Famous illnesses · Sonsoles Ónega
On the occasion of International Diabetes Day, Sonsoles Ónega has joined the cause and, very aware of this disease, has once again thrown herself into the fight and investigation of this ailment that her son Gonzalo has suffered since he was four years old.
Sonsoles Ónega’s life has changed radically since last summer after signing by surprise for a new project at Atresmedia. The journalist has taken charge of ‘Y ahora Sonsoles’ and exclusively for Lecturas has revealed that what has caused her the most pain when leaving Mediaset is having missed the reappearance of Ana Rosa Quintana after almost a year away from the sets due to breast cancer: “Ana Rosa’s recovery has mattered to me, it has worried me and when I found out that she was coming back I was immensely excited. If there is something that each and every one of us, those of us who were part of and those who are part of Telecinco, wanted from the day he left, it was to wait for the day he returned,” he stated in this magazine.However, thanks to his profile on social networks, we have discovered the personal battle that is waging and that it has to do with diabetes, the disease that his youngest son, Gonzalo, was diagnosed with when he was only four years old. This Monday, November 14, is International Diabetes Day and Sonsoles Ónega has once again brought out his more supportive side turning to the fight and sending a message to support the cause and research against this disease that her son has suffered from such a young age: “Investigating is curing”, she has said through her Instagram ‘stories’ fully aware. This ailment has marked both the life of Sonsoles Ónega and that of her family and, in this same magazine , explained how this disease has changed his family’s life. A fact that has caused them to have to carry out a change of habits in her routine: “I had a very hard time with my son’s diabetes. Since I changed my diet I have lost 12 kilos. Removing sugar has given me health,” she revealed.Sonsoles Ónega launches an important tableware for International Diabetes Day. Instagram @sonsolesonega Since then, Sonsoles has not stopped fighting and for this reason she has thrown herself body and soul into research against this disease that affects so many people and how closely she is suffering. The host has become one of the most authoritative voices when it comes to talking about diabetes, since she knows first-hand the disease and all that it entails, since her life and that of her son have changed radically since then. In addition, Sonsoles also wanted to give visibility to this disease, revealing in Mtmad one of the hardest episodes And what has marked him the most: the admission of his young son to the hospital with very high blood sugar. “He entered with 500 sugar when normal should be 70. You think that the child is leaving you because you see him with four pathways giving him insulin and then he has to be hospitalized for three weeks because you have to learn to deal with the disease“, he stated with his heart in a fist but making it clear that he has already learned to live with diabetes.
Your children, your engine
Yago and Gonzalo, 12 and 9 years old respectively, are the most important people in the life of Sonsoles Ónega and the presenter recently spoke in Lecturas about how her children have experienced her job change. A step forward for which she has decided to bet on a new format on Antena 3: “They see me a little more tense lately, not with them, but yes, on a day-to-day basis. Leaving my comfort zone generates some tension for me, but, thank God, my family, my friends are my hard core.” Even Yago and Gonzalo have come to make a request to their mother: “They have asked me not to dance, because they are ashamed. They tell me not to dance and that I do it very badly,” he also said with a laugh.
