The story of actress Cristina Medina is the story of thousands of people in our country who see how everything around them stops because they have to focus all their energies on fighting cancer.
In September 2021, the legendary actress who gave life to Nines in the fiction La que se cerca opened up to her followers through Instagram and published that she had just been diagnosed: "I want to talk to you about something that is circumstantial in my life these days. moments. I am fighting breast cancer, everything has a very good prognosis and you are not going to get rid of me so easily.
After a few hard years, the actress is recovered and has given a very exciting interview to Lecturas magazine in which she opened up on the channel. In this conversation, Medina explained that her cancer caught her at the best moment of her life: ''I was able to stop working because she had some savings, but who doesn't?''.
Sincere as ever, the actress has confessed that she felt true fear: ''Fear is for you and forever now. She is changing her wardrobe, but she is still with you.' The artist also wanted to make it clear that she did not think that announcing her illness would have such an impact, but that she did it because she found herself without hair earlier than expected and she wanted to be honest with her fans.
According to her story, the illness took her on a rollercoaster of emotions and she touched depression with the tips of her fingers. The artist remembers with special shock the moment of her hair loss: ''You look at her face and ask: 'Who is that?' "You look in the mirror and yes, you have cancer." It was also very hard for her to see her sadness around her, to see how the people she loves suffer.
As the year 2024 approaches, Medina is happily recovered and back to work. Currently, the interpreter has to undergo small check-ups every six months, as well as take a pill for the next few years.
After years of artistic hiatus due to illness, the actress is more eager than ever to step on stage. In a matter of days, Ella Medina will premiere a play by Tennessee Williams at the Spanish Theater in Madrid, something that excites her very much.
In addition, the Andalusian actress is preparing a project that she is especially excited about: a podcast to support oncology patients in which she will try to 'embrace' them through her own experiences, stories from people close to the disease, etc.
