Teddi MellencampDaughter of the singer-songwriter John Mellencamprevealed that his skin cancer reached Stadium 4 after the doctors found four new tumors on his lungs and his brain.
“I fight for my life,” Mellencamp told Us Weekly In an interview published on April 2. “But also for my family’s life and all the people I love.”
In February, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum revealed that it had been diagnosed with multiple brain tumors. MellenoCamp said that she had brain surgery to eliminate certain masses and started radiotherapy and immunotherapy to shrink other tumors.
“I discovered with certainty exactly where we are on June 1,” said the star of the reality of 43 years at the point of sale. “If you need to take another tour, if there is another surgery, if it’s the end. It’s a hard pill to swallow.”
THE Two t in a pod The host of Podcast admitted that she no longer said “the moms always come back” to her children each time she goes to the hospital.
“I haven’t told them this line since I was back (from the hospital),” she said. “They all know that I fight as hard as possible, but I didn’t say it (that) because I don’t want to lie to them. And I don’t know.”
Mellencamp said her children, Slate, 12, Cruz, 10 years old and five -year -old Dove, received therapy to help them go through difficult times.
“I am not equipped to manage this completely,” she said. “It helps because they ask me questions that I would probably not have thought of giving them answers.”
“They realize when I suffer and how massive surgery. I don’t know they know the rest. I think they are a little scared. I’m going to fight very hard,” she added. “I can’t imagine my life without them, so I’m going to do everything I can, no matter how much it makes me. I can’t imagine – Does it look like a narcissist? – I cannot imagine any of them living without me. ”
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Mellencamp said that since her diagnosis, her famous father calls to verify her daily and that they got closer during this period.
“I did not expect all my family to go out here within 24 hours, but when I was not surgical, everyone was there,” she said. “My father hates it, so the fact that he was here for 18 days – Wow. It says a lot.”
She also said that her father, who survived a heart attack at the age of 36, had given her life advice.
“I remember his life that changes completely,” said Mellencamp. “And some of the moments (when) I felt really frightened, I said to myself:” Wait. I don’t change everything about my life. I want more things. I want to continue building. “”
“But he says to himself:” There are times when you will not be able to emotionally what you feel because of a certain medication or a certain time. And you have to give yourself a certain grace and know that it is not you sometimes. And that’s fine. “”
MellenoCamp also opened the way she faces.
“Everyone wants me to be super positive all the time. One of my adaptation mechanisms is to be sarcastic. I prefer to joke about this and have the best possible result than to be completely in denial and that my heart has broken,” said Mellencamp.
“A small PSA: get life insurance early and do your will,” she added. “Doing all these things once you have already been diagnosed with cancer is not a dream. It’s really difficult. I hope you never get sick, but do it before you sick.”
MellenoCamp told the publication that she was looking forward to “returning to normal”.
“I want to try new things, travel more with children, continue to build a life and do our best and have fun together. This is my goal, ”she said.
In a recent episode of his podcast, Mellencamp told the co-host Tamra Judge: “Some of my darkest and saddest days, I think I die.”
“I can’t see. I can’t walk. I can’t even get out of bed. There were four very large tumors, “she said.
The judge recalled to Mellencamp saying: “” You all thought I was mental, but in fact I am on my deathbed. “”
“I remember having the impression that it was actually,” said Mellencamp in response to the judge.
“You are the only person I know who has undergone brain surgery and three weeks later, made hot yoga”, Real Housewives of Orange County Star said to Mellencamp.
In 2022 MellenoCamp revealed on social networks that it had been diagnosed with melanoma – The most dangerous form of skin cancer.
“I received the call this morning: Stade 2. Melanoma. Now, next Wednesday, I’m going to an oncologist to have it cut and offer a match plan on the next steps. Of course, all of this is waiting for additional tests and biopsies from other nearby places that have been taken today.
Melanoma is a serious form of skin cancer. It is melanocyte cancer, which are cells that produce melanin, the pigment which is mainly responsible for giving the skin its color, according to Canadian melanoma website.
According to the World Health Organization, 85% of melanomas in Canadian men and women aged 30 years and over are allocated to exposure to UV radiation from the sun or artificial sources such as tanning beds.
Melanoma is one of the fastest growth cancers in the world. In Canada, Melanoma’s incidents have more than tripled over the past 30 years, according to the organization.
The website also notes that more than 1,300 Canadians will die from melanoma each year, but survival rates are high if melanoma is detected early.
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