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October 19, 2021
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October 19, 2021
Last Saturday she turned 44 and today she returns to her work as an artisan. She does it after almost a year of break forced by a breast tumor "that arrived suddenly" and that turned his life upside down. Fate has wanted that, on World Health Day, Cancer by Moma, Leire Magra starts again in many wayss. «When you are healthy you often complain about obligations and during this time I have missed working. "I was looking forward to this moment," she tells this newspaper excitedly.
It was on All Saints' long weekend last year when A lump was noticed in the left breast while showering.. He says that he did not give it importance because he had just stopped taking medication and attributed it to a possible cyst of said drug that, in theory, would be absorbed. Howeveror his head did begin to haunt the family inheritance "quite conducive" to cancer that was among the women in my family. «The lump would not go away and I called my gynecologist, she examined me and she told me to have a mammogram. "I already knew it there," she says.
Leire, who as soon as he learned of his diagnosis went to the Aragonese Association Against Cancer (AECC) in Aragon, insists that "The cancer patient is a lifelong patient" because with chemotherapy "the treatment does not end", says. «I have to take pills for five years, undergo check-ups every three months and be alert. Those messages of congratulations and happiness when the sessions are over are not real, everything is very idealized. It's hard to say, but it has to be exposed », she explains.
Social pressure
Precisely, Learning to manage the after is what is costing Leire the most. «I have had to assimilate a prosthesis in my chest, get used to seeing my body differently, having joint pain every day or feeling afraid before each medical appointment. There are situations that society has not internalized," she says.
In fact, this Aragonese explains that sometimes she has felt "pressure for not being up to par" of what people say about cancer. «I know they do it in good faith because They tell you that you are brave, a warrior and that you have to be positive, but there are days where you don't feel any of that and it seems that, because you go against it, you feel bad.. There are messages that frustrate because there is another reality and that can end up being an unnecessary backpack at a time like this," he says.
"In my case, only one person told me Damn Leire, what a bitch! and I needed that affirmation. You need someone to recognize that cancer is that too,” she says. "I have also known how to enjoy this year in a different way because you value family, the small details, the messages they send you or celebrating a birthday in a different way," she says.
Her first trip after chemo was to San Sebastián and her husband and children have been her basic pillar this time. «Also to the doctors and staff I owe them a lot because in the end they are the ones who saved my life.», he indicates. From his experience and knowing that in Teruel and in Huesca There are no radiotherapy units for cancer, Leire asks that medical care for cancer patients "be equitable" so that everyone has "the same guarantees" of access. «Early detection can save a life. Explain.
