Teddi Mellencamp Has ‘Hard Conversations With My Kids’ as Another Melanoma Is Found

Teddi Mellencamp continues her melanoma battle. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum has had a total of 15 surgeries to date to remove melanomas identified on her back and shoulder.

Teddi Mellencamp in a silver suit on WWHL.

Photo Credit: Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images

The Two T’s In A Pod podcast host has shared the ups and downs of her journey with followers, including the emotional turmoil. Naturally, explaining the reality to her children, Slate, 11, Cruz, 9, and Dove, 4, is the most challenging. And sadly, Teddi had to bring herself to do it once again after another melanoma was confirmed.

Teddi’s been trying to “grin and fake it”

Last week, Teddi had “2 more [spots] removed” and biopsied. She shared the results with followers on her Instagram account.

“I got the results back at the beginning of this week and have been just trying to grin and fake it since the call because I was at an important horse show with Slate,” she said of her elder daughter’s equestrian training.

“I do in fact have another melanoma which means another surgery. Which means more hard conversations with my kids,” she wrote.

The situation has Teddi feeling “more of me trying to be positive but also feeling really sad.”

It must be exhausting to repeatedly deal with a further melanoma. But Teddi caught the invasive skin cancer early, with consistent checkups.

Now, “surgery is the recommended treatment.” Immunotherapy is another option, but Teddi tried the treatment in December.

She shared at the time, “immunotherapy did not work, it was not successful.”

“I have felt a little something in my neck and in my back, so anxiety is pretty high because I didn’t feel these things before,” she shared on Instagram when her self-check yielded suspicious results.

More recently, Teddi told her podcast listeners, “I know I will be ok in the end – we caught this one within 90 days and [in] earlier stages, and for that, I am very grateful.”

She continued, “I am grateful to the incredible physicians, nurses, my family, horses, friends, and work but am also trying to be gentle with myself and say it’s ok to have feelings and be afraid.”

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills can be streamed on Peacock.

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