<p>Kim Zolciak</a> is still monitoring her health two years after her mini-stroke. “I feel great and I’m doing great,” she told ABC News, noting that she has to take blood thinners “probably for the rest of [her] life.”</p><br /><p>“I was born with a whole in my heart and it was supposed to close and mine didn’t,” she added of what could have caused her stroke. “I would always have chest pain so I knew something was off most of my life.” Zolciak, 39, even went to the emergency room when she was 21-years-old, but doctors told her she was “always fine.” The added “stress” of competing on Dancing With the Stars didn’t agree with her though, and she succumbed to a stroke.</a> The mom-of-six was rushed into surgery shortly after and has been recovering since.</p><br /><p>“I’d have a headache, but I’m still a mom,” she said of her symptoms. “I still have to bathe the babies, get them into bed — you push through. You saw what happened when I landed. Stress will kill you. It’s not really worth it.” “When this happened to me, I was scared to death to get my heart rate up,” she added. “I didn’t run for six to seven months out of sheer fear.”</p><br /><p>Now, she documents her runs with husband Kroy Biermann on Snapchat.</p><br /><p>Star reported at the time that her plastic surgery obsession could have contributed to causing her stroke, but she continues to go under the knife regularly</a> and is unrecognizable in old photos.</a></p><br /><p>Watch the video above and don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel</a>!</p><br /><p> </p><br /><p> </p><br /><p>The post Kim Zolciak Tells All On Her Stroke: ‘I Knew Something Was Off’</a> appeared first on Star Magazine</a>.</p><br />
