Bianca Balti in hospital for stage 3 ovarian cancer . The model herself revealed it on her social media, with a post that recounts her trip to the hospital and the bitter discovery after the first visits. "Last Sunday, they admitted me to the emergency room to discover that my abdominal pain was caused by stage 3 ovarian cancer. It was a week full of fear, pain and tears, but above all of love, hope, laughter and strength," confesses Balti.
"I have a long journey ahead of me, but I know I will conquer it," she wrote. "For me, for my loved ones (my daughters are at the top of the list), and for all of you who need strength, you can borrow a little of mine because I have plenty. Life happens; so far cancer has given me the opportunity to find beauty through the obstacles that life throws at you."
Two years ago , like Angelina Jolie before her, Balti underwent a preventive double mastectomy after discovering that she had the Brca1 genetic mutation , which exponentially increases the risk of contracting breast and/or ovarian cancer . "Because I cannot afford to get sick, I who alone carry the economic responsibility of all of them on my shoulders. Because I would like my little girls," she wrote at the time, "to find in me the strength to act if one day they too were diagnosed. Because I love life too much not to do everything I can to preserve it." Bianca Balti has two daughters: Matilde, with her ex-husband Christian Lucidi, and Mia, with her husband Matthew McRae.
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