The writer Alessandro Baricco announced on social media that he had received a diagnosis of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. "Um, there is news to give and this time I have to give it myself, personally - he wrote -. It's not that great, I warn you. What happened is that five months ago I was diagnosed with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. "

"I was upset - he continues - but not that bad, come on. When you have such a disease the best thing you can do is undergo a blood stem cell transplant, which I will do in a couple of days (well, it's not that simple, we've been working on it for months, it's a work of patience) ".

"I wouldn't want to add much else. Perhaps, well, I still want to say that every moment I feel the good fortune of living all this with many true friends around, smart children, an irresistible life partner, and the best Taurus from. The times of the Scudetto. These are things, the first three, that change your life. The fourth certainly doesn't spoil it. In short, I see it well. Don't count on me for a while - he concludes -, but on the other hand get too used to it because the doctors who went into it to heal me have every air of being able to do it pretty quickly. ''

To donate the stem cells to Baricco, 63, will be his sister Enrica, "a woman who in my eyes was already quite special before this adventure, let alone now".

Along with the post, he posted a photo of a computer and a copy of Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Club next to a hospital bed.

(Unioneonline / ss)