Teddi Mellencamp On Her Cancer Fight & Mental Health

Almost one year ago, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (RHOBH) star, Teddi Mellencamp revealed that she prepared for brain cancer surgery. This week, she gave an update on how it’s going now. Read on to find out where she stands in her fight for life.

Candid And Ready To Fight 

Vulnerable moments arrived before, during and after her cancer diagnosis, and the Bravo star has been very candid about her journey. Sometimes it’s been raw, and other times, she managed some happiness: especially with her horses.

However, her dad recently gave Bravo fans a fright. E! News quoted him as saying that Teddi ‘was “really sick” and ‘suffering right now,”’

Naturally, her many RHOBH fans feared that her cancer returned. Remember, it metastasized after a previous diagnosis of melanoma.

Treratment Worked Well

After surgery, medical professionals discovered that her cancer also spread to her lungs. Well, she started radiation, and underwent immunotherapy. Recently, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills fans heard that scans showed no trace of cancer. But that doesn’t mean she’s considered cancer-free.

Speaking with Tamra Judge on Two Ts in a Pod on January 27, she reminded folks that she’s still considered medically as in stage four. However, she also explained that her dad didn’t mean she relapsed to full cancer again.

Struggling Mentally 

Nevertheless, she’s not doing well mentally. She said, “I’m still on immunotherapy, so essentially nothing’s changed other than I still I feel great. I really I would hope that I would be feeling better.”

So, it’s not as if Teddi Mellencamp regressed and suffers a lot of pain. However, it certainly seems as if she feels exhausted. Talking about immunotherapy, she added:

I think it takes a toll on my body. And
I think that I also didn’t properly process all of
the things that happened when I had surgery, like from
my divorce to all of a sudden being in emergency surgery,
to you know, not being able to see my kids
when I was recovering. I think all of those things…are starting to finally hit me now doing therapy, and
so it’s it’s taken its toll on me.

Losing Indepenence Takes A Toll

The loss of independence seems to make the RHOBH star feel a bit uncertain. Additionally, fans heard her say that “I can see that I’m slower than I was before, that’s really frustrating to me, Like I want to go back to the way I used to.”

While you might think that the cancer remission was something to celebrate, it didn’t quite work out like that. Teddi Mellencamp noted that she felt very reflective. The news gave her time to “reflect” on her scary experiences. But now, she starts getting “fear.”

Those fears never happened to her “before.” So, she added, “Like I have fear to do a lot of things.” Plus, she put that down to a lack of confidence, noting, “I don’t feel super self sufficient.”

Hopefully, this phase passes soon, and Teddi Mellencamp can get back to living her life to the full. Can you relate to her? Let us know in the comments below, and come back often for all our Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast news and updates.