Simonyan reveals how stress triggered her cancer

Margarita Simonyan has completed her first course of chemotherapy. She wrote about this in her Telegram channel. In September, the journalist first reported on her illness, but at that time did not name it and avoided details. Now the head of RT (Russia Today) is ready to dispel myths about her condition.

Margarita admitted that her breast cancer appeared after her husband Tigran Keosayan fell into a coma in December last year. According to Simonyan, for the first forty days she hardly left the hospital, and anxiety for her loved one undermined her strength.

“At that time, I was really saying goodbye to life. That’s why the cancer progressed so rapidly. Never do this! Don’t tempt fate! In November, I had a check-up, and there was nothing. In December, everything happened with Tigran, and I literally grew cancer in myself at lightning speed,” the journalist believes.

For the first few months, Simonyan did not even suspect what was happening in her body. Only in September did she feel pain in her breast, but at that time she attributed it all to nerves.

“I found out on September 1, when I came to check for intercostal neuralgia (as I thought), and heard that the neuralgia turned out to be cancer,” Simonyan reported.

Doctors recommended starting chemotherapy immediately, but Simonyan kept postponing it. First, she underwent surgery to remove her breast, and then Margarita experienced the death of her beloved husband, who never came out of the coma. Time passed, and it was no longer possible to delay.

“I had my first chemo yesterday. It was the deadline; I specifically asked to postpone it until the last acceptable date,” the journalist admits. “Some time had to pass for the removed breast to heal. There are still several more chemos ahead, it’s not clear how many exactly. Then radiation.”

Due to everything Simonyan has had to endure in recent months, her fans and friends are very concerned about her condition. However, the journalist reassures that, although she is prepared for any outcome, she does not intend to give up so easily. Margarita is exercising and slowly working on her own book.

“I am not waiting for death, if only because I do not believe in it. Death is the end of earthly trials before returning to the Lord. When He commands me to return, then I will go. I don’t think about it at all,” Simonyan wrote.

Simonyan is not frightened by hair loss due to treatment. She has already prepared and plans to go on air even after therapy.

“It’s somehow even awkward for a widow with several children to worry about hair. I’ve already bought wigs and turbans in case I can return to the air, and I must admit, it even amuses me,” Margarita is optimistically disposed.