Maria Menounos says she is worried sick over her mother Litsa's brain tumor recurrence... two years after she had her own brain tumor removed

Maria Menounos has 'pains in my body' from the stress of her mother Litsa's brain tumor recurrence.

The 41-year-old TV presenter revealed the medical diagnosis on her podcast Better Together this Monday.

'When you have glioblastoma, that's to be expected in a sense, but something you never wanna hear happen, so it's been a rough little time,' shared Maria.

Troubled times: Maria Menounos has 'pains in my body' from the stress of her mother Litsa's brain tumor recurrence

Troubled times: Maria Menounos has 'pains in my body' from the stress of her mother Litsa's brain tumor recurrence

She explained that Litsa's 'immune system is compromised' and 'her natural killer cell killing ability has gone down tremendously, which is probably due to this situation.'

While caring for her mother the last time she had cancer, Maria learned she had a benign brain tumor of her own and had it surgically removed in 2017.

When Litsa's tumor recurred, Maria had two 'vision[s]' advising her to have her mother treated south of the border.

She thought: 'Oh, last time they thought her tumor was growing, I took her to Mexico, and she’s only done great since. We gotta go to Mexico.'

Candid conversation: The 41-year-old TV presenter revealed the medical diagnosis on her podcast Better Together this Monday

Candid conversation: The 41-year-old TV presenter revealed the medical diagnosis on her podcast Better Together this Monday

Maria shared that in Mexico 'they are doing such incredible treatments. It’s funny because our medical system, because of the limitations financially and so much more, you know they test your blood for like your A1C and your thyroid and your cholesterol and just a few things.'

She added: 'Like, they’re not checking your inflammation markers like extensively and all this other stuff. But in Mexico they check everything. And so they’re gonna do all the immune system-boosting things, like the Vitamin C drips and natural killer cell immunotherapies and all kinds of amazing stuff.

The TV personality explained that she would rather 'avoid radiation. They had a surgery date on the books and now they’ve retracted that because Dr. Black feels like it’s not the best option for her. So I’m really glad that that is off the table.'

It was Dr. Keith L. Black who excised Maria's own brain tumor on her 39th birthday in June 2017, she revealed to People magazine shortly after.

Pictured in 2013: 'And when you have glioblastoma, that's to be expected in a sense, but something you never wanna hear happen, so it's been a rough little time' shared Maria

Pictured in 2013: 'And when you have glioblastoma, that's to be expected in a sense, but something you never wanna hear happen, so it's been a rough little time' shared Maria

Maria said on her podcast this week that recently 'I was just getting so stressed because [her mother] was telling me about different things that were not right with her. And I was like: “Why didn’t you tell me before?” 

'Because I ask her every day how she’s feeling and does she have any new symptoms, and she doesn’t tell me anything, because she forgets,' she said.

'And because her brain isn’t working 100% properly, that doesn’t get communicated to me until it’s a 911 situation, and then I’m in a 911 situation. So I’m getting all these pains in my body, like, that just didn’t even make sense. Like my groin, it was like someone was stabbing me in the groin.'

Maria, who married her longtime beau Kevin in 2017, revealed: 'I was in so much pain because I just - everything is on me to keep her alive, and if something else that’s kind of treatable and simple takes her, like I start to, like, lose it.'

Spot the resemblance: Maria and Litsa are pictured together in 2011 at Kim Kardashian's bridal shower ahead of her infamous 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries

Spot the resemblance: Maria and Litsa are pictured together in 2011 at Kim Kardashian's bridal shower ahead of her infamous 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries

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