Denise Richardsis on the mend after undergoing emergency surgery to repair four different hernias.
TheReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar, 48, is “getting stronger!” every day, her husband, Aaron Phypers,wrote on Instagram, whichRichards repostedalong with two pre- and post-operative photos and the story of how it all happened.
“This was a couple months ago and turned out to be a good lesson for me to always listen to my body,” she said. “Being a mom, wife and having a career, sometimes it’s easier to just be strong and power through.”
Richards said she “thought the pain and my other symptoms would just go away. They did not and got a lot worse.”
The mom of threethought she had just one femoral hernia, but after seeing a doctor, learned she hadtwo femoral and two inguinal hernias. While inguinal hernias sit at the top of the groin and are visible, femoral hernias are lower down, near the femoral vein, and tougher to diagnose.
Denise Richards.
Richards had all four repaired, and said she regrets waiting.
“I waited way too long and didn’t even tell my husband how bad I was feeling (I know it was stupid),” she wrote. “Gotta always listen to our bodies and take care of ourselves.”
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Phypers wrote that he was proud of Richards’ strength through the ordeal.
This isRichards’ second health scare this year. In August, she revealedshe had an enlarged thyroidafter a few eagle-eyed fans noticed it during theRHOBHreunion show.
“A few of you pointed out after the#RHOBHreunion that my thyroid was enlarged,” she wrote on Instagram. “You were right, it was something I ignored until pointed out.”
Richards decided to change up her diet, and quickly saw it improve.
“It’s amazing to me in a short time eliminating gluten from my diet how much my thyroid has changed,” she said. “… I had no idea how much our diet really can affect our body and for me how toxic gluten really is…I thank all of you who sent me messages.”
Richards and Phyper wed in Sept. 2018, and announced earlier this month thatthey plan to split their time between Los Angeles and Montana.
“Soon we will be living here in Montana and Los Angeles…best of both ?,” Richards posted on Instagram.
source: people.com
