(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 22 - "Um, there is news to give and this time I have to give it myself, personally. It's not a great deal, I warn you. What happened is that five months ago I was diagnosed with myelomonocytic leukemia Chronic. I was sick, but not that bad, come on. When you have a disease like this the best thing you can do is undergo a blood stem cell transplant, which I'll do in a couple of days. "
The writer Alessandro Baricco announces it on social media.
"To give me the stem cells - Baricco writes - will be my sister Enrica, a woman who in my eyes was already quite special before this adventure, let alone now". And then he explains: "I wouldn't want to add much more. Perhaps, well, I still want to say that I feel every moment the luck of sharing all this with so many real friends around, some cumbersome children, an irresistible life partner, and the best Taurus The first three are things that change your life. The fourth certainly doesn't spoil you. In short, I see it well. Don't count on me for a while, but on the other hand Doctors who have gone into their heads to heal me look like they'll be able to do it pretty quickly. Hugs, AB. "
The post is accompanied by a photo of his bedside table in the hospital where his computer rests and obviously also a playful and profound book together, such as The Pickwick Circle by Charles Dickens.
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