Clearing some things up. Vicki Gunvalson addressed reports about her recent hysterectomy, which she says wasn’t the result of a cancer diagnosis.“I had a full hysterectomy because I had cancer cells in my uterus and cervix,” the Real Housewives of Orange County alum, 59, told Page Six on Friday, February 11. “They took it out — no chemo, no radiation.
It wasn’t a two-year battle, like they misconstrued. It was two years ago.”The Bravo personality previously said that she “had cancer” during a November 2021 appearance on SiriusXM’s “Jeff Lewis Live” podcast. “I just had my whole f–king uterus taken out,” she said.
At the time, she didn’t elaborate further on her health, noting only that she was “going through a f–king tough time right now.”Gunvalson explained on Friday that she was never formally diagnosed with cancer, but her doctors “noted” the presence of cancer cells.“You don’t go get a full hysterectomy because you have nothing else to do tomorrow,” the Illinois native added. “When I went for the post-op, [the doctor] said, ‘Good thing you took it out.
We did see cancer cells.'”The reality star said that she wanted to clarify her comments because of ex-boyfriend Brooks Ayers, who in November 2015 admitted that he had forged documents to make it seem like he’d been a patient at a cancer hospital.
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