Teddi Mellencamp began a new treatment plan after her recent melanoma diagnosis.
It’s September 13th The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills The alum shared on Instagram that she was diagnosed with her thirteenth melanoma in the past year.
Since then, Mellencamp said Saturday that she is starting to take an immunotherapy cream as part of her treatment plan.
The 42-year-old took to Instagram to share the update with her followers as a way to continue helping her followers stay on top of their personal health.
Teddi Mellencamp wrote about starting immunotherapy after her latest melanoma diagnosis.
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“Another update that I didn’t want to post, but in an effort to be completely transparent and help others, here it is… I got a call from my doctor yesterday that the edges weren’t all clean after my latest wide-excision surgery,” Mellencamp wrote .
She explained: “Because the area is so wide they don’t feel comfortable cutting anymore. They said I can wait a week so I can show up at nationals, but when I get back I’ll start a 5-week immunotherapy cream.”
She then gave the definition of therapeutic treatment in her title. “Immunotherapy is a cancer treatment that uses the body’s immune system to attack cancer cells. An immunotherapy cream called imiquimod (Aldara®) is a cream that stimulates the immune system,” the definition reads.
“Side effects include: fatigue, inflammation, blisters and pain, but you know what, it’s better than the alternative. My friends, stay alert until you examine your skin. We can fight this. 💕,” Mellencamp wrote.
She concluded the title with the hashtags #skincancerawareness and #melanomaawareness, as well as tagging the Instagram page of the Melanoma Research Foundation.
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Teddi Mellencamp shares tearful video amid latest melanoma diagnosis: ‘The world keeps turning no matter what’
Last month, Mellencamp revealed that she debated whether or not to share the news publicly, but then remembered that it might serve as a reminder to others to get screened for skin cancer.
“I’m so thankful for my three-month check-up because we caught this one early. That means another surgery next week and more biopsies,” she explained. “Life goes on. I also remind myself of my faith and the reminder I keep telling myself: ‘We can do hard things.’ We have so many beautiful things to look forward to.”
A day after revealing her latest diagnosis, the TV personality said she was denied life insurance. She then took to Instagram to share a tearful video of herself going for a run, highlighting how important exercise was during her previous diagnosis.
“Even on the hardest days, moving will help you get through it,” she said. “I’ve been going through a range of emotions since my latest melanoma diagnosis – and yes, there are times when I just want to stay in bed and ignore the world. But the world keeps turning no matter what, so getting out there and moving your body, releasing your emotions, fixing your mindset – that’s the key.”
“I just think about all the things I can’t control — that I was turned down for life insurance or that I didn’t write a last will and testament,” she continued. “And I truly believe it will be a long time before I ever need these things, but I have to do it. I have to do something, and not talking about difficult things won’t make them go away, it’ll just fester.”
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Mellencamp’s journey with skin cancer began in March 2022 when she was working out with her The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills colleague Kyle Richards, who noticed spots on her back.
“She looked at my back and said, ‘Listen, I know I’ve told you about these spots before, but they look different — one of them has a black dot in the middle,’” she previously recalled to PEOPLE.
Over the next eight months, the reality star is scheduled to have 12 melanomas removed as she battles stage 2 skin cancer. During her treatment, Mellencamp decided to document her skin cancer journey on social media.
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