Bethenny Frankel has announced that she has stage 2 chronic kidney disease.
“I have a medical announcement,” the 55-year-old TV personality shared via TikTok on Thursday, January 22. “Months ago I decided I would be very proactive with blood tests… I started taking a series of blood tests, and each time my kidney function came back low.”
The Real Housewives of New York alum further shared that she had an appointment with a kidney specialist earlier in the day and was diagnosed.
Bethenny then stated that the doctor told her she had “stage two chronic kidney disease.”
“And he said it could have been a result of this traumatic experience I had years ago when I almost died from an allergy attack. It could have caused damage to the kidney,” she continued.
“I don’t drink a lot of water,” Bethenny admitted. “I hold a bottle, but I don’t usually drink it.”
“[My doctor] said, ‘Water is your medicine,’” the Bravo star told her fans, revealing that she needs to drink up to 1.5 liters a day.
Bethenny added that she shared her diagnosis to warn her fans to “take precautions” for their own health.
“Be careful,” she urged her fans. “Maybe this is something I’ll have to deal with forever, but I just wanted to tell you because I think it’s important to get all your blood work done.”
