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Russian influencer and editorMiroslava Dumahas revealed she’s been diagnosed with a rare lung disease.
In araw Instagram poston Sunday, Duma, 34, shared that she’s spent the past few months fighting for her life after being given only “7 months to live.”
“Earlier this year I was diagnosed with a rare lung disease, and given 7 months to live. It was crazy scary then, but looking back, I realise that the past few months of recovery were possibly the happiest months of my entire life,” Duma wrote alongside a photo, which shows smiling softly.
Duma revealed that her harrowing health diagnosis has helped her change her perspective on life completely.
“I suddenly stopped running the marathon and realized how much I love life, how beautiful our world is and how much I want to stay here — with the people I love.”
“For the first time in my life, I saw the bright blue of skies. And the beautiful green of trees. As if I had lived on a different planet before,” Duma wrote.
“I wake up happy, just because I can spend one more day here. Not asking for more or trying to run faster.”
“My entire life I was seeking approval and obsessing over “likes” both in physical and virtual worlds, without realizing that I actually had to learn how to “like” myself first,” Duma continued.
Duma contributes her fast-paced lifestyle to her ailing health.
“Years of self-criticism and doubt, stress, dieting, physically, mentally and emotionally pushing and pushing myself got my immune system to collapse and I had made myself fatally sick.”
“One day I hope I’ll be able to tell you all about it,” Duma continued.
Duma did not say exactly what she has been diagnosed with or her prognosis but did say she was in recovery.
Miroslava Duma.Dave Benett/Getty Images
The influencer is married to fellow entrepreneur Aleksey Mikheev and is a mom of three.
Duma became a prominent figure in the fashion industry in the early 2000s due to her bold street style looks. She was often photographed at New York and Paris Fashion Week.
She served as project director atHarper’s Bazaarand has done freelance work for the Russian versions ofVogue,Forbes WomanandGlamour.
In 2011, Duma founded Buro 24/7 a website for art, film, fashion and music. She also founded Future Tech Lab — an investment and technology company — in 2017.
Just last year, Dumafound herself under firewhen fashion designer Ulyana Sergeenko sent her a bouquet of flowers with the note, “To my n—– in paris.”
source: people.com
