The presenter and journalist Carme Chaparro (Salamanca, 52 years old) continues to deal with an illness which, although she did not specify what it is, the doctors warned her that there was a strong danger that something very serious could happen. An illness that kept her away from television for months and that led her to fall into a very dark place, as she recently told EL PAÍS, on which she worked a lot with the help of a psychiatrist and a psychologist. What he shared was that he had two operations in a period of less than 15 days.
On his Instagram profile, where he has more than 175,000 followers, he posted a video Wednesday of his arm with the IV in bed from the hospital. “Two hard passages in the operating room in a few days. Two long and complicated hospitalizations in the (resuscitation unit) area… but always the smile, the caresses, the sleepless nights and the care of the healthcare workers who leave their soul, their skin and their well-being to make us heal even when our soul wants to leave”, he shares in his message.
He also takes advantage of it send to make an appeal in favor of public health, and because he hadn’t posted on social media for almost two weeks: “Already in the factory. I opened my cell phone for a looooong time and received many affectionate messages. But I’m without screens due to the medical advice and some pain that I’m going through. I’ll tell you. One more day. One less day. I’ll be back. Public Health!!!!! And sorry if I don’t reply. Not even on WhatsApp”.
The last publication before this video on his Instagram is a photo of his arm with a trace published on October 30th, the day of his first surgery. “One more day. One less day,” he wrote at the time.
On October 14, Chaparro showed up Vendetta (Expanded), a novel by thriller which addresses the dark side of the media. Two weeks ago, in conversation with EL PAÍS on the occasion of the publication, He talked about his illness. “Seeing myself at home, sick, on drugs, not doing the work I like, made me fall into a very dark well, a place I didn’t remember ever being and from which I came out thanks to God. Well, not to God, because I don’t believe in it. More like thanks to a friend who called a psychiatrist. And thanks to a husband who supported me and took care of everything. While I was away, he took care of the girls (he has two daughters), put on the washing machine, yes he took care of everything, dog… Now I understand when depressed patients say that they see life in black and white and that they can’t even go to the bathroom when I come from there,” he explained.
The illness did not allow him to do one of the things he likes most: write. But Chaparro made it clear that his layoff is only temporary and that he will go to work after rehabilitation. “It makes me angry because for me, writing is therapy. It makes me angry that I’ve been so medicated and so sad and haven’t been able to use writing as an oxygen tank,” she said in the interview. “TV is fascinating and I love it. I dream of going back,” he added.
