Regina Reyes-Heroles

From whom I learn the most

Consciously being grateful for what you have is a powerful exercise that takes the brain away from stress.

By Regina Reyes-Heroles

"I'm going to have a mastectomy," my friend Amaranta told me on the other end of the phone.

I didn't know what to answer.

Her audio message sounded full of reassurance, and she was telling me, from New York, that while having a general check-up for pain in one knee she had come to the diagnosis of breast cancer.

I have known Amaranta since I was seven years old. What happens to her hurts me and leaves its mark on me.

A few months later I talk to her because she has published a book, Y si pasa, no pasa nada. I have the book in my hands, I have not been able to do more than give it a quick read, but I know her and I know what she is about, so one of my first questions is: how to face so many changes, without losing my temper.

Let's talk about death

When my mother's attending physician gathered my siblings and me together to ask us a difficult question, my stomach sank.

When we demand medicines in order not to take them: the paradox of adherence to treatment.

How many medicines end up in the trash after sitting in a drawer or drawer until they expire?

From Guatemala to Guatepeor

With a female scientist at the helm of the country, this is likely to be a great national project.

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