Teddi MellenoCamp.
Ella Hovsipian / Getty ImagesSince diagnosed skin cancer, Teddi Mellencamp used its platform to remind fans to take care of their skin. She also talked about all her health problems.
MellenoCamp revealed in March 2022 that she To be removed a mole on his back. “It is a reminder to make you annual skin checks”, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills The alum wrote in a Instagram Declaration at the time, admitting that she avoided her own skin checks “for a very long time” because of “anxiety”.
Later this month, Mellencamp shared the good news That his melanoma was “in situ, which means that cancer cells were contained in this area of my skin and did not spread more deeply”.
It was not the end of her skin cancer career, which she continued to detail via social media. In February 2025, Mellencamp revealed that she was under surgery for another fear of health after Doctors have found tumors in his brain.
Scroll down to follow the ups and downs of Mellencamp:
October 2022
MellenoCamp revealed that she had been diagnosed with stage II melanoma months after his initial consultation. “Mélanoma awareness update. Despite my anxiety, I listened to the doctors and I went for my 3-month skin check last week since my previous melanoma, ”she wrote via Instagram at the time. “They said I had another abnormal place near my last, so they made a biopsy. I received the call this morning: stadium melanoma. ”
She told fans to take the orders of doctors seriously, writing: “Moral of this story: if a doctor says:” Come every 3 months “, please go there every 3 months. I wanted to explode this so much. “What could he happen in 3 months?” I thought. Apparently a lot.
MellenoCamp noted that she put baby oil and iodine on her skin in adolescence to sunbathe and did not start to wear a soil screen I hope to all, to love and protect the Skin in which you are, ”she concluded.
MellenoCamp revealed in another Instagram Post that she had two more moles withdrawn who also returned as a melanoma. “Due to so many melanomas [sic] In one, they are worried about cutting and trying to withdraw because they do not know what they were going to cut, “she wrote, before detailing His new treatment planwho involved undergoing a PET and seeing a specialist in hematology and a surgical oncologist.
October 2022
Mellencamp shared the results of her pet InstagramIncluding pictures of the place where its melanomas have been removed. “They think I am predisposed to melanomas,” she noted. “I will need a large enclosure [sic] Elimination of nodal surgery and cartography. During surgery, they will also make a sentinel lymphoid biopsy. Because with a PET, they cannot see if it is distributed in the lymph nodes. »»
She was frank on her post-operative recovery in another Social media update days later. “I do not share this for sympathy – I share because one of the things that makes me go through all this is that your messages tell me that you are tested,” wrote Mellencamp. “I am grateful to my family, friends and husband who welcomed my pain and anxiety with open arms. I have you all a lot so much and I know that I will kick this cancer a ** – with the help of my incredible doctors and nurses of course. “”
Mellencamp put an end to the post on an inspiring note, writing: “Life comes in waves and we will always be stronger for that … good days and the bad 🖤.”
December 2022
MellenoCamp showed it back and scars While revealing that his multiple melanoma elimination surgeries have succeeded. “The margins are clear. I also obtained genetic test results and there are no changes that we have to worry about, “she said. “And I just had a healthy mammography (please, don’t make them either, ladies). So I say peace to 11 melanomas and 3 lymph nodes – I have happily known you – and hello to a new feeling of peace. »»
The cohost of the podcast “Two ts in a pod” continued: “It was indicative of the speed with which things can change and it is a lesson that I will never forget, or to stop talking. I don’t want anything more than you are all proactive, so you don’t have to experience it. Let my scars be your inspiration to get preventive care. »»
January 2023
Despite his previous moves, Mellencamp has developed three new spots that “had to be biopsied”. She explained via Instagram“I had white and brown melanomas; This is why I continue to share to be checked whatever happens. »»
She also questioned doctors on a suspect bump on her neck. “Ultrasound has returned irregular,” noted Mellencamp. “I had the possibility of a needle biopsy or to do it completely cut; The doctor recommended that the biopsy begins, but there is a little chance that it will come back undecrendable and we will then have to remove it. »»
MellenoCamp said that she “treated as best I can with something out of my control”, adding: “things that I can control: stay in my appointments, self-truth and ask my questions doctors. “
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May 2023
Mellencamp has teamed up with Melanoma Research Foundation to help educate skin cancer by showing its biopsy scars in a “#Getnaked” campaign photo shoot. This same month, she encouraged fans to Add a sunscreen to their daily care routines.
