Jenny McCarthy has been to hell and back this past year because of a recurring mouth infection from a failed ceramic dental implant that led to a slew of ongoing medical issues.<\/p>\n
The 53-year-old actress and TV personality opened up about the gruesome health scare that caused her teeth to fall out and led to growths on her eyeballs<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve had nine surgeries this year, on my mouth,\u201d she told People magazine. \u201cI had one infection that turned into another and another, and then I had these growths show up on my eyeballs.\u201d<\/p>\n McCarthy added that after her teeth and implants started falling out, doctors dug into her jawbone and eventually uncovered a deep bone infection.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been on antibiotics for a year, and have had to eat soft foods only,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n But fans wouldn\u2019t know the \u201cMasked Singer\u201d<\/a> judge went through the medical ordeal from the looks of the annual holiday card she and her husband, Donnie Wahlberg<\/a>, sent out on Tuesday. McCarthy said her trim and toned physique, which she flaunts in the photo, was a side effect of her not being able to eat much due to a mouthful of stitches.<\/p>\n \u201cI had two more mouth surgeries even after that photo was taken,\u201d she said, noting that while she\u2019s now able to eat again, she\u2019s not out of the woods just yet.<\/p>\n \u201cAs of now, I\u2019m able to chew again, but every time we thought it had cleared up, it came back again. I\u2019d be in massive pain with my jaw swelling up, and at the same time I was getting these growths popping up on my eyeballs,\u201d she revealed. \u201cPeople should actually feel a little sorry for me!\u201d<\/p>\n