Brandi Glanville expresses frustration with doctors over facial disfigurement that's been medical mystery

says that a lack of communication with her doctors over tumors and lymph nodes has made for 'a long time and a dark time' as of late.

The alum, 53, on her Unfiltered podcast June 25 followed up on her recent reveal that she had been diagnosed with a benign tumor in her face, which had .

She said, 'It's frustrating because I feel like there's a lack of follow-through.' 

The Salinas, native told her guest co-host and manager, Gina Rodriguez, 'We saw the doctor last week who told me I have tumors in my lymph nodes, benign... and then he never called me.'

The reality star stressed that 'you have to advocate for yourself,' explaining the measures she went to, in reaction to her initial diagnosis.

The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Glanville for further comment on the story.

She said, 'That was just such bulls*** to me, because I spent out of pocket, I went to all these doctors, I've been on IV antibiotics, all this s***.'