QWhen we talk about cancer, we talk about the disease above all, «what physically happens, also because it is visible. But it is difficult to tell what happens next ». Samantha De Grenet, instead, he decided not to hide anything of the breast cancer which he discovered in 2018. Because the battle against the disease is not only about courage, but also about mood swings and crying in the bathroom. E, interviewed by Silvia Toffanin a Very true, told tAll that happened after noticing “a nub” in the breast.
Samantha De Grenet and breast cancer
It is not the first time that the TV presenter talks about her fight against cancer. TO Ok Health and wellness recounted the medical path followed after the discovery of the tumor: ultrasound and mammography after noticing “the core” on the breast, quadrant surgery to remove mass. And then sessions of radiotherapy and later hormone therapy to prevent any recurrence. But beyond the medical aspect there is more. Including deciding how to make one’s parents aware of the disease.
Keep parents from pain
As a mother, Samantha De Grenet knows that there is no greater pain for a child than a parent’s illness. «I wanted them to know what was happening so as not to exclude them, but I wanted to tell them by talking about it as nonsensesomething to be resolved immediately,” he told very true. A way to preserve the mother and father from the real pain that she had to face. A pain that goes beyond the intervention and the therapy followed. And that also requires the courage to accept a changing body.
You don’t look in the mirror because you don’t like yourself
«The body changes, emotions and the way of dealing with life change. You can’t look in the mirror because you don’t like what you see and you don’t recognize yourself, you don’t want to accept yourself» Samantha De Grenet said again. «And the people who are next to you suffer your mood changes, your ups and downs, your sadness, even if you try in every way to hide them. You can lock yourself in the bathroom, cry, then you go out and you are super happy». Of her Emotions that she shared above all with her husband Luca Barbato and her son Brando of her, always next to her during the fight against the disease.
I made peace with myself
There are still two years left at the end of the therapeutic path followed by the presenter. And yet, today, Samantha De Grenet is a new woman. «I learned to accept myself, I accepted the change, I accepted that I have a different body than I had before. I hide the flaw and highlight the best part » she said visibly excited. Pointing out: «I made peace with myself I look in the mirror and I’m happy with what I see because I’m a good person. And, for me, the goodness of people is worth more than anything else».
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