Friday September 30, 2022, Fanny Leeb was invited to the set of It starts today. The singer evoked the discovery of her breast cancer, thanks to a tea bag.
As the month of October is about to begin, the annual Pink October campaign intended to raise women’s awareness of breast cancer screening is also at the heart of the news. Friday, September 30, It starts today has decided to broadcast a special dedicated to Pink October. For the occasion, Faustine Bollaert received Rose, Fanny Leeb and Emilie Brunette for the show “Celebrities take action against breast cancer“.
During the broadcast, Fanny Leeb engaged in a moving testimony. Indeed, the daughter of Michel Leeb told how she had discovered that she was suffering from breast cancer, but also how she faced this fight and after cancer. A moving testimony, intended to sensitize women to self-examination.
A tea bag allowed Fanny Leeb to discover her cancer
Faced with Faustine Bollaert, Fanny Leeb explained that she had discovered her cancer while she was in the studio to record their next album. She remembered that the kettle in the studio had stopped working and that she had gone to a gas station to buy a tea bag and a glass of hot water. “I ask for a cup without the small plastic cover” she said before continuing that she then returned to the studio with extremely heavy doors: “I go to knock on the door, I had my down jacket, I had my phone in my other hand. And the waltz tea, come through all the layers and burn my breast“
Three days after being burned, the singer who participated in the second season of The Voice was still suffering and decided to examine his burn more closely before finally moving her hand to the reverse breast. She explained: “It’s by continuing with my hand that I made ‘but, there I have a small ball’“.
Fanny Leeb talks about her triple negative breast cancer
After feeling a lump in her breast, Fanny Leeb will quickly make an appointment with her gynecologist, who will order an ultrasound. “Deep inside I felt there was something” she recalled before revealing that she had been diagnosed with “triple negative cancer with a proliferation rate of 60%, therefore quite aggressive“. This type of cancer accounts for about 10 to 15% of breast cancers.
To be treated, Tom Leeb’s sister will therefore undergo three important stages : chemotherapy, a lumpectomy operation with curettage of the lymph nodes, then radiotherapy. Although she admits having lived through a lot of difficult times and uncertainty, Fanny Leeb has tried to stay positive and his good humor to get through this ordeal. “I said to myself, you have to have confidence in yourself, that you believe in yourself, be positive, it’s important” she revealed. A way of thinking that allowed her to face her breast cancer and get out of it, a few months after the start of treatmentin the summer of 2019.
The singer informs about the importance of self-examination
If today everything seems to be going well for Fanny Leeb, it is above all because his cancer was taken care of quickly. She told Faustine Bollaert how important it was for women to get into the habit of practice self-examination. She explained that she was lucky to discover her cancer by chance: “I was a very bad student, that’s why today I talk a lot about self-examination. A cancer caught in time is a cancer that can be treated, at least today. I talk a lot about this because it’s important to make this gesture“.
While it is important to regularly consult professionals to get tested, self-examination plays a real role in the early detection of breast cancer. Specialists advise to practice this gesture every month, after the period of menstruation. An examination of only a few minutes, which can end up saving lives.
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