Teddi Mellencamp Undergoes Surgery After Melanoma Diagnosis
Teddi Mellencamp has a cleanable measure of health.
Two months after undergoing surgery to region stage 2 melanoma, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum took to Instagram to stock quality regarding her skin crab scare.
"Pathology is back—the surgeries were palmy and the margins are clear," she shared with her fans in a Dec. 7 post. "I besides got familial investigating results and determination are nary mutations we request to interest about."
Along with the update, Teddi included a photograph of the scars her present bears connected the back her close shoulder, on with a earlier pic successful the adjacent slide.
Teddi noted that she besides had a steadfast mammogram and will proceed to get her tegument checked retired each 4 to six weeks, arsenic her doc told her the fig of melanoma she had successful 1 country could beryllium a record.
"So I accidental bid retired to 11 melanomas and 3 lymph nodes— I gladly hardly knew ya—and hullo to a caller consciousness of peace," she continued. "It's been eye-opening however rapidly things tin alteration and it's a acquisition I volition ne'er forget, nor discontinue speaking up about. I privation thing much than for each of you to beryllium proactive truthful you bash not person to acquisition this. Let my scars beryllium your inspiration to get preventative care."
The 41-year-old thanked her enactment system, which includes hubby Edwin Arroyave and their kids Slate, 10, Cruz, 8, Dove, 2, for getting her though the though times. (Teddi is besides step-mom to her husband's daughter Isabella, 14.)
Back successful October, Teddi shared her diagnoses done a video connected her Instagram Stories, explaining she had received the telephone from her doc aft completing a workout.
"Despite my anxiety, I listened to the doctors and went successful for my 3-month tegument cheque past week since my erstwhile melanoma," she captioned an Oct. 11 Instagram photo of herself wearing a bandage connected her close shoulder. "They said I had different abnormal spot adjacent my past one, truthful they did a biopsy. I got the telephone this morning: Stage 2 melanoma."
Two weeks later, Teddi—the girl of singer-songwriter John Mellencamp—underwent the country to remove the melanoma. She aboriginal explained she had "lymph nodes that lit up" truthful they were besides removed during the procedure.
Now that she is much mindful of her ain health, Teddi is utilizing this accidental to advocator for others to "love and support the tegument you're in."
"Moral of this story: If a doc says, ‘Come successful each 3 months,' delight spell successful each 3 months," she wrote on Instagram successful October. "I truthful severely wanted to stroke this off. ‘What could hap successful 3 months?' I thought. Apparently, a lot. I proceed to stock this travel due to the fact that I was a 90s teen, putting babe lipid and iodine connected my tegument to tan it. Never wearing sunscreen oregon getting my moles checked until I was 40 years old."
The Bravolebrity added, "This has been specified a wakeup telephone for me."
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