The President of the National Assembly announced that she was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago. It sends a message of prevention, but above all of hope for those affected. She assures that it is possible to continue living with cancer, once treated, on TF1.
Yaël Braun-Pivet’s announcement brought an essential subject back to the forefront: breast cancer. The leading cause of cancer mortality among women, breast cancer screening is essential for early care and treatment that has a greater chance of success. The Yvelines MP delivered this message to the Mesdames media on Friday January 10, ensuring that she had been reached for three years.
Yaël Braun-Pivet first sends a message of prevention. She says she was tested “in 2022, in the series of good resolutions, I said to myself, come on, I’m going now. I made an appointment for a mammogram… and it was on this occasion that my cancer was detected”describing this diagnosis as a “thunderclap in (his) life”. The President of the National Assembly sent a message of prevention, calling for mammograms to be done every two years.
A message of hope
After this shocking revelation, the Yvelines MP was questioned on the TF1 set on this subject. She explains that she received many messages from people who went for a mammogram, made aware of her message.
-Then, Yaël Braun-Pivet talks about his fight against illness: “The first months you fight the disease, and so obviously you don’t say it because all your strength is directed towards this fight.” A fight that no one had suspected when seeing her on the roost and campaigning for the last legislative elections. “I didn’t want people to pity me,” she assures before passing on a message of hope. She explains that the lives of those affected and treated do not end with the disease: “It is also possible to continue to work, it is possible to continue to lead fights, political fights, and I think it is important that society makes room for each and everyone.”
The President of the National Assembly confided that she was still being treated for this cancer. She would be “under hormonal therapy” et “monitored regularly by a team of caregivers” of which she emphasizes“engagement” and the “dedication”.
published on January 16 at 9:44 a.m., Philippine Rouviere Flamand, 6Medias
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