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After tonsil cancer detected in 2018, Véronique Sanson underwent radiotherapy treatment. She managed to overcome the disease while preserving her voice. The singer, who has just celebrated her 73rd birthday, was the guest of the Star Academy bonus on TF1 this Saturday, October 29.
It has been three years now since Véronique Sanson was treated for tonsil cancer. After battling illness for many months, she returns to center stage as a guest on the Star Academy set.
Radiotherapy treatment in 2019
Diagnosed with tonsil cancer at the end of 2018, the singer accuses the blow. “I said to myself that I had had an absolutely wonderful life with its ups and downs and that it was normal. It did not scare me too much. What pained me was not seeing again spring”, she had revealed to our colleagues at RTL. L
ne of the singer’s fears, like that of all artists who practice this profession, was to lose her voice. “Of course I was worried! The rays, the side effects, the loss of taste and smell, it screws up your vocal cords…”.
A test now behind her. She is now delighted to have celebrated her 73rd birthday and to have a voice that is still there. “I even find it even better” she admits.
Gratitude to be alive
Véronique Sanson, in full preparation for her new album and her future tour, explained in 2021 already in the columns of Femme Actuelle to feel “really good”. “I am happy to wake up in the morning, to be alive. I have a lot of gratitude for life, which has not always been easy for me. I say ‘thank you’ every morning”.
“In truth with their own person”
According to Dr. Alexis Burnod, head of the pain, support and palliative care mobile team at the Institut Curie in Paris “after a serious illness like cancer, people refocus on their lives, the important things… It’s like questioning themselves” he explains.
“I have had the opportunity to hear some patients say that they loved the person they had become and are stronger today than they were before” adds the specialist. “I find it very strong: the disease allows them to be really themselves, in truth with their own person”.