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A few months after announcing her cancer, sports journalist Laurie Delhostal shares her fight and in particular the effects of chemotherapy on her physique and her mind in an Instagram post. Without losing its tenacity.
On November 28, sports journalist Laurie Delhostal, who officiated on France Info and the chain The Team, announced that she had cancer and put her professional career on hold to begin treatment as soon as possible. Since then, the 42-year-old young woman regularly shares her state of mind as a fighter on the networks. But on February 6, it was a message specifically targeting the ordeal experienced by chemotherapy treatments that affected his followers.
“I’ve come as far as we can go with treatments”
Smiling on the shared snapshot, Laurie Delhostal nevertheless evokes coming out of several particularly difficult days because of her chemotherapy treatment:
“I also went as far as my mind could bear. I discovered the fever under chemo and I found myself slammed, kaput, on the side, rebounded. Me so cheerful, I blew after two hours at 39: ‘I think I have sepsis’ At the start of the third night, I said soberly: ‘I want to die’she says.
Laurie Delhostal learns after analyzes that it was only a cold snap. But a badly experienced cold snap, when she was already weakened by her treatment.
Chemotherapy, a treatment with many side effects
While chemotherapy is frequently indicated to eliminate malignant tumors and overcome cancer, its side effects can be difficult to live with. However, they are not systematic, as the National Cancer Institute writes:
“These effects vary according to the drugs used, the dosages and the people (everyone reacts differently to the treatments). They can also vary from one course of chemotherapy to another.”
They include in particular:
- Hair loss;
- Nausea and vomiting;
- Diarrhea;
- The decrease in white and red blood cells and platelets;
- Mouth lesions;
- Numbness in the limbs;
- Skin disorders;
- Muscle pain;
- Disorders of the menstrual cycle;
- Heart problems;
- Fatigue;
- Allergic reactions.
Fortunately, treatments against nausea, and many habits to adopt (food, hydration, etc.) make it possible to experience these effects better. Monitoring the level of bench and red blood cells can also allow rapid management of various problems.
After several days, Laurie Delhostal seems to have regained her morale. His message ending with a touch of humor:
“This week, no exotic travel or cycling without a hat, I’ll kindly settle for the classic chemo – strike – work combo”she concludes.
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