Janet Caperna recently shared a personal health ordeal on her podcast, offering a candid insight into a challenging experience. The 36-year-old star of The Valley took to Instagram to further inform her fans and followers about her recent hospitalization, where she was diagnosed with acute gastritis after a significant weight loss and two weeks of relentless pain.

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In a heartfelt revelation during the January 16 episode of her podcast, This Side of The Hill, Janet recounted the events leading to her hospital visit. “I had a pretty serious health scare over the last two weeks,” she disclosed. “The pain was intense and persistent… I turned to Jason and said, ‘I am not well.’ His immediate response was, ‘We gotta go to the hospital.'” Her ordeal included continuous discomfort, vomiting, and an inability to eat, resulting in a weight loss of nearly 20 pounds.

Along with a message for her fans and followers on Instagram, the 36-year-old cast member of The Valley revealed she had been hospitalized and diagnosed with acute gastritis after losing nearly 20 pounds and enduring two-weeks of “constant pain.”

“I had a pretty serious health scare over the last two weeks … [I was in] so much pain, it just, it would not go away …. That’s when I looked at Jason. I was like, ‘I am not well.’ He’s like, ‘We gotta go to the hospital,’” Janet revealed in a clip from the January 16 episode of This Side of The Hill. “It was almost two full weeks of constant pain, throwing up, and being unable to eat, which led me to lose almost 20 pounds.”

“I am 5’9” and I dropped to 113 pounds, which is extremely unhealthy for my height,” she continued. 

While also telling her listeners that she was going into the new year with a “fresh” and “positive” perspective, grateful for her health and riding the “health train” as much as she can, Janet included a caption about her battle.

“Hi friends. I’ve had a pretty rough go at it the last [two] weeks as I got super sick with what ended up being acute gastritis,” she explained. “I unfortunately dropped a lot of weight and probably will look pretty unhealthy for the next few months as I work on getting healthy and gaining weight back.”

According to Janet, it was important that she explain her healthy journey from the beginning because she didn’t want her fans and followers to think she was glamorizing her current weight.

Although Janet isn’t back to normal quite yet, she revealed she was “starting to feel so much better.”

“[I] am incredibly grateful for my family and friends who have checked in and been so supportive as I navigated this,” she continued. “New year is time for new beginnings and I plan on stepping into it with my best foot forward, and getting healthy and strong … If you’ve ever gone through something like this and have suggestions of healthy ways to put weight on, feel free to comment or DM me. Thanks again for all the love … Here’s to onward and upward.”

Following the sharing of the post, Janet was met with support from her husband, Jason Caperna, 42, who applauded her strength.

“I’ve watched how hard the last few weeks have been on you — the fear, the exhaustion, the setbacks — and I’m beyond proud of the strength you’ve shown through all of it. You never stopped fighting. I love you so much. Bright days ahead,” he proclaimed.

“I really don’t know what I would have done without you. Thanks for caring for me, our son, and keeping the fort down … I love you,” Janet replied.

The Valley season three is expected to premiere on Bravo sometime early this year.