mason,

1991

mason gerard saldana, born august 16th, 1991 to gerald and barbara saldana in las vegas, nevada.

his most recent journey starts out with a crazy cancer called DSRCT in 2017 at about 25 years old and then, in 2019, during his post-treatments, he decided to devote his life to traditional eastern medicine and become a doctor of acupuncture in order to help others who have also suffered from debilitating illnesses and of the harmful treatments that are utilized to ensue them.

committed to

learning and mastering traditional eastern medicine, meditation, relaying information for everyone to benefit from.

  • 2010 - 3rd place NV state wrestling

    2014 - bachelor of science in aeronautics and 3 minors in safety science, meteorology, and business administration.

    2017 - master of science in safety science & diagnosed with cancer

    2018 - no evidence of disease for cancer

    2019 - divorced, adopted babe (my dog), started acupuncture, tai chi, tao philosophy (traditional eastern medicine)

    2020 - multimedia producer

    2022 - IG got 220k followers

    2023 - abc bartender & sand dollar barback

    2024 - moved back to Los Angeles

    2025 - master of science in acupuncture and herbal medicine (MAcHM)

    2026 - doctor of acupuncture and herbal medicine (DAcHM)

  • No, I’ve been N.E.D. (No evidence of disease) since 2018 after my surgery. The cancer i had is called desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT).

    this type of cancer is a sarcoma and is known for killing almost everyone who gets it within 5 years of diagnosis with a 15% survival rate. there are only just about over 200 cases reported since the disease was discovered in the 1980's.

    there isn't much research on the cancer and there is little that is known about it still and of how it comes about.

    that means that it's up to us to figure it out and to help others take care of this disease and others like it at a much easier and more effective rate.

  • I did a lot (and then some)

    To name off the bulk of it all, I did the following:

    1. Chemotherapy: In Santa Monica, CA by the Cancer Center of Southern California, under Dr. Chawla's prescription, I had the “Red Death” trial version of Doxorubicin, called "Al-Doxorubicin," from June 2017 - December 2017 (7 months). Two Week cycles of 24/7 infusions via a portable pump and bag of chemo taken with me to sleep, the shower, everywhere and anywhere. And then two weeks off to recover. I would usually require Red Blood Cell Transfusions after each cycle to supplement my body’s lack of adequate blood supply due to the chemo’s harsh effects.

    2. Surgery: At MD Anderson Hospital in Houston, TX. I had a bulk debunking surgery of 177 tumors removed with two main ones being about 15 cm in diameter each (prior to chemotherapy), that shrunk to 1/2 of their sizes after 7 months of chemotherapy. Dr. Andrea Hayes Jordan of MD Anderson / North Carolina Children’s Hospital Chapel Hill was my surgeon and worked for about 10-12 hours on me until her job was complete.

    3. HIPEC: Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy directly after the debulking surgery and before they sewed my body back together. This is heated chemotherapy drugs that are applied directly inside the abdomen to eliminate any remaining cancerous cells on a microscopic level. Basically, it's a chemotherapy hot wash/bath within the abdomen.

    4. Radiation: Whole Abdominal Radiation (WAR) for 20 rounds over the course of 1 month at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston, TX

    5. Chemotherapy again in Santa Monica, CA by the Cancer Center of Southern California, under Dr. Chawla's prescription, but a lower maintenance protocol of drugs that were continued until 2020.

  • Internal Medicine (Primary) Doctor: Dr. Amornchit Srikureja, MD of Santa Monica, CA

    Oncology Specialist Doctor: Dr. Sant P. Chawla, MD of Santa Monica, CA

    DSRCT Surgeon Specialist Doctor: Dr. Andrea Hayes Jordan, MD of MD Anderson and North Carolina Children’s Hospital, Chapel Hill

  • So many, but the main ones were…

    1. Used to be addicted to opioids

    2. Used to be severely depressed due to the circumstances

    3. Used to have a lot of Autoimmune Disorders that caused my digestive track to stop working

  • 1. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

    2. Carnivore Diet

    3. Acupuncture

    4. Tai Chi and Qigong

    5. Chinese Philosophy

  • I was a normal student-athlete growing up. My sport was wrestling but during my free time, I was more artistic and enjoyed playing music, dancing, and drawing. I got a scholarship in wrestling for college, graduated with an aeronautics degree with 3 minors in business, meteorology, and aviation safety. following that, i got a masters degree in safety science. I was a work-a-holic and partied a lot with minimal sleep while believing that I would live forever and consequently exhausted my body to the point of becoming sick with a very rare cancer.

  • currently, I am pursuing a Master of Science in Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine (MAcHM) at Dongguk University in Los Angeles and am focusing on my artistic passions to supplement my income as i go to school. my goal is to have a reputable and dependable source of information from my channels while i work on consulting with other acupuncturists to help showcase their work too.

  • Push your limitations, and do absolutely everything you possibly can.

    Stay positive, smile, joke and laugh it all off because you'll surpass your wildest expectations.

    It makes it a lot harder to accomplish your dreams and goals when you are depressed and negative and stops you from giving yourself a real chance at achieving.

    Just keep moving forward and expect times to get difficult and roadblocks to appear...but just keep moving forward.

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