The Russian influencer revealed the news on Sunday in a heartfelt message on Instagram. She wrote about her disease, how she was diagnosed earlier this year and was only given 7 months to live.
She shared a picture of herself followed by a lengthy caption. “Earlier this year I was diagnosed with a rare lung disease, and given 7 months to live,” wrote Duma to her 1.6 million followers on Instagram.
She continued: “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.”
The 34-year-old said since her diagnosis, her perspective of life has changed, it has made her realize what is important to her, how much she values life and wants to spend it with the people she loves.
“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 the skies. And the beautiful green of the trees. As if I had lived on a different planet before. I wake up happy, just because I can spend one more day here.”
The Instagrammer talked about how she was done seeking other people’s approval and has finally understood that she must ‘like’ herself first.
“My entire life I was seeking approval and obsessing over “likes” both in the physical and virtual worlds, without realizing that I actually had to learn how to “like” myself first.”
“Success to me today is not measured by external indicators anymore, but by what’s inside. It is measured by my own health, and the health of those I love. It is measured by how I choose to contribute to the world,” she explained.
The mother of three ended her post by thanking all the people in her life: “Thank you to all the wonderful people in my life, I love you with all my heart (and my lungs).”
It is still uncertain if the fashion influencer is still battling the disease and when she became aware of it.
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