The 28-year-old singer has publicly battled lupus for years, sharing that she also underwent chemo as part of her treatment.
In 2017, Gomez revealed she underwent a transplant to receive a kidney donated to her from her friend, actress Francia Raisa. Selena Gomez speaks out about kidney transplant from her best friend Oct. 30, 2017 06:40 Weeks away from dialysis, Gomez shared the news with Raísa, her dear friend and roommate.
Selena Gomez is once again friends with the woman who gave her a kidney. She posted a picture of her and Raísa in side-by-side hospital beds, sharing that her "beautiful friend" was also her donor. In 2017, Gomez revealed she underwent a transplant to receive a kidney donated to her from her friend, actress Francia Raisa. My energy and my life has been better. Gomez revealed she underwent kidney transplant surgery in 2017 due to complications from the autoimmune disease lupus. "I didn’t want it to be in photos, so I wore things that would cover it up. The singer was on the verge of death when she received her kidney transplant in 2017, but her best friend Francia Raisa stepped up and donated her own kidney to save Selena's life. In the photo, Gomez wears a light blue, one-piece bathing suit and stands with her right leg out, revealing the scar on her inner thigh. Singer and actress Selena Gomez just shared a stunning photo of herself to Instagram and opened up about her journey to embracing her body and the scar from her kidney transplant surgery. She said she underwent the transplant as part of her fight against lupus, an autoimmune disease that often attacks the kidneys. "When I got my kidney transplant, I remember it being very difficult at first showing my scar," she wrote.
"There aren’t words to describe how I can possibly thank my beautiful friend Francia Raisa.
The singer took to Instagram on Thursday to do something she said she normally avoids: showing off the scar from her kidney transplant for the world to see. Princess Eugenie, 30, shared a snap of Selena Gomez, 28, on her Instagram stories and praised the 'super cool' the American popstar for her confidence to show off her kidney transplant scar. ", Gomez announced via Instagram in September 2017 that she'd had the transplant, explaining, "it was what I needed to do for my overall health.". The singer posted a photo on Instagram that shows her …
The procedure likely saved Gomez’s life.
Gomez saved the best thank you for last, praising her friend Francia Raisa for giving her a kidney. (CNN)Selena Gomez revealed on Thursday that she received a kidney transplant from her BFF. The fact that she was a match, that's unbelievable. My blood pressure is better. In an interview with "Today" later that year, Gomez described the procedure as a "life-or-death" move.
Because there was no guarantee you'll wake up. © 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. "She gave me the ultimate gift and sacrifice by donating her kidney to me," Gomez wrote in the caption.
"The thought of asking somebody to do that was really difficult for me," she told "Today." In the summer of 2017, Gomez would face her biggest health crisis yet when she received a kidney transplant from her best friend: Francia Raisa. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Now, more than ever, I feel confident in who I am and what I went through...and I’m proud of that.".
", Selena Gomez talks 'life-or-death' kidney transplant in first post-hospital interview. "Let alone somebody wanting to volunteer. "My lupus is at a three-to-five percent chance it'll ever come back. "I am incredibly blessed. She received the organ from her friend, actor Francia Raisa, and called the donation the “ultimate gift and sacrifice” that immediately improved her quality of life. That's not real. ", "As soon as I got the kidney, my arthritis went away," Gomez added. Then singer has reportedly settled her differences with actress Francia Raisa. ", Raisa added: "I had to write a will, which was scary. It is incredibly difficult to find a match.
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