Denisse Dibos she is a cancer survivor, without a doubt. And as she herself has referred, thanks to early detection she was able to be cured.
The actress, screenwriter, director and theater producer is one of the ambassadors of the League Against Cancer’s The Face of Breast Cancer campaign and for the third consecutive year she is a spokesperson for the Estee Lauder company.
— On your Instagram, you wrote “No one knows about anyone, let’s be empathic. And let us remember that it is not one day less, it is one more day”. Does it have to do with your experience with cancer?
– In something. When I write, I try to be empathic with many women or people who can read me and can help. People can say: ‘She is content, happy, she looks happy, she doesn’t lack anything’. And you don’t know about anyone, what we went through. I lived with cancer in a positive way and it was my own decision, but that does not mean that every time they ask me for a tomography I have an eternal fear. And I fall like any patient, I cry, I have a terrible fear. Sure, now I have a job, but what will happen in the future if I can’t work? What will happen to my daughter? I feel panic and I ask God for health to move forward. It hurts me to see that, especially on Twitter, people attack. I see so much hatred, violence, aggressiveness, among Peruvians that it moves me, it makes me sad. You don’t know what that person is going through, their family, parents or siblings. I think the networks are wonderful, but they are also a place to spew hate.
— When you had to live with cancer, you worked 10 hours straight.
— Yes, and I was very worried about my daughter, naturally she was my priority. I didn’t tell about it day by day on my networks, but then and until now every stage so that people could see that I was fine, tired, but working. She recorded the telenovela ‘I’ll find you again’, from 7 in the morning to 7 at night and she was in makeup and in character. I arrived tired and lay down next to my daughter. Besides, there were the days that I had radiotherapy. I did not share the ugly part, which I had, of course, like anyone who has breast cancer, but it is important to talk about it, so that it is not taboo. That everything that has to do with physical or mental illness, you should share it, not keep it to yourself. And for this reason, I find the way in which Anahí (de Cárdenas) and Natalia (Salas) use their networks to give their testimony and, of course, raise awareness of prevention spectacular.
— At work, you are immersed in the theater and with a play where we talk about not remaining silent.
— Yes, these are the last performances of ‘Tiempos Mejor’ at the Ricardo Palma Cultural Center. A work that was written in a pandemic and we did it from our homes. Roberto Ángeles saw us online and decided to do it in person. It’s complex, exhausting because I’m involved in many things, but theater is unique. The experience is unforgettable, I enjoy every day and every night and my acting side makes my heart wrinkle when I’m on stage. I focus my energies on María Laura, my character, to tell a strong and necessary story in these times. It’s about the secret that a family kept. We do not want to give a message, but we do want to open the debate and reflect. In addition, I am with the musical ‘Madres’ at the Teatro Nos PUCP, and I am preparing the concert ‘You are not alone’ for November 16 with songs that have to do with the mental health of adolescents and with guests such as Marco Zunino and Sandra Muente.
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