Carla Bruni-Sarkozy for Pink October: “They diagnosed me with breast cancer”

For Pink October, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy just revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago. Luckily for her, she was diagnosed early, which allowed her to cope well with the situation. This is why she now wants to do prevention.

Whoever says pink October, says breast cancer awareness. An unexpected muse has just revealed herself: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy: “I was diagnosed with breast cancer”

It is in an Instagram video published with the Paris breast institute on October 4, 2023 that the artist, former first lady alongside Nicolas Sarkozy (president of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012) and top model of the 80s- 90, announced publicly for the first time that she was suffering from breast cancer.

While we can read in the caption of the publication “ Get your mammograms. It’s about your lives. #PinkOctober », Carla Bruni appears in front of the camera, connecting the boxes in which her cancer story is written:

“Four years ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Surgery, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, I follow the usual path to treat this type of tumor. But I was lucky: my cancer was not yet aggressive.

Why wasn’t this cancer aggressive? It’s because he doesn’t have time to become one… Because every year, on the same date, I have a mammogram. If I hadn’t done this every year, I wouldn’t have my left breast today.

If I write this post it is not to give you details about my health. This disgusts me and I hesitated for a long time before speaking. No, if I write this post today, it is to send you a message. But a fundamental message for all the women who read me: get your mammogram every year. »

Remember that effective screening requires a mammogram repeated every two years between the ages of 50 and 74. It is also advisable, starting from the age of 25, to have an annual palpation performed by a doctor, gynecologist or midwife.