“Now I’m always with syringes”: Valeria Lanskaya admitted for the first time that she was hiding an incurable disease 01/30/2023, 08:50

The star of the series “Circus princess” became a mother married to film director Stas Ivanov. In 2015, Lanskaya gave birth to a son, Artemy. Doctors diagnosed the actress when she was pregnant.

“I had diabetes during pregnancy,” Valeria said. This is called “gestational diabetes”. It occurs in a large percentage of pregnant women. Most doctors say it goes away after giving birth. I was sure he did. I shot some insulin.”

After the artist gave birth, she forgot about this problem and stopped measuring sugar. However, the TV star soon began to pay attention to unusual symptoms: hand tremors, constant thirst and sudden hunger.

“There were strange feelings that I had never experienced before,” Lanskaya admitted. – In winter, I went for a walk, put on an empty stomach – and my hands began to shake, sweating, weakness, anxiety. I wanted to lie down and eat.”

Just two years after the birth of her son, Valeria turned to a doctor. The analysis showed a high blood glucose level – it was around 15 instead of six.

“I have type 1 diabetes – insulin dependent,” the actress explained. It is also called childhood and adolescent diabetes. That doesn’t happen at my age. Now I live all the time with measures, syringes, needles.

According to Lanskaya, no one in her family had diabetes. The artist said that this diagnosis shocked her. She tried to heal with alternative medicine. Valeria turned to a healer, he prescribed “herbs and ointments”. But that didn’t help her.

The actress admitted that she hid her illness all these years in order not to lose her job. She was afraid that she would no longer be invited to performances and filming in films due to her high workload.

“I didn’t want to evoke pity, sympathy, pity, I didn’t want to shout, well, I’m alive and I’m alive. And now we need to talk about it. Because people live with it and everything is fine. If you are a reasonable person, you are regularly checked, there is nothing to be ashamed of, “Lanskaya assured in the studio of the talk show” The stars have aligned “on NTV.

Last year, Valeria divorced the director. Now she is happy in a relationship with the artist of the Moscow Operetta Theater Edgar Golosny, who is 4 years younger than her. “I love and am loved!” noted Lanskaya.

The actress was able to attend the show “Ice Age”. After the filming of the Channel One project ended, her partner became seriously ill. Roman Kostomarov ended up in the intensive care unit. Valeria turned to him with words of support.