Natasha Ochsenknecht
“I wrote a suicide note to my children”
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A lengthy ordeal lies behind Natascha Ochsenknecht. Between the 80s and 90s, the model struggled with severe abdominal pain. The physical condition drops so drastically that Natascha gets “fear of death”.
Natascha Ochsenknecht, 57, reveals intimate details of her life in the new reality documentary “Dies Ochsenknechts”. Most recently, the mother of three spoke about one of her worst situations: she had a near-death experience after doctors operated on her.
In an interview with “Bild”, the 57-year-old now admits that the fear of death became so great that she felt compelled to say goodbye to her children with the help of a letter if she was no longer able to do so personally.
Natascha Ochsenknecht: Doctors made the wrong diagnosis for ten years
At the time, Ochsenknecht was suffering from massive stomach pains that kept her awake day and night. “I could only sleep sitting up because I was getting bad breath,” recalls the reality TV star. Doctors assumed a “mental” stress that caused the pain. The ordeal lasted for a decade. The ex-wife of Uwe Ochsenknecht, 66, expected the worst at the time.
“At that time I was so scared of death that I wrote a farewell letter to my children,” says Natascha Ochsenknecht. But she just couldn’t bring herself to do it. Her sons Wilson Gonzales and Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht were just four and two years old at the time. “The thought of my boys gave me the energy to keep going,” the 57-year-old explains to “Bild”.
Natascha Ochsenknecht was allergic to the contraceptive pill
In the early ’90s, a doctor finally discovered the cause of the model’s endless pain. Natascha Ochsenknecht was allergic to the contraceptive pill. Your body accumulated deposits in the abdominal vessels, which led to the symptoms. Three operations followed. Natascha has to be treated to this day.
Sources used: “Dies Ochsenknechts”, bild.de, Bunte.de