Brandi Glanville says she had a “black mass” removed from her face during surgery as she continues to face an inexplicable medical nightmare.
“I’m still figuring out my illness,” the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum, 53, said during an update on her health on Friday’s episode of her “Unfiltered” podcast.
Glanville noted that she had an antibiotic-resistant infection in her glands and was “taking antibiotics almost 24 hours a day,” but had seen some improvement in her condition with new medications.
The Bravo personality said she “just can’t wait to get back outside and be normal” amid the illness, which has caused ongoing facial issues, and added while gesturing to the left side of her face that “that side of (her) face isn’t moving right now.”
Glanville revealed that a “black mass” – one of “several” – had been “removed” during a recent surgery, and admitted: “We’re not sure what it is yet.” »
The reality star said her friend, Markee, recently died and she was unable to attend her memorial service due to her having “so much fluid” in her ears.
“I keep thinking and talking to myself about this crazy thing like, ‘Oh my God, people hate me. Mark’s family hates me,'” she said.
Glanville stressed that due to her condition, it “just wasn’t possible” for her to attend.
“As if I couldn’t fly,” she lamented. “I couldn’t drive.”
The “Celebrity Apprentice” alum said her son Mason, 23, asked her “what’s the point?” when she expressed her need to get out in the midst of this devastating illness.
She remembers telling him, “Mason, I want to fall in love again. I don’t want to stay home every night and be a recluse.”
Glanville revealed in September that she was battling a host of illnesses, including Demodex dermatitis, mononucleosis, “valley fever” (coccidioidomycosis) as well as the “highly resistant” ESBL Klebsiella and Enterobacter with biofilm.
She shared during an October episode of her podcast that she would be undergoing “exploratory surgery” so her doctor could learn more about what she thought could be “fungal balls or something alive.”
“He literally goes in there with a power washer, basically, knives and stuff,” she said. “And then it turns my blood around and does this platelet thing inside my face.”
She also said she was preparing to have a fungus lump removed from her face.
Glanville began experiencing symptoms in 2023, and by 2024, she had a bruised and swollen cheek.
In 2024, Glanville alleged that Bravo was responsible for the facial condition, saying in a social media post that she was “miserable and depressed” and that “the stress will kill you.”
Glanville later said doctors suspected a “parasite jumping around (her) face”, with others suggesting she was suffering from “stress-induced edema”.
In February, she concluded that her 20-year-old breast implants could be the cause. She shared in June that she was diagnosed with a benign facial tumor in a lymph node.
“I just want this shit out of my body,” she lamented in a previous social media post. “I want to get my health back. I want to get my life back. I want to feel like me again.”
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