Pamela Anderson, who was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 2001, believes the disease may kill her sooner than later, The Associated Press reports.
“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 in 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, including the drug interferon, and therapy is successful about half the time, AP reports.
Anderson, however, has decided against taking interferon and is using an alternative form of medicine instead. Her homeopathic doctor, Wendy Hewland, tells the magazine she “made a single remedy specifically for Pam.”
The 36-year-old star of TV shows Baywatch and V.I.P. also talks about her relationships with ex-fiancé Kid Rock and ex-husband Motley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, with whom she resolved an ugly custody battle in January and with whom she attended the recent Scary Movie 3 premiere.
“[Kid Rock and I] are 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.”
She and Lee married in 1995 and divorced three turbulent 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 admits.
“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.”
