Selling Sunset star Amanza Smith has revealed she is in "a great deal of pain" after undergoing surgery to try to fix her spine.
The reality TV star, 46, faced her second operation for osteomyelitis and said that despite the pain, the surgery was a success.
Her brief but positive update was shared on social media from her hospital bed. She told her fans: "The surgery went better than it could have even gone."
Sounding groggy, she told her Instagram followers how the infection had spread from her bloodstream to her spine and thanked all those who had reached out to her.
She continued: "Please know that I'm okay, I'm just human and in a great deal of pain... the surgery went better than it could have even gone. It went absolutely to perfection and they were able to even remove infection from not just my bone but from the risky areas around it that could have potentially ruined my organs.
"So I'm grateful... Thanks you guys for the thoughts and prayers. I'm going to get through this."
Amanza had said over the weekend: "Part of my spine has completely deteriorated due to the infection and I’ll be getting a new vertebrae and a couple of screws and rods in my spine to replace what has been eaten away from the bacteria."
She went on to explain she was keeping the finer details to herself for the time being, but gave a broader explanation of what procedure she was about to endure.
The Netflix star wrote: "This is my short caption version of the entire explanation but it’s enough to let you all know the gist of it all.
"I am in good spirits and positive that I will come out [100] percent after healing in 3/4 months.
"Life is a journey. This is just another part of my already very colorful story and I’m going to use it to inspire others to keep pushing through!"
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