Having cancer at less than 30 years old is a rare fact that Agathe Auproux has nevertheless experienced. The young woman, columnist and host on C8, was struck by Hodgkin’s lymphoma. This evil was not detected on the spot despite the many medical appointments that she chained at the time. On the set of It starts today (France 2) this Friday, March 25, Agathe Auproux revealed the long road traveled to succeed in putting a name to this glitch of health. She might even still be doing batteries of exams if Cyril Hanouna hadn’t made an appointment for her with her father Ange, a general practitioner: “Cyril saw me every day because we worked together, he felt that I was losing a little weight, I slept much worse, I was very tired. He could see that something was wrong. He kept up to date with my health explorations and ended up telling me: ‘You have to go and see my father, he sees you whenever you want'”. Agathe Auproux had nothing left to lose and went to see Doctor Ange Hanouna, a doctor who has never worn his skin so well. name.
Listening to the speech and the physical symptoms that Agathe Auproux told him, Cyril Hanouna’s father took matters into his own hands and directly sent the young woman for an emergency scan in a nearby establishment. A reaction that did not worry Agathe Auproux, on the contrary: “For once, I felt like I was in front of someone who understood what I had, I let myself be carried away. The blood tests were ok. There were a few numbers above the norm but could detect a cold or a small infection, not cancer“, she explained to justify the medical wandering of which she had been the victim until then.
After learning, thanks to the examination prescribed by Ange Hanouna, that she had Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Agathe Auproux was able to breathe and begin an effective treatment in all discretion. It was not until well after the diagnosis and the start of her chemotherapy that the columnist revealed the disease to her followers on Instagram: “Alright, I have to tell you something. I have cancer. Exactly lymphoma. I have been on chemotherapy since mid-December and for another three months. I’m often in the hospital, I’m very tired, I lose my hair, I have a catheter that I hate placed under my skin. But everything is fine. Everything is fine. I rest. I will not die. I respond very well to the treatment. I just needed to stop lying, or at least stop pretending here in front of you everyday” she wrote in March 2019. Three months later, the treatment was stopped, Agathe Auproux released and above all cured. For life, we hope.