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Bethenny Frankel shared an update on her chronic kidney disease, and she revealed what the doctor found in her sonogram. The Real Housewives of New York City star addressed what’s giving her “anxiety.”
Back in January, Bethenny told followers that a blood test showed that her kidney function was low. When she later met with a doctor, they discovered she had chronic kidney disease. At the time, she thought it was stage 2.
“Just left the kidney doctor. He said that I actually have stage 3A chronic kidney disease, which is right in the middle,” said Bethenny in a recent Instagram video. “[I’m] not quite at medication point, except that he said water is your medicine. But he really, really emphasized that turmeric and moringa, he’s seen a lot of issues with in people who have kidney issues.”
“He found a liver nodule on me in my sonogram,” Bethenny continued. “So it’s important to get these tests and stay with this stuff because you could find other things. He really emphasized with big wellness that all the different supplements … that people are just running to do everything, and that you have to make sure that your doctor knows about it. Because some things can affect different parts of your body on different people differently. It’s not really a one-size-fits-all model. He said moringa and turmeric, yes, is not good for the kidney in a one-size-fits-all model.”
Bethenny shared that all of the other supplements that everyone is being “pushed and sold” affect people differently.
“So he said that my kidneys … have had some damage [from] presumably my big anaphylactic allergy episode years ago,” she went on. “I’m not going to be quite alarmed yet, and we’ll keep drinking water. He said it’s the most important thing. So that gives me anxiety because I’m always dehydrated.”
“And I’m just saying it to you because I want you to mind your supplements, mind your water, and mind your getting tested regularly for things like this,” she said. “He also said that it can fluctuate. So right now, this is a step in the wrong direction, but not to totally be alarmed, to come back and get tested in a couple of months. He’s a Johns Hopkins doctor. I have a little bit of a little bit anxiety, and I’m sick to my stomach, but I’m just remaining calm.”