The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Teddi Mellencamp has shared an update on her well being amid her battle with stage two melanoma.
Mellencamp, 42, revealed with followers on Instagram on Thursday that docs have found a brand new melanoma spot on her again, which she says is her “12th or 13th one”.
Sharing a selfie and an image of her scarred again, she wrote: “I have been debating whether I should even publicly talk about this or not, but then I remember how every time I post about skin cancer someone else is reminded to get checked.”
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“I found out late yesterday afternoon that the most recent spot biopsied is another melanoma.
I can’t even remember if this is the 12th or 13th one. At this point… I slept maybe two hours last night because my mind was racing,” she defined.
“I am so grateful for my three-month checkup because we caught this one early. This means another surgery next week and additional biopsies. As I lay here with tears in my eyes and worry, I know my kids will be up soon. I have a podcast at 10. Life goes on.”
Mellencamp inspired others who is perhaps in the identical boat or struggling to put in writing an inventory of issues they’re ‘grateful’ for to remain optimistic and stated she was doing the identical.
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The mother-of-four added: “We have got this. Love to you all. We are not alone.”
One follower commented beneath: “Teddies you are a warrior thank you for sharing your journey you are in my prayers.”
A 12 months in the past the truth star, who’s the daughter of singer John Mellencamp, revealed she was identified with stage two melanoma.
“Melanoma awareness update. Despite my anxiety, I listened to the doctors and went in for my three-month skin check last week since my previous melanoma,” Mellencamp wrote on Instagram alongside a photograph of a scar on her shoulder.
“They said I had another abnormal spot near my last one so they did a biopsy. I got the call this morning: Stage 2 melanoma.”
“Now, next Wednesday I go to an oncologist to have it cut out and come up with a game plan on next steps,” she revealed.
The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star says she believes the skin cancer was possible brought on by her use of child oil and iodine on her skin, which she did with the aim of tanning when she was a teen within the Nineties.
Mellencamp additionally stated she by no means wore sunscreen or bought her moles checked till she was 40.
Mellencamp has beforehand been open about her previous experiences with melanoma, revealing that former castmate Kyle Richards truly took her to the physician after she observed Mellencamp’s skin altering color.
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