The world champion admits that he is dying. However, she smiles. Every day that I have the opportunity to live and spend with my family is worth fighting for. I would like to appear on DKMS LIFE Dreamday to encourage other cancer patients. There are always a few ways to gain strength and not lose hope – he says specifically for BILD.
Lubinger has been battling leukemia since March 2017. After several chemotherapy treatments and stem cell transplants, he thought the cancer cells had been destroyed. But in 2018, the cancer returned. In 2019, it looked like he was finally defeated. At the end of 2021, Luebinger fell ill again.
I started with joint diseases. Suddenly I felt obvious scratches all over my body. On my legs, arms and head – acknowledged 2003 Indoor World Champion.
At the Würzburg Hospital, Lubinger was treated with CAR-T cells (cancer immunotherapy). She says there is only one attempt for this remedy. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out for him.
In February, the doctors told me that death was imminent. I must take care of my funeral and say goodbye to my loved ones. It was hard to talk to my kids. They know how bad things are for me, says Lubinger, trying to hold back my tears.
Five weeks later, the immunotherapy started working. The former athlete is slim, weighing only 66 kilograms with a height of 1.93 meters. However, Lobinger celebrated his 50th birthday on September 3 with balloons and waffles. “Going out that day was one of my highlights,” he admits.
However, Luebinger missed his 6-year-old son Uckert’s school enrollment on September 13, having to return to the hospital the day before for emergency gastric bypass surgery.
In 2022, he had already spent more than 150 days in the hospital. – This is not real life. She recognizes that the life worth living is on the outside. But she adds that giving up is not an option.
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Paoui Zagomny has been judged for sports since he was a child, and the only thing he regrets is the fact that he won his first medal in the national team at the age of 29. As he says himself, it was Raul Lozano who gave him a second life, which he used to the limit, leaving the stage As an athlete.
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