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“The oncologist said, ‘Sandra, it’s cancer, you have to remove both breasts.’ At that point, you don’t think about your breasts. You think about your life. ” Sandra tells the story behind the photo of her which has been around the world.
“You are too young to lose your breasts. “”You won’t be able to wear a neckline anymore. “”You won’t be able to wear a bikini anymore. “”No one will love you because you are incomplete. “For 12 years, Sonia has been followed at Fucam, the foundation for breast cancer assistance.”The only year I didn’t do an ultrasound was in 2020, when the pandemic started. In 2021, the radiologist examined me and said: “Sandy, for the one on the right everything is fine, but in the one on the left there is something that I don’t like.“”, remembers Sandra who finally learns that she has breast cancer. Because of her young age, Sandra has also resigned herself to having both breasts removed, for prevention. “At that moment, you don’t think about your breasts. You think about your life. My breasts need me, not the other way around“, breaths Sandra.
After her operation, Sandra wanted to show off her body. Without filter. “What you see in the photo are the women who have surrounded me all this time“, she confides. However, the process is not finished: Sandra, for example, must continue to take a drug for another five years.