Sushmita Sen is no stranger to battling a health crisis. The ‘Main Hoon Na’ actress, who survived a massive heart attack in 2023, had been living with Addison’s Disease, a rare autoimmune disorder, since 2014, and was told point-blank by her doctors that she had to take a steroid called hydrocortisone every eight hours to prolong her life.
There is a hormone in the body called cortisol. My adrenal glands had stopped producing it. I had gone into an adrenal crisis. I was declared steroid-dependent for life,” she told Rajeev Masand in 2019.
However, the actress was determined not to rely on drugs to stay alive.
Choosing a Different Path
Despite the diagnosis, Sushmita wasn’t willing to accept a future that relied solely on pharmaceuticals. As soon as she grasped the seriousness of her condition, she made a decisive call to her fitness trainer and asked to begin training in gymnastics—something completely out of the ordinary for someone in her condition.
“The doctor said not to do any anti-gravity movements. The first thing I did was call my trainer... I don’t like who I am becoming in the attempt to survive.” she told Masand
She expressed a strong desire to try anti-gravity workouts, a form of aerial fitness, and pushed herself to defy the limitations that doctors had placed on her. She admitted that while this approach may not be advisable for everyone, especially those battling chronic diseases, she believed that her body was trying to guide her in a different direction.
She also adopted a comprehensive detox program, trying every medical protocol she could. Along with that, she reintroduced yoga, aerial exercises, and anti-gravity training into her life. These became her tools not just for survival, but for transformation.
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