Nadia Moussaid and her boyfriend Geert Broertjes have not given up their desire to have children after Broertjes was diagnosed with a hereditary form of colon cancer last year. The presenter narrates LINDA. that she has started hormone treatment.
In conversation with Chef’Special singer Joshua Nolet, 36-year-old Moussaid tells about the period in which her boyfriend was told that he was terminally ill, but a second opinion showed that he still had a future.
“At one point Geert’s trajectory became so difficult that we both really didn’t have to think about children anymore. But now that wish is back”, said the presenter of the latenight show. On 1.
“In February and March I started injecting hormones, because we are eligible for embryo selection. This way we can prevent our child from getting the same genetic disease as Geert.”
Moussaid says that her relationship with Broertjes was under pressure during the period that he was seriously ill and that the consequences are still noticeable. “Geert and I are still recovering together. We have relationship therapy through the Ingeborg Douwes Center, which specializes in psycho-oncological care for patients and their loved ones who have to deal with cancer. I wouldn’t know how it was otherwise. must do.”
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