Wednesday, October 19, International Breast Cancer Day is celebrated. Ana Rosa Quintana, who returned to work last week after completing her illness treatment, took advantage of the launch of ‘El program de AR’ to share. a speech for all women who suffer from this type of tumorone of the most common in our country.
The host started by saying that this is a disease that “hits thousands of women” and reminded him that he came out of it. “with appropriate monitoring and controls”.
“When you hear ‘breast cancer’ from a doctor’s mouth, you wonder: What will happen to me? How do I tell my family? There is no certainty, there is only uncertainty,” said Ana Rosa, one year after receiving the diagnosis that kept her away from television.
Likewise, the journalist remembered a few words from actress Olivia Newton-John: “After 30 years of suffering from breast cancer, she said the war narrative needed to be changed.” “The word ‘struggle’ conveys a rhetoric of victory or defeat, and it is not fair. We are not brave or heroic, we are women with a right to complain.”Announced.
“Cancer does not define you as a person or a woman. Cancer is not a surname, it is a condition. It can happen to anyone, it is life. Behind the word cancer are women who are not warriors or soldiers, Our recovery depends on science, not superhuman courage. and our environment,” he concluded, before moving on to other topics of the day.