Juan Avellaneda remembers the fear he felt when he discovered that he had cancer: “I barely had time to process it”

Juan Avellaneda He lived one of the most complicated episodes of his life when he was only 20 years old. The designer was diagnosed with testicular cancer, a disease against which he acted quickly and which left him completely overwhelmed.

The close friend of Tamara Falco participated in an event held last Friday on the occasion of World Breast Cancer Day. It was an event integrated into the framework of the exhibition activities 20 emotions, 10 roseswhich was open to the public until October 19, and which sought to raise awareness about this disease.

“At first, it was a complete shock. I discovered a small lump and went to the doctor, motivated in large part by what I had experienced with my mother. After an ultrasound, they called me back almost immediately and asked me to return to the office. My first reaction was fear and denial,” Avellaneda told Week.

The former contestant of MasterChef Celebrity He acknowledged that “at 20 years old I was not prepared for that situation”: “I kept everything to myself, I went back to the doctor, and before I knew it, they were already performing a biopsy and scheduling surgery. They explained to me the urgency of acting due to the how quickly cells regenerate at my age.

“Everything happened so quickly that I barely had time to process it, and I really began to digest the situation once the worst was over,” he added, grateful for having managed to address the situation in time in the best way possible.

However, the designer continues to go to the doctor: “Periodic check-ups became a part of my life, and although there was a time when they were more spaced out, a recent small scare made them become more frequent again. Although it is not something think about all day, there is an underlying tension that resurfaces with each revision.