“
I don't have time for a tumor, I want to have a child
.
But when I saw the terror in my partner's eyes, I realized that I had to stay calm, accept the unacceptable.
The next day I found a strength that I never thought I had.
I wiped my tears and fought my battle, ”says showgirl and actress
Carolina Marconi
, former Big Brother who uses Instagram as a diary and as a support and commitment beyond care. Beyond the treatments, how does female life change during the illness? Children, companions, social networks, work and daily tasks, including the acceptance of a new fragility, are pieces that contribute to not being stolen the will to live, a not insignificant detail. “As soon as I heard the world collapsed. The first and only thought was
'will my child live without me?'
After the surgery you look in the mirror and you don't recognize yourself, but now it's been three years and I'm almost out of it "reports
Samantha De Grenet,
who initially preferred to keep his experience confidential. “I discovered the disease while I was holding my little daughter in my arms. I faced the removal of the breast and I gave up rebuilding it for fear, but then I regret it and undergo the reconstruction. My husband has always been close.
Now I feel strong
and much more serene ”, says
Emanuela Coppini
, mother of 3 children, successful cake designer on social media (with Le Torte di Twin) who also used as a help network.
Carolina Marconi, Samantha De Grenet and Emanuela Coppini, representing those
55 thousand women who, like them, are affected by breast cancer every year
, talked together about fragility, strength and extra care supports in the 'Medicinema' cinema room of the Gemelli hospital in Rome on the occasion of Bra-Day, the international day of awareness on breast reconstruction after cancer and the presentation of the national project Donna x Donna, coordinated by Beautiful After Breast Cancer Italia Onlus (Babc) with the non-conditioning contribution of Polytech Health & Aesthetics. "Why, sister, did you decide to reconstruct the breast removed with the tumor?" instead asked the head of the plastic surgery department of the Gemelli hospital in Rome, Marzia Salgarello, president of Babc Italia Onlus, during a visit to a nun. "
I want my breasts back to get my dignity back"
the nun replied.
Not just therapies and surgeries, then.
The ups and downs, patience, love for children and those who stay close (and companions are not always able to withstand this type of stress), the idea of returning to oneself help not to allow the disease to steal the will to live.
The cross-section of the most intimate female world and the main concerns of women regarding cancer and breast loss, even more accentuated in 2020 due to the pandemic, can be read in the Donna x Donna project. (Info at https: // www. beautifulafterbreastcancer.it/progetto-dxd-2021/)