Teddi Mellencamp Says She Feels ‘Like I Live in Doctors' Offices' amid Ongoing Stage 4 Cancer Struggle

Teddi Mellencamp shared a infinitesimal of vexation amid her ongoing struggle pinch shape 4 cancer.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills  alum, 44, posted a video to her Instagram stories connected Aug. 21 wherever she shared “At this point, I consciousness for illustration I unrecorded successful doctors’ offices.” Mellencamp, wearing a insubstantial infirmary gown, took a heavy activity and said, “Here we go. Go get your checks everyone — for all nan things. All nan appointments. It’s worthy it.”

It’s a reference to really her wellness struggle began, pinch shape 2 melanoma — nan deadliest shape of tegument crab — connected her back. Since nan 2022 diagnosis, she underwent 17 surgeries for nan invasive tegument cancer, but confirmed successful April that her crab had metastasized to her brain and lungs.

Now shape 4, she's undergone immunotherapy, radiation and room to treat nan tumors.

And arsenic she shared connected nan Aug. 19 section of Two Ts successful a Pod, nan podcast she co-hosts pinch her champion friend, Tamra Judge, her tegument crab struggle continues arsenic well: Mellencamp had to person different melanoma spot removed amid her treatment.

“This is simply a reminder that moreover if you person lung cancer, encephalon cancer, whatever, you still request to proceed to get your tegument checked, because yesterday I went to get a tegument cheque and I had an abnormal spot,” she said. “They removed it, they’re sending it successful to get checked and make judge it’s nothing."

As she explained, “You’re like, ‘Oh I’m getting checked,’ but no, you gotta remember, spell get your tegument checks moreover if you’re successful curen for thing else." she said. “There’s specialty doctors that do specialty things. So I’m really gladsome I went yesterday, because now we’re connected apical of it, and it’s gonna alleviate immoderate stress.”

She continued, “The bully news for maine — what I’m telling myself — intends it’s okay, it’s successful a caller spot. All of my original melanomas were connected my backmost and this caller spot is connected my stomach. I conscionable wanted to punctual you guys because I hadn’t gone successful astir six months for a peculiar tegument check.”

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