“New year, new me,” writes Bianca Balti, posting some photos on Instagram where she is completely naked, radiant and with her scars mastectomy Insight. 2022 wasn’t an easy year for the supermodel, who discovered she has the BRCA1 gene mutation that increases her risk of breast and ovarian cancer exponentially. That’s why he decided to intervene: “I love life too much not to do everything to preserve it,” he explained. And like that before She froze her eggs and now underwent a preventive mastectomy, all sharing their experiences to raise awareness of the problem that affects many women. “Cats might have 10 lives after all,” Balti added under the post.
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On her profile, the supermodel opened up about her fear of the surgery: She said she was “fragile and scared at the idea of being dependent on others” but determined to stand up for her daughters Matilde Lucidi, 15, and Mia McRae show 7 years. “I wish my little girls would find within me the strength to act if they too are diagnosed one day,” she wrote on Instagram. In recent weeks he has also spoken about recovery from surgery. “Step by step you can get anywhere. One foot in front of the other is the key to any success, taking the time to decide whether to take the shortcut or go all the way safely,” she wrote in her story on January 1, showing determination to pursue one “I didn’t make it all the way to the top in the end,” she told her followers, “but I had to listen to my body and understand the difference between pushing my limits and doing something that gave me health problems.” could prepare. I was too tired and felt a tugging where I have the cut under my breast”.
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Balti said in her newsletter she’s “happy” during this time as she tries to take care of herself, listen to her needs and spend time with the people she cares about. “I’m feeling great this year. I’m so lucky that if I felt like this a third of the day into the new year, I could be crowned the luckiest person alive,” she wrote. And we wish her that.