‘RHOBH’ Alum Teddi Mellencamp Diagnosed With Stage 2 Melanoma: It’s A ‘Wakeup Call’

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Teddi Mellencamp has been diagnosed with signifier 2 melanoma. The 41-year-old world prima took to some her Instagram provender and Story connected Oct. 11 to denote the quality and springiness fans an wrong look astatine her diagnosis journey. “Melanoma consciousness update,” she began successful her earthy caption that accompanies a photo of a airy pinkish backmost scar adjacent to a bandaged spot wherever much investigating was done. “Despite my anxiety, I listened to the doctors and went successful for my 3-month tegument cheque past week since my erstwhile melanoma. 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.”

“Now, adjacent Wednesday I spell to an oncologist to person it chopped retired and travel up with a crippled program connected adjacent steps,” she continued. “Of course, this is each pending immoderate further investigating and biopsies of different spots adjacent that were taken today. Moral of this story: if a doc says, ‘come successful each 3 months’ delight spell successful each 3 months. I truthful severely wanted to stroke this off. ‘What could hap successful 3 months?’ I thought. Apparently a lot.” She added that she wants to “share this journey” due to the fact that she was a “90s teen, putting babe lipid and iodine” connected her tegument to get a bully tan.

‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ alum revealed she has signifier 2 melanoma (Photo: Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock)

“Never wearing sunscreen oregon getting my moles checked until I was 40 years old. This has been specified a wakeup telephone for me, and I anticipation to each of you, to emotion and support the tegument you’re in,” she concluded.

Teddi besides took to her Instagram Story (seen below) to plead with her followers to instrumentality skincare and preventative doc appointments seriously. “So I conscionable finished my workout and got the telephone from the doc that that different spot came backmost melanoma and they asked maine to travel close in. So I’m here,” she said arsenic she held tears backmost successful a video she filmed from the doctor’s office. “I’m facing my fears and making definite that I enactment connected apical of these doctor’s appointments and I’ll support you guys posted.” She concluded, “It’s truthful important. spell get your tegument checks.”

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Afterward, Teddi showed herself getting her hairsbreadth done due to the fact that she needed to bash “something dramatic” aft the “chaotic” tegument crab news. She besides shared 2 photos of brownish spots connected her backmost that she had biopsied and turned retired to beryllium melanoma.

The parent of 3 had a crab scare successful March of this twelvemonth and besides took to the ‘gram to beryllium existent with her fans. “This is simply a reminder to delight spell get your yearly tegument checks. I had been avoiding excavation bc of my ain anxiousness for a precise agelong clip but erstwhile @kylerichards18 saw my backmost and it had changed colors again, she instantly took maine to the doc who wrong minutes said it looks similar melanoma and did a large removal,” she revealed alongside a selfie that showed heavy achromatic bandages covering the spot connected her backmost wherever tegument was removed.

“I americium doing my champion to enactment contiguous and affirmative arsenic I caput to [film] today. Grateful that I americium engaged to support my caput from racing arsenic I await the results,” she continued. “I find spot successful being honorable with you each and anticipation this helps others. Please fto this beryllium a reminder to instrumentality enactment connected your ain skin.”