In a sensational interview with the newspaper Corriere della Sera, the famous Italian The writer Michela Murgia spoke with disarming honesty about her state of health. “I have advanced kidney cancer and the doctors said I only have a few months to live,” said the 50-year-old Sardinian-born writer.

The interview shocked Italy and thousands of social media users as well as public figures commented on it, emphasizing that it is the power of the soul that moves, inspires respect and at the same time shows that every moment of life must be characterized. in absolute dignity.

“Cancer is not something I have, it’s what I am, it’s an ally of my complexity, it’s not an enemy to be neutralized. I can’t, I don’t want to fight with my body, with myself,” emphasizes Michela Murgia. She adds that she “chooses immunotherapy with biologics that do not affect the disease, but promote the response of the immune system,” which may allow her to buy time.

As the author explains, at this stage “it makes no sense to do an operation, because there are already a lot of metastases.”

“I have lived ten lives”

“I am 50 years old, but I have lived 10 lives. I have done things that the vast majority of people never do in their lives. Things I didn’t even know I wanted. I have precious memories,” says the Italian intellectual. Her novel titled “Akkabadora” was also published in Greek translated by Efi Kallifatidis (Medousa – Selas Publishing House, 2016).

Michela Murgia also clearly implies that if she finds herself in a situation that does not allow her to communicate with her surroundings and express her will, her loved ones – as she asked them – will choose the path of euthanasia.

“I am not alone, I am surrounded by 10 people, a “queer family”. I bought a 10-bed house for all of us and the only thing that upset me was that I was denied a mortgage because I’m sick. I did everything necessary, and now I’m getting married. With a man, but it could also be a woman. Taking care of each other has never been a matter of gender for us,” she says to Corriere della Sera.

Link and Meloni’s answer

Finally, the author, who is on the left, added with a political reference that “she hopes to die when Georgia Meloni is no longer prime minister” because she believes that “her government is fascist.”

“I have not met her personally and do not share her ideas, but I want to hug Michela Murgia and tell her that we all support her. And I really hope that he manages to live to see the day when I am no longer prime minister, as he wants, because I want to continue to do this job for a long time. Good luck Michaela,” Meloni replied via her social media account.

Source: RES-IPE