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Teddi Mellencamp's Secret to Sex-cess
Teddi Mellencamp is sharing the latest connected her crab journey.
Two weeks aft opening up astir her signifier II melanoma diagnosis, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum underwent country to region the melanoma.
"Lots of questions astir updates," Teddi wrote connected Instagram Oct. 26. "Here is the truth; determination isn't one, which whitethorn beryllium 1 of the hardest parts astir this. The waiting."
Alongside photos from the Oct. 25 procedure, the world prima elaborate what happened arsenic good arsenic what's to come.
"I had melanomas removed," she continued. "I had lymph nodes that lit up truthful they were besides removed and further biopsies are being done. Hopefully I volition get those results soon. Next Wednesday I volition get a afloat familial mutation investigating done for BRCA2, etc.
Teddi hopes her acquisition volition animate others to beryllium much proactive astir their health. "I don't stock this for sympathy," she continued. "I americium sharing due to the fact that 1 of the things that keeps maine going done each of this is your messages telling maine you are getting tested."
Also getting her done this time: Her enactment system, including husband Edwin Arroyave and their kids Slate, 10, Cruz, 8, Dove, 2, and Isabella, 13.
"I americium grateful to my family, friends and hubby who welcomed my symptom and anxiousness with unfastened arms," Teddi added. "I [heart emoji] you each truthful overmuch and I conscionable cognize I americium going to footwear this cancer's a**- with the assistance of my unthinkable doctors and nurses of course."
And while she told her followers she volition bash her champion to reply questions, the 41-year-old is focusing connected giving herself the abstraction to heal.
"I americium giving myself support to clang connected the days I request to and enactment my butt disconnected connected the rest, showing up for me, my household and each my streams of enactment to scope caller goals," Teddi wrote. "Life comes successful waves and we volition ever beryllium stronger for it… connected the bully days and the bad."
Earlier this month, Teddi—whose dada is rocker John Mellencamp—opened up astir her diagnosis connected Instagram.
"Despite my anxiety, I listened to the doctors and went successful for my 3-month tegument cheque past week since my erstwhile melanoma," she shared Oct. 11. "They said I had different abnormal spot adjacent my past 1 truthful they did a biopsy. I got the telephone this morning: Stage 2 melanoma."
It was a wakeup telephone for her—and now, she hopes you too. "Moral of this story: If a doc says, 'Come successful each 3 months,' delight spell successful each 3 months," she wrote astatine the time. "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."
As she concluded, "Love and support the tegument you're in."
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