• Denise Richards revealed in a new Instagram post that she was hospitalized after being diagnosed with four hernias.
• She said she ignored her pain and symptoms for months before seeking treatment.
• She also posted photos from her surgery and treatment, showing her scars.

Denise Richards regularly shares sweet photos on Instagram of her family and from her life as a Real Housewives star, but she just posted something that was a little different from her usual.

In the post, which was originally shared by her husband, Aaron Phypers, Denise can be seen smiling in one pic, followed by a close-up of what appears to be her stomach post-op, and a shot of her in a hospital bed.

“My hubby posted this & I need to actually thank him for taking such great care of me,” Denise wrote in the caption. “This was a couple months ago & turned out to be a good lesson for me to always listen to my body. Being a mom, wife, & having a career sometimes it’s easier to just be strong and power through, I thought the pain & my other symptoms would just go away. They did not and got a lot worse.”

After seeking care, Denise said she discovered she had four hernias “two femoral and two inguinal.” “And I waited way too long & didn’t even tell my husband how bad I was feeling (I know it was stupid),” she wrote. “Gotta always listen to our bodies & take care of ourselves.”

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In case you’re not down with medical lingo, a hernia happens when part of an internal organ or tissue bulges through a weak area of muscle, per the U.S. National Library of Medicine. While you can get a hernia in a lot of different places, most hernias are in the abdomen.

A femoral hernia is a bulge in the upper part of the thigh, near the groin, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine; an inguinal hernia (which is the most common type of hernia) happens in the groin.

FYI, here’s how the Real Housewives stay so fit:

Symptoms can vary by person and usually depend on where a hernia actually is, but they can include sudden pain where the hernia is located, stomach pain, nausea, and vomiting.

Denise didn’t go into specifics about her pain and symptoms but…it sounds like it wasn’t fun.

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