Chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy, that is in a nutshell what Chimène’s past year has looked like. And despite the presenter having been diagnosed with breast cancer twice before – at the age of 27 and 34 – this time the experience was more intense than ever. “It was the most infernal scan I’ve ever had,” says Chimène. “I’ve been through a lot and somehow I get used to it. But this time it hung over my head like a sword of Damocles.”
At one point the process became so intense that she felt compelled to stop the treatment. ”I had to do 27 and I ended up doing eighteen. The medics weren’t behind me, but I couldn’t stand the crap anymore. All three times I had cancer in my body, I felt it myself and raised it with the doctor.”
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After a nerve-racking time with many setbacks, the future for Chimène now looks a lot brighter. Not so long ago, the presenter received very good news. “September last year, when my scan was so bad, my doctor immediately said in the hallway: ‘Chimène, it’s wrong, you need chemo’. This time I was told: ‘I can bring you the good news that you have a wonderful result’. If an MRI scan comes out red or orange, it is bad news, but thank God there were only green areas to be seen with me,” said the relieved Chimène.
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However, the terrible illness is not the only thing that Chimène has had to go through. ”I just get to choose the complete top 5 of stressful moments. The approaching loss of daddy, an empty nest since my son left home, no work so no income due to corona and circumstances, a move. Then I’m sick myself… so actually there are six”, she says.
Still, the presenter remains cautiously optimistic: ”I will continue, but not wholeheartedly. Everyone must bear his own cross. One is a bit bigger than the other, I know, but this is blow after blow after blow. In any case, I’m glad I have another year of spare time. I can just tick that off.”
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