salary throughout the remainder of his life.

“Thank you for the respect you gave his name for honoring his contract despite knowing he could never tape again,” she tearfully said.

She also thanked ABS-CBN for taking care of Dolphy’s legacy and for taking a chance on the comedian in 1992 “para makabalik siya sa pinakakamamahal niyang telebisyon.”

Zsa Zsa also shared her recollections of Dolphy whom she fondly referred to as “lovey.”

“In loving the man, I came to accept all that came with him, his legacy, his personality when not in front of the camera and of course, his children. Hindi nagging madali ang lahat ng iyon pero he was worth it,” she admitted.

She then concluded her speech with an a capella rendition of Kenny Rogers’ “Through The Years” that moved the star-studded audience of mostly Kapamilya talents to tears anew.

A public viewing of Dolphy’s remains at the Dolphy Theater at the ABS-CBN compound followed the service at around 9PM.

Fans of the comedian gathered outside the audience entrance of ABS-CBN early Wednesday afternoon hours before the comedian’s remains arrived at the station.

Among them was Raniel Atendido, who worked as an extra on Dolphy’s ABS-CBN sitcom “Home Along Da Riles” and proudly showed his souvenir photos with the comedian.

On Thursday, it will be the turn of TV5 management, employees, and talents to pay homage to Dolphy at the Heritage Park. His remains will be open to public viewing on Friday and Saturday.

source: interaksyon.com