'RHONY' alum Bethenny Frankel diagnosed with stage 2 chronic kidney disease

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 was going to be very proactive about blood tests … I started to take a series of blood tests, and each time my kidney function was coming up low.”

The Real Housewives of New York alum further shared that she had an appointment with a kidney specialist earlier in the day and received the diagnosis.

Bethenny then stated that the doctor told her she has "stage two chronic kidney disease."

"And he said it could be a function of this traumatic experience I had years ago when I almost died from an allergy attack. It could have done damage to the kidney," she continued.

“I don’t drink a lot of water,” admitted Bethenny. “I’m holding a bottle, but I’m not usually drinking it.”

“[My doctor] said, ‘Water is your medicine,'” the Bravo star told her fans, revealing that she has to drink up to 1.5 gallons per day.

Bethenny added that she was sharing her diagnosis to warn her fans to “take precautions” for their own health.

“Be mindful,” 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 go get all your bloodwork done.”