Annalisa Minetti and her sister Francesca on the disease: “We are especially skilled” – Very true

“They are working in Paris and abroad on a subretinal microchip that will allow people suffering from certain retinal degenerations to be able to see again, so I think this is great news. Many people will be able to rejoice because they will not have to live in darkness forever.” Annalisa Minetti opens the interview with very true with positive news, which gives hope to people affected by retinitis pigmentosa of being able to see again: “I started noticing it at 16, but at 18 I was diagnosed with it.”

Together with her, there is also in the studio sister Francesca Minettiwhich has the same eye disease: “When they discovered Annalisa’s illness, they did the test on all the brothers and, obviously, I was chosen. From the age of 15 or 16 onwards my sight began to decline very significantly.”

Just when he was losing his sight, however, Francesca met her husbandwith whom he had two little girls, Isis and Chloe: “They are volcanic and very lively.” “It’s as if she never noticed that I couldn’t see. He fell in love with my being different and she always made me feel different,” she says of her husband.

The two sisters have learned to live with the disease: “For us it is a distinctive feature, we are especially skilled. Our pathology is also a tool that has allowed us to be self-deprecating.”

Annalisa Minetti talks about the most difficult moment of his lifewhen she found herself living alone with the son Fabio after separation: “I asked myself: Will I have reacted selfishly? I’m alone and I can’t see, how can I give him security again?“. Speaking of his son he declares: “At 14 he decided to live with his father, because both parents are important. With him she wants to pursue her football dream and she needs him at this moment in her adolescence. Even though it seemed like an infinite pain to me, I gave him this wonderful journey with his father with a smile.”

April 28, 2024