Preta Gil Says She Had Her Rectum Amputated During Cancer Treatment: ‘I Can’t Be Ashamed’

The singer Preta Gil He said he had to have his rectum amputated last year, during treatment for Cancer colorectal. The statement was made at Fantasticwhich broadcasts an interview with the artist this Sunday, 8.

“Everything about this disease is a big taboo. I amputated my rectum and I can’t be ashamed, because it’s my reality,” the artist said in a preview clip published in the Sunday program.

Last year, the singer celebrated the end of treatment after having part of her intestinal tract reconstructed. In August, however, had to resume cancer treatment after cancer was rediscovered in four different places in her body.

“This intervention [da amputação] I did it a year ago. Now I’m undergoing a new treatment, with other areas of tumor, but it will also be resolved, it will also be cured, with all my confidence,” Preta said in a video posted on his Instagram account.

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Recurrence

Preta Gil was diagnosed with bowel cancer early last year. Among the symptoms that made you suspect a health problem they were one severe constipation and flat stools, with mucus and blood.

At that time, she underwent radiation therapy and surgical treatment. The singer also had to undergo a total abdominal hysterectomy.a procedure that involves the removal of the uterus.

After primary treatment, she entered a phase called “no evidence of disease,” according to Doctors listened to by Estadão. In other words, the cancer was no longer detectable by physical exams, imaging, CT scans, and/or blood tests.

Last month, however, the artist reported that the cancer had returned, having been detected in two lymph nodes, in the peritoneum – the membrane in the abdominal cavity that surrounds organs such as the stomach and intestines – and in the ureter.

Source: Terra

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