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10-27-2003, 12:37 AM
Pamela Anderson Expects Death in a Decade
Oct 22, 7:46 AM EST
Pamela
Anderson says hepatitis C, which she was diagnosed with in 2001, will probably kill her in a
decade.
"I think I've got a good 10 years left in me, which is sad, too. Maybe 15, if
I'm lucky," Anderson tells Us Weekly magazine in a first-person story for the Nov. 3
issue.
"It's scary, but lately I've been feeling great. For some reason, my liver keeps
getting healthier."
Hepatitis C causes inflammation of the liver, which can lead to
cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver failure. About 3.9 million Americans have the disease. Anti-viral
drugs are a standard treatment, and therapy is successful about half the time.
But
Anderson isn't taking interferon, the injectable drug hepatitis patients often use. Her
homeopathic doctor, Wendy Hewland, tells the magazine she "made a single remedy
specifically for Pam" that Anderson is using as an alternative form of medicine.
The
36-year-old actress, who starred in the TV shows "Baywatch" and "V.I.P.," also says she's no
longer planning to marry singer Kid Rock, to whom she got engaged in April
2002.
"We're not engaged anymore. Our relationship is not really something you put a
label on," she says. "He wanted to buy me a house in Malibu, Calif., (in August), but the thing
is, I really just need to be with my kids and work on their relationship with their
father."
That would be former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, with whom she
resolved an ugly custody battle in January. The couple married in 1995 and divorced three
tumultuous years later.
"There's definitely a lot of love and history between Tommy
and me, that's for sure. It doesn't matter whether we're together or not. We're crazy about
each other — always have been, always will be," Anderson says.
"I'm just happy that
my kids (Dylan and Brandon) are having a healthier, better relationship with their dad. Now we
spend a lot of time together as a family — we go to movies, we cook dinner,
everything."
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Oct 22, 7:46 AM EST
Pamela
Anderson says hepatitis C, which she was diagnosed with in 2001, will probably kill her in a
decade.
"I think I've got a good 10 years left in me, which is sad, too. Maybe 15, if
I'm lucky," Anderson tells Us Weekly magazine in a first-person story for the Nov. 3
issue.
"It's scary, but lately I've been feeling great. For some reason, my liver keeps
getting healthier."
Hepatitis C causes inflammation of the liver, which can lead to
cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver failure. About 3.9 million Americans have the disease. Anti-viral
drugs are a standard treatment, and therapy is successful about half the time.
But
Anderson isn't taking interferon, the injectable drug hepatitis patients often use. Her
homeopathic doctor, Wendy Hewland, tells the magazine she "made a single remedy
specifically for Pam" that Anderson is using as an alternative form of medicine.
The
36-year-old actress, who starred in the TV shows "Baywatch" and "V.I.P.," also says she's no
longer planning to marry singer Kid Rock, to whom she got engaged in April
2002.
"We're not engaged anymore. Our relationship is not really something you put a
label on," she says. "He wanted to buy me a house in Malibu, Calif., (in August), but the thing
is, I really just need to be with my kids and work on their relationship with their
father."
That would be former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, with whom she
resolved an ugly custody battle in January. The couple married in 1995 and divorced three
tumultuous years later.
"There's definitely a lot of love and history between Tommy
and me, that's for sure. It doesn't matter whether we're together or not. We're crazy about
each other — always have been, always will be," Anderson says.
"I'm just happy that
my kids (Dylan and Brandon) are having a healthier, better relationship with their dad. Now we
spend a lot of time together as a family — we go to movies, we cook dinner,
everything."
http://
entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=138180 (http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=138180)