Rome, 23 October (LaPresse) – "Now that they have suspended my chemotherapy, I no longer have pain or nausea, but I am still feeling a little weak. The tumour has spread to a very delicate part of my body, making it impossible to operate and remove it. Unfortunately. Now I have to start radiotherapy sessions. I have hope in science, which has made incredible progress, and in research, which we must support more and more. And then, feeling surrounded by so much affection, with the stories of those who had been through it, those who had overcome it, those who were facing it like me… All this has given me a new outlook on the future and I have started to believe again that it is possible to move forward. It also seems that a positive attitude helps a lot… so I will recover'. This is the long confession that Enrica Bonaccorti entrusts to the weekly magazine Gente, on newsstands from Friday 24 October. ‘At the beginning of July,’ she says, "I went to pick up the results of tests following a minor operation to implant a stent in my abdomen. I wanted to ask if I could go on holiday, but three days later I was already having my first chemotherapy session: they had found a tumour in my pancreas. In the first few months after the diagnosis, I froze. Everything stopped: my legs, my thoughts, my desires. I lived in a long, waking slumber. I hid in my room, as if I were no longer there. I saw the names of friends, work contacts, journalists and relatives on my mobile phone screen. I didn't answer. I was absent from myself. But as time passed, I felt increasingly uncomfortable, as if I were living a lie. So, I decided to let an image speak for me by posting it on social media, and I never imagined how much it would help me to open up and read the thousands of messages I received, so full of love. They made me feel like I was at the centre of a big family that cared about me.
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