“Love Is Blind”'s Kwame Appiah shares painful health diagnosis

Love Is Blind alum Kwame Appiah has had a difficult last couple of months.

He revealed Thursday that he's been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, which the Mayo Clinic describes as "a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation and sores, called ulcers, in part of the digestive tract." Weight loss, fatigue, fever, belly pain and cramping, and diarrhea can be among the uncomfortable — and often painful — symptoms.

Appiah said he wanted to share his story, as it could help others.

See his video below.

"In November, " he began, "I got just a little bit sick. I felt just a little bit off. But I didn't take it too seriously and then, next thing you know, we're about a month in. So here's why that month of waiting really hurt. Because by the time I got to the doctor's in December, I was having fevers for about three weeks, I had lost 20 pounds."

The doctor told Appiah there were several ailments his symptoms could be attributed to, the reality star said. Cancer was one of them, which was "very scary," he noted in the caption.

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"Let's bring this full circle, back to the purpose of why I'm actually telling you this," he said in the video. "We actually figured out that I had something called ulcerative colitis, which I was, at that time, experiencing at its absolute worst."

Appiah appeared on the Netflix series hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey, in which singles meet, date, and get engaged without seeing one another, in 2023. He and another contestant, Chelsea Griffin, married at the end.

Appiah had three takeaways for those reading his post.

"One, just a quick reminder that life is incredibly precious. I didn't realize how important the normal things I did in my day were for me until I couldn't do them," he said. "Lesson No. 2: Small things can lead to big problems if we ignore them, so don't. Lesson No. 3: Information is everything. You have to know what it is if you are going to fight it."

At the end, he thanked his supporters, including Griffin.

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