Is Lexi Young OK? 'The Bachelor' Season 28 contestant fears elimination as she reveals medical condition to Joey Graziadei
AGOURA HILLS, CALIFORNIA: 'The Bachelor' Season 28 contestant Lexi Young recently revealed that she was diagnosed with stage 5 endometriosis. She was afraid of elimination as she planned to open up about her fertility issue.
Lexi and Joey Graziadei enjoyed their romantic date in Malta. The duo went for shopping, visited a church and had a romantic dinner. However, during the dinner date, Lexi revealed her medical diagnosis to Joey. She shared, "So my whole life, I've always been work, work, work. I moved to San Franciso after college."
She explained, "I started my job. Everything is great. I ultimately ended moving over to New York and when I got there, I like fell pretty ill." Lexi continued, "And it was about a year and a half of not knowing what was going on with me."
She shared, "So fast forward, I ended up meeting a doctor in New York and they put me into surgery to kind of figure out what's going on and I find out that I'm diagnosed with stage 5 Endometriosis." Lexi further noted that her ex-boyfriend left her after he found out that she could not give birth to a child.
Lexi Young reflects on her Endometriosis diagnosis
'The Bachelor' Season 28 contestant Lexi Young detailed her endometriosis diagnosis on her social media. She took to her Instagram and revealed that she always had "incredibly painful periods", "horrible pelvic pain", and "really bad lower back pain".
Lexi further claimed that her symptoms intensified through the years, and doctors were unable to diagnose her condition. Additionally, the doctor-prescribed remedies were also not helping her. Soon after college, Lexi revealed that her symptoms became "terrible" and she "would pass out at work from pain".
She explained in her video, "I couldn’t sit at a desk and do my job." She added, "I went to multiple doctor's appointments a week to try to gain an understanding of what was going on with my body."
Lexi Young froze her eggs before 'The Bachelor' Season 28
'The Bachelor' Season 28 contestant Lexi Young revealed that she had frozen her eggs before meeting Joey Graziadei. She shared in the Instagram video, "Less than two weeks before I walked out of a limo and met Joey, I was in the OR having my egg retrieval surgery."
Lexi added, "I had a lot of heavy bleeding while I was on the show. I had some issues with ovarian cysts while I was on the show." She revealed in the video that she was worried about her appearance and felt "puffy" following the surgery.
However, she made it clear that "if this guy doesn't want me when I’m a little puffy and a little emotionally coming down from hormones, then that's not someone that I want to marry."
'The Bachelor' Season 28 airs new episodes every Monday at 8 pm ET on ABC, and is available for streaming on Hulu the following day.