Radio personality talks about fight against thyroid cancer

The Manila Times

Radio personality talks about fight against thyroid cancer   Radio personality Emmylou Gaite-Tiñana, better known as DJ Nicole Hyala, reveals that she has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. In an interview with The Manila Times and other members of the press on June 26, 2025, she opened up about her illness and the journey ahead.   VIDEO BY IZA IGLESIAS  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #TMTNews #Philippines

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00:00I feel like God really knows how to cushion the blow because I knew that I was doing a content for a brand in a store.

00:08So imagine, the dog is kind of choppy.

00:12So, when you said the carcinoma, the blow wasn't as much.

00:18So, I feel like God really has his ways that he didn't make it so dramatic.

00:24And then, I just had to deal with it.

00:27And the good thing about it is that I don't feel unwell.

00:32Asymptomatic ako eh.

00:33So, kung hindi nga ako nagpa-checkup, I wouldn't have more.

00:37So, hindi ako masyadong person to be called a very, very healthy one.

00:42Pero, ngayon ko masasabi na prevention is better than cure.

00:46Did you cry or wala ka?

00:48No, I didn't.

00:49Or you think that what's the same thing?

00:51I really am not sure.

00:52Ito yung sinabi ko eh.

00:54Parang, I think I've been through so much already.

00:57That this is another one of those unchartered waters.

01:01Na katulad ng in the past na napagdaanan ko na I was able to overcome.

01:07So, this is just one of those.

01:09So, parang nahihiya naman ako kay Lord para matakot pa eh.

01:13And dami ko nang dinaanan na mas matindi.

01:15I'm not sure if you know about my daughter.

01:17Her sickness in 2021, viral meningo encephalitis.

01:22Mas major yun.

01:23Ang thyroid cancer, mas good ang prognosis.

01:26Yung kay Princess, when the doctor told me na,

01:28we're not sure if she's gonna live,

01:30if she's gonna be bulag-tipi-bingi-pilay.

01:34So, mas mahirap yun as a mother.

01:36But we were able to surpass it.

01:37If you see her, sinasagot-sagot na ako.

01:39Okay, that's a regular 12-year-old girl.

01:42So, she's very, very normal.

01:43So, if we were able to surpass that trial,

01:47then this should be easier for me.

01:49Pero wala ka na-feel di po?

01:51Hindi rin pa yun.

01:53May trigger was may migraines.

01:56So, nagpa-check up ako in 2023,

01:59MRI for the brain.

02:01Eh, ha-diop si, anong pag-MRI.

02:03Nakita doon na may nodules.

02:05So, nakita yung nodules.

02:06O, kailangan mo i-odules out yan.

02:07It's biopsy.

02:08But in 2023, it was benign.

02:10Okay.

02:11And then this year, January,

02:13ano na, executive check-up regular,

02:17nakita na lumaki.

02:18So, biopsy ulit.

02:20Ayun na, carcinoma.

02:21What will happen na?

02:22May mga procedures.

02:24Yes.

02:25Full thyrodectomy.

02:26So, they have to take out the thyroid.

02:28So, I'm doing it in July.

02:30Pero pag dating ng 4 months,

02:33mag-radioactive iodine,

02:36which is, mas doon ako natatakot

02:38kasi, 3 days akong walang kausap.

02:40Paano?

02:41Paki-explain.

02:42As an extrovert and an overthinker,

02:46doon ako mas ninenervyos.

02:47But, yun daw yung,

02:48that's the process that I have to go through.

02:51Yeah.

02:52Kaya nga, sabi ko nga dun sa team of doctors,

02:55parang, I told them na,

02:57um, ang dami yung nagpipick up ng story.

02:59So, maraming nakabantay.

03:01So, baka naman gusto natin.

03:03Hindi tamaan talaga yung aking vocal cords.

03:06And yun naman din yung assurance sa akin,

03:08na the very first thing that they're going to do

03:10pag nandun ako is to find out where the vocal...

03:14Kasi, I want to maintain this voice.

03:18Hindi ko, kasi,

03:19hindi ko gusto maging Mariah Carey

03:21and mag-handa na yung post.

03:22I don't, I don't know.

03:23Diba?

03:24Pero, I still want...

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04:12I can say genetics or I can say lifestyle.

04:17I don't know. I feel like I know that it's all about it.

04:21But have yourself checked.

04:23Do you have a message to people who are dealing with cancer?

04:27What? It's beautiful in the middle of all.

04:31No, because I have talked to a lot of people already.

04:35Even before, I'm not knowing that I would ever encounter the Big C.

04:39It's usually when the person is giving up.

04:45So, I was like, I will overcome it.

04:49I will not let this overcome me or me.

04:53I'm just six years old.

04:56I have so much to do.

04:58I have so many people to entertain.

05:02I have jewelries to sell.

05:04So, I have a long way to go.

05:06So, definitely, I'm going to change it.

05:09I have a long way to do it.

05:11I really want to change it.

05:12I'm willing to change that way.

05:13I mean, is it even if you do?

05:15You guys are going to change that way?

05:16You really want to...

05:18straight ahead of me.

05:20I have real전도ily going into my mind.

05:22What is next?

05:23Like a falsмотр89 earthquake.

05:24I can see.

05:26You mentally are already davenant.

05:27You know what!

05:28How is this?

05:29Well, I really want to change that situation.

05:30How am I changing and you?

05:31I can see it.

05:32Later are you even may die.

05:33You might have I'mergs above all.

05:34And I definitely need to change that nature.

05:36I can create the matter nowadays.

05:37You

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