Jenny McCarthy has been to hell and back this past year because of a recurring mouth infection from a failed ceramic dental implant that led to a slew of ongoing medical issues.
The 53-year-old actress and TV personality opened up about the gruesome health scare that caused her teeth to fall out and led to growths on her eyeballs.
“I’ve had nine surgeries this year, on my mouth,” she told People magazine. “I had one infection that turned into another and another, and then I had these growths show up on my eyeballs.”
McCarthy added that after her teeth and implants started falling out, doctors dug into her jawbone and eventually uncovered a deep bone infection.
“I’ve been on antibiotics for a year, and have had to eat soft foods only,” she said.
But fans wouldn’t know the “Masked Singer” judge went through the medical ordeal from the looks of the annual holiday card she and her husband, Donnie Wahlberg, sent out on Tuesday. McCarthy said her trim and toned physique, which she flaunts in the photo, was a side effect of her not being able to eat much due to a mouthful of stitches.
“I had two more mouth surgeries even after that photo was taken,” she said, noting that while she’s now able to eat again, she’s not out of the woods just yet.
“As of now, I’m able to chew again, but every time we thought it had cleared up, it came back again. I’d be in massive pain with my jaw swelling up, and at the same time I was getting these growths popping up on my eyeballs,” she revealed. “People should actually feel a little sorry for me!”
This Thanksgiving, the former Playboy playmate is looking forward to spending time with Wahlberg, whom she married in 2014.
“It’s just me and him, at home in Chicago, me cooking a bird, and enjoying each other. I think I’m past the storm,” she said. “I’m about to chow down!”
