Radio star Tino Katsande to undergo radiotherapy for cancer
Mako Jerera
Actress and radio personality Tinopona Katsande is set to undergo radiotherapy as she battles cervical cancer.
Tino Katsande revealed that she has been diagnosed with stage 1 cervical cancer in 2022 and has been undergoing chemotherapy since then.
Tin Tin, as she is also known by her fans, announced that starting this week, she will be undergoing radiotherapy, a cancer treatment regimen.
Chemotherapy is a cancer treatment where medicine is used to kill cancer cells, while radiotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses beams of intense energy to kill cancer cells.
Posting on her Facebook page on Sunday, Tino says her heart is “sore” and her mind “fuzzy” as she undergoes treatment for cervical cancer.
“Today is a tough day for me. Radiotherapy is starting this week. I’ve decided to shave my head before I HAVE to shave it. My heart is sore. My mind is fuzzy.
Imagine, I’ve often shaved my head over the years in solidarity with cancer friends who were survivors/ fighters or had succumbed to it, OR I previously shaved my head for fashion chakuti chakuti. Whatever the reason, it was BY CHOICE. NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS DID I THINK I WOULD BE FORCED TO DO SO LIKE IS HAPPENING NOW,” said Katsande.
“Emotionally and mentally so far I felt I was doing really great with the chemo. I’ve been keeping positive and REFUSING for tuma nyaya nyaya to stress me.
I’ve been keeping my mind busy, my body as healthy as I can, and my energy up up… with radiotherapy starting this week I feel like I’ve just been dealt the diagnosis again… Hameno, It’s a bit difficult for me to articulate into words right now…,” she added.
Last year, Katsande made a painful admission that death was her first thought when she first received her diagnosis of cervical cancer.
She added she became hopeful when doctors assured her that the disease could be treated as it was identified at an early stage.
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