“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Teddy Mellencamp revealed in a social media post shared Wednesday that she was diagnosed with multiple brain tumors.
The daughter of famous musician John Mellencamp surprised fans with her shocking diagnosis.
“For the past few weeks I have been dealing with severe and debilitating headaches,” she wrote on Instagram. “The pain was unbearable yesterday and I needed to be hospitalized. After a CT scan and an MRI, my doctor has funded multiple tumors in my brain and believes I’ve grown for at least six months. ”
“Two of the tumors will be removed surgically today,” she told fans.
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Mellencamp went on to say there is a long path to medical care.
“The remaining small tumors will be treated via radiation at a later date,” she writes.
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The 43-year-old expressed gratitude to everyone who was by her side during this health crisis and helped her.
“I am blessed with children, family, friends, doctors, nurses and surgeons, doing everything I can to get me back to a better health,” she said on social media. I am writing.
“I would like to thank everyone who reached out and all who supported me along this journey.”
This is not the reality star’s first brush with cancer. She publicly documented her battle with stage 2 melanoma and shared images of her surgical process and various stages of her recovery.
Mellencamp did not disclose any further information regarding its current prognosis. (Related: Dwyane Wade reveals that 40% of the kidneys have been removed amid the health crisis)
This story continues to develop.
