Everything Kris Jenner Has Said About Her Health Issues on ‘The Kardashians’: Updates

The Diagnosis

Kris learned that she lost “all cartilage” in her right hip, which led her to have arthritis. “Hearing the doctor say that I need a hip replacement is really scary for me,” she said during season 2 of The Kardashians. “It reminds me of somebody a lot older than I feel on the inside and somebody who is going to have challenges for the rest of her life. This is serious.”

Kris’ Reaction

After learning her diagnosis, the reality star’s doctor advised her to have hip-replacement surgery. The procedure would likely improve the pain.

“I don’t want to have this surgery in five years when I am older and you can’t really heal as well. It is just a mindf–k. You realize that you don’t have as much more time. It is like suddenly I can’t do all the things,” she said. “My hip goes out, my knee is torn, I have an eye infection and I can’t see. I have the TV up too loud and [boyfriend]  Corey [Gamble] says I can’t hear. I feel like Humpty Dumpty.”

Other Attempts to Feel Better

Before learning that surgery was Kris’ best option, the businesswoman explored using CBD products to relieve the pain.

“I sleep in pain, and it seems to get worse and worse and worse,” Kris said in a confessional. “I’m just trying to maybe get some relief. Listen up everybody, in the state of California, this is all very legal. You have to be 21 years old, you can walk into a store and you can buy [weed] gummies!”

During the October 6 episode, Kris spent $732 on weed products.

Her Family’s Reaction

Kris admitted she was “really nervous” to tell her family members about her health problems. “I don’t want them to worry about me and I know they will be upset that I have to go through a major surgery,” she said “It is hard on the family.”

Once everyone was informed, Kim Kardashian pointed out that Kris was taking the news harder than anyone else.

“It scares my mom to get older for sure. She is the type of person that had a jar of marbles and she would say, ‘Each marble represents the amount of summers and Christmases I have left,'” Kim said. “But it makes me deeply sad and just emotional to know that she is so scared to get older.”

Meanwhile, Khloé Kardashian noted that Kris seemed to talk herself “into a really dark place.” She told her mother, “I see it all the time. How you talk to yourself is so f–king brutal. You have to stop with that mentality or you will always be in that place.”

“I don’t want to think about my mom getting older. It is sad and I don’t know what I would do without her,” Khloé continued. “I just want her to stay cold all the time so we prolong her life. … I am just going to put my mom on ice.”

Fears About Aging

Amid her health problems, Kris admitted that she fears growing old.

“You never talked about it to me about this, but you just turn a corner and there’s a new chapter. It messes with your head because I always felt like I am 40 years old,” Kris told her mother, Mary Jo “MJ” Houghton, on the reality show. “It is not what I am going through physically. It is what I am going through mentally and emotionally. It is the realization that I am getting older.”

‘Bionic Woman’

During the October 20 episode of the Hulu show, Kris tried to remain active after returning home following the surgery.

When Khloé stopped by to check in on her mother, Kris shared that she “walked twice” since the procedure. “I got up the first time to walk on my little walker over there. It was painful, but it’s like, hey let’s keep doing this,” she explained.

“I’m feeling pretty good actually,” the momager said about the recovery process in a confessional. “I’m so excited just to get back to the office on a regular basis, get back to playing with my grandkids, giving Corey a little more attention … if you know what I mean.”

Kris’ personal trainer noted that it was “really impressive” the reality star wasn’t taking any pain medication.

“I am determined to live again without this pain,” Kris explained. “Me and my family have so many exciting things going on that I don’t wanna miss a thing.”

She continued, “I feel really good about today so, I don’t know, it sounds like a bionic woman to me. I got this!”