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in an interview with Vanity FairThe former model confirmed that she was still undergoing treatment for breast cancer, which was diagnosed in 2019.
In 2019, Carla Bruni was diagnosed with breast cancer. The result was five long years of fighting the disease with surgery, radiotherapy and hormone therapy. A fight that the former first lady of France still continues. during an interview with the magazine Vanity Fair In a post on Wednesday, May 29, the 56-year-old singer assured that she is “not in remission at all.”
A daily battle
When asked about the disease, Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife philosophically returned to the beginnings of her diagnosis. “Cancer opens new doors. We can still hear the bullets whizzing past his ear. And once the initial shock is over, it’s practically invigorating, even if it’s painful, worrisome, and disturbing. It’s the same with the drugs I have to take, given that I’m not in complete remission,” revealed the artist.
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Carla Bruni then discusses the treatment she takes daily, the anti-estrogen drug tamoxifen; “For the first two years, I kept telling myself: this drug is hard. And one day I talked to a hairdresser friend. He asked me why I didn’t have lunch. But Tamoxifen causes weight gain, which I’ve never experienced, so that’s why I’m thinking of cutting back on what I eat,” the singer confided, before adding, “This friend told me, I’ve been blessing Tamoxifen every morning since then. I say to myself: what a miracle! I have this medicine. I have a 12-year-old little girl, I want to see her big, big…”
To raise awareness
At the dawn of Pink October 2023, the annual breast cancer awareness campaign, Carla Bruni is sharing her story with the public on Instagram. “I made a post because I told myself that it’s practically impossible for at least one woman to see this post and not go for a mammogram,” the artist confided. On Elsa Wolinsky’s podcast, Come on, I dare you. , aired in March. Let us remind you that Santé Publique France invites women aged 50 to 74 to undergo a screening mammogram every two years, supplementing the clinical examination of the breast.
Source: Le Figaro
