The actress and director Antonia San Juan attended the Forqué Awards this Saturday, where she spoke with the press and He didn’t hesitate for a second to talk about cancer what he suffers from, how he copes with it and how his treatment is progressing, of which he revealed that he only has one last session of chemotherapy left.
“I’m not brave, I don’t look braveI see the disease appears, you don’t choose the disease and when it appears you have two options, either you deal with it or you don’t deal with it. And we have to face it,” he told reporters.
Regarding the moment she currently finds herself in, the actress pointed out that she was in the same situation as when he was diagnosed with cancer. “What’s happening is I have my last chemo left, which is December 30 and that’s it,” he added.
“I am sick, but I do not experience illness” He said on how he experiences the arrival of cancer in his life: “I give it the importance it should have, doing the treatment and nothing else, nothing ‘poor me’ or ‘please have pity on me’.”
She also spoke about the criticism she received for publicly exposing her illness and the process she is going through, about which the director admitted that “it doesn’t bother her at all.” “At 65, everything is going well for me, There are people for, 50 for and 50 against… what people think and what others think is useless,” he added.
It was on September 4 that the actress announced that she was suffering from cancer. He did this through social networks, where he published a video recounting his situation. “I am making this video because I have had throat problems for over a year. I have always had chronic pharyngitis, this year I stopped working for this reason, until the other day I went to the family doctor and he told me that he saw a problem with my vocal cords. He sent me to the ENT, he did exams, a scan, they did everything on me. “They did a biopsy on me and they already gave me half a diagnosis: I have cancer.”
After that he confirmed that “I completely believed in science” faced the treatment and also revealed that she was going to step away from her acting career for a while and was going to cancel some plays.
“My life has been and is beautiful and I don’t like to complain or for people to complain to me. I just want to thank those who are there. If you see that I’m not active, well, I’m sick. Thank you all and I will do everything I can to heal. A hug. Thank you,” he concluded.
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