September 2023
More than a year after her initial diagnosis, MellenoCamp revealed that another of her biopsied places returned as a melanoma. “I don’t even remember if it’s 12 or the 13th”, she legend a selfie in tears via Instagram. “At this point, I start to unleash these memories as a part of my childhood. I may have slept 2 hours last night because my mind was running. »»
Although the melanoma was captured early, Mellencamp explained that it would need “another surgery next week and additional biopsies”.
A day later, she said “the key” to treat His multiple health fear “Taken out and moved my body, freeing my emotions [and] repair my state of mind. She added: “Everything you live, leaving the negative herself only holds you back. And we are not here to be maintained. We are stronger than that. We are intended for more than that. So if you have trouble with something today, it’s for you.
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September 2023
After undergoing several biopsies, Mellencamp revealed via Instagram that the area of his melanomas on her back is too “wide”, adding that doctors “no longer feel comfortable [into it.” She explained, “They said I can wait a week so I can show at nationals but upon my return I will start on a 5-week immunotherapy cream.”
The cream is supposed to help the body’s immune system attack cancer cells and comes with side effects such as fatigue, blisters and inflammation. “Stay vigilant on getting your skin checked my friends. We can fight this 💕,” she concluded her post.
December 2023
Mellencamp opened up about a setback in her treatment.
“Long story short: The immunotherapy treatment did not work on my melanomas. I had a wide excision removal on my most recent melanoma last week to see if it did and sadly it did not,” she captioned an Instagram photo of her back, which displayed her scars from past procedures.
Mellencamp then shared that she will undergo surgery on December 26 “to remove a larger portion of the problematic area.”
She wrapped up the post by reminding her followers to “book your skin checks for the new year.”
Weeks later, Mellencamp had a “wide excision melanoma” procedure, which “went well.”
“I specifically went through a ‘wide excision melanoma, soft tissue defect reconstruction with adjacent tissue rearrangement.’ Basically, they cut out the area of my shoulder and replaced it with a flap of skin from below on my back,” she wrote via Instagram. “But the pain and discomfort are all worth it.”
She added: “The outpouring of love and prayers in the comments and DMs has left me speechless (which is tough). I wish I could respond to everyone but please know I am forever grateful. Please get your skin checked. I promise you do not want to go through this.”
March 2024
Mellencamp gave an update on how her scars were healing three months after her initial surgery.
“What a difference 3 months can make!” she wrote via Instagram alongside before and after shots of her back. “My scar is healing nicely, and I have the best doctors to thank.”
While the marks were improving, the former reality star revealed that her doctor had noticed a new spot in another section of her body that needed to be checked out.
“But in full transparency, also during my three-month checkup, there was one abnormal spot the doctor felt we should biopsy,” she continued. “It’s on the other side of my body, so praying it’s nothing. But [I] I felt the ideal moment to remind you of doing these skin checks ❤️. »»
December 2024
“I just finished having a little cry, but it’s a good one. This is the first time in more than two years, I have gone for my three -month check and that I did not have to biopsy because I have another cancerous place, “Fans told Mellencamp in a Instagram video. “Me and my doctor, we just looked at each other and we said to ourselves,” What? ” It was, oh my God, such a good feeling.
Note that she will have another exam in March 2025, she continued: “It should be a reminder to all guys, please, please book your skin checks, reserve your mammograms, book your Obgyn appointments , book your appointments on your eyes Doctor. “”
MellenoCamp also shared a photo of “Update the scar” of her back. “More than 1000 points later. Make your skin checks please, ”she wrote in the photo.
February 2025
MellenoCamp revealed that she had been hospitalized after suffering from “severe and debilitating headaches”, adding via Instagram, “doctors have found several tumors on my brain, who, according to them, have grown up for at least 6 months” .
Mellencamp told her disciples that two of his tumors would be “surgically removed today” and that “the other smaller tumors will be treated by radiation on a later date”.
The star of reality noted that she was “blessed” to be surrounded by her friends, family and medical team, who “do everything possible to bring me back to better health”.
