Teddi Mellencamp is going through severe challenges after the most recent setback in her most cancers combat.
“I’m fighting for my life,” Mellencamp, the 43-year-old daughter of singer John Mellencamp, informed Us Weekly in an article revealed on Wednesday. “But also for my family’s life and all the people I love.”
“I find out for sure exactly where we stand on June 1,” Mellencamp mentioned of her remedy plan, as her most cancers has now progressed to Stage 4. “If you need to do another round, if there’s any other surgery, if it’s the end. It’s a hard pill to swallow.”
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The mom of three and “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” actuality star started brazenly sharing her battle with melanoma in 2022, after her preliminary analysis.
After present process a number of surgical procedures to take away cancerous spots, her situation escalated in early 2025 when docs found her melanoma had metastasized to her lungs and mind.
And whereas she’s at all times informed her youngsters “Moms always come back” when she has to depart the home, she informed Us Weekly that she has “not said that line to them since I’ve been back [from the hospital].”
“They all know that I’m fighting the hardest I possibly can, but I haven’t said [it] because I don’t want to lie to them. And I don’t know,” she mentioned.
Her children are at present in remedy, as she mentioned she’s “not equipped to fully handle this.”
“It is helping because they ask me questions that I probably wouldn’t have thought to give them answers to,” she mentioned of her children, Slate, 12; Cruz, 10 and Dove, 5.
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She’s additionally discovered that sarcasm helps her cope with the potential for her personal demise.
“Everybody wants me to be super positive all the time,” she mentioned. “One of my coping mechanisms is being sarcastic. I’d rather joke about it and have the best possible outcome than be completely in denial and have my heart broken.”
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Mellencamp beforehand thought that she was cancer-free in 2022, after having a number of melanomas eliminated.
Nonetheless, she continued to develop extra melanomas and in 2025, her situation took a flip for the more severe when docs found tumors in her mind and lungs.
Simply days after her preliminary sit-down with Us Weekly, Mellencamp revealed that an emergency MRI situated 4 extra small tumors on her mind. She is continuous remedy with radiation and immunotherapy.
