Mexico City. – Model Linda Evangelista announced that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 and discovered it again in 2022. So she feels like she already has one foot in the grave, but considers herself lucky to still be alive.
“I know I have one foot in the grave, but I’m in celebration mode. I am very happy to be alive. Everything that comes now is a bonus,” she said while announcing her health status.
Evangelista told the Wall Street Journal that her annual mammogram in 2018 found irregularities, so she decided to have a mastectomy to prevent the cancer from spreading to other parts of her body.
“I was discovered after my annual mammogram. The results were not good and due to other health factors I decided to have a bilateral mastectomy. I thought I would be fine for life. That breast cancer wouldn’t kill me,” he shared.
For three years she thought she would never go through this again, but when she went for a routine checkup in 2022, the doctor found that her breast cancer had returned and asked the oncologist to drill a hole in her breast.
“Dig a hole in my chest. I don’t want it to look pretty. I want to see a hole in my chest when you’re done. Do you understand me? “I’m not going to die from it,” the model told the doctor.
Evangelista preferred to keep his health private to avoid speaking to the press about his personal life.
“I kept it quiet, I’m not one of those people who has to share everything. I thought I would share everything if it happened, I didn’t want the Chron waiting at the door of my house all day like them.” “Do every time something happens,” explained.