Brazil’s president says her cancer has `resolved’
September 13th, 2011 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANSSao Paulo, Sep 13 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said that her lymphoma, or cancer of the lymph system, is “resolved” and that she is currently in good health.
“Cancer today is a problem that is resolved when detected in time, and that is very important. If people take preventive measures, there’s every chance of having it detected and treated, as happened to me,” Rousseff said in television interview on the Globo television program “Fantastico”.
Rousseff’s health has been in the news since 2009, when she was diagnosed with lymphoma, from which she has recovered.
“My health is very good and I’m trying to lose some 4 or 5 kg, to get back in the shape I was in before the election,” said the president.
She acknowledged that since she won the presidential election last October she has been using more dresses and skirts, to affirm her femininity, and has gradually stopped using the pantsuits that were always a kind of trademark in her public life.
Brazil’s first female president said that at 64 she did not put aside her vanity when she took office and always does her own makeup.
Rousseff’s mother and aunt live with her at the presidential residence, which is staffed by 143 domestics.
–IANS/EFE
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