{"id":12507,"date":"2025-03-04T16:34:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=12507"},"modified":"2025-03-04T16:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:34:16","slug":"real-housewife-fought-skin-cancer-for-years-before-brain-tumour-suddenly-appeared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/03\/04\/real-housewife-fought-skin-cancer-for-years-before-brain-tumour-suddenly-appeared\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Housewife fought skin cancer for years before brain tumour suddenly appeared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Teddi Mellencamp is &#8220;ready for radiation&#8221; amid her brain tumour battle. She&#8217;s been dealing with some terrifying health news over the past few years. The former <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2021\/05\/19\/ranked-the-mega-salaries-of-all-the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills\/\">Real Housewives of Beverly Hills<\/a> star revealed her melanoma diagnosis three years ago. Now, she&#8217;s dealing with multiple brain tumours. People are urging Teddi to &#8220;stay strong&#8221; as she undergoes more cancer treatment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12554\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12554\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12554 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-3.png\" alt=\"Teddi Mellencamp radiation\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-3.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-3-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-3-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-3-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Bravo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Kyle Richards sparked Teddi&#8217;s skin cancer diagnosis<\/h2>\n<p>In 2022, Teddi was diagnosed with skin cancer. Over the past three years, she&#8217;s had 16 melanomas removed.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EihVdvRPN0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tamron Hall Show<\/a> two years ago, Teddi explained how RHOBH&#8217;s Kyle Richards discovered a &#8220;black dot&#8221; on one of the many &#8220;little white spots&#8221; on her back.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle asked her to go and get the dot checked out immediately.<\/p>\n<p>But, with Teddi having &#8216;severe anxiety around going to doctors,&#8221; she initially didn&#8217;t want to get checked out.<\/p>\n<p>After Kyle urged her, she explained: &#8220;&#8230;they knew right away that that one was melanoma.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DGowuV9pJ34\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DGowuV9pJ34\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave (@teddimellencamp)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Teddi is &#8216;ready for radiation&#8217; amid brain tumour battle<\/h2>\n<p>Amid her ongoing melanoma battle, Teddi has also been hit with more terrifying health news.<\/p>\n<p>In mid-February, she shared via <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/02\/27\/a-deep-dive-into-mason-disicks-instagram-account-who-is-piper-and-is-it-real-or-fake\/\">Instagram<\/a> how after experiencing &#8220;severe headaches,&#8221; she opted for an MRI and CT scan after which doctors found multiple tumours on her brain.<\/p>\n<p>Teddi had two of the tumours removed on the day she took to IG. She explained how the remaining, smaller tumours would be removed with radiation at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>This March, she shares how she&#8217;s &#8220;ready for radiation&#8221; alongside a selfie.<\/p>\n<p>Teddi wrote: &#8220;Staples out and ready for radiation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many of her co-stars, Bravo-lebrities, and followers have taken to the comment to support her at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderpump Rules&#8217; Scheana Shey writes: &#8220;That\u2019s one beautiful strong mama right there!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And, <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2024\/12\/24\/rhocs-tamra-judge-has-just-spilled-theres-an-unaired-scene-with-shannon-beador\/\">Tamra Judge<\/a> comments: &#8220;I\u2019m so sorry you have to go through this. I love you so much. Keep being your strong self!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RHOA alum, Sheree Whitfield also writes: &#8220;Stay strong, beautiful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates &#8211; like <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reality Shrine on Facebook<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are urging her to &#8216;stay 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