Teddi Mellencamp shows new abnormal spot on her arm.Photo:Teddi Mellencamp/Instagram; Leon Bennett/WireImage
Teddi Mellencamp/Instagram; Leon Bennett/WireImage
Teddi Mellencamp Arroyaveis celebrating how her scars are healing.
TheReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsalum posted onInstagramThursday, showing hersurgical scar from her removed melanoma.
Teddi Mellencamp’s scars as of March 21, 2024.Teddi Mellencamp/Instagram
Teddi Mellencamp/Instagram
In the second photo, the 42-year-old shared a close-up image of an “abnormal spot” that her doctor noticed. The spot is on her bicep, rather than her back where most of her melanoma spots were found.
“What a difference 3 months can make! My scar is healing nicely, and I have the best doctors to thank,” she began in the caption.
“But in full transparency, also during my three-month checkup, there was one abnormal spot the doctor felt we should biopsy,” she revealed. “It’s on the other side of my body, so praying it’s nothing.”
“But felt it’s a great time to remind you to get those skin checks ❤️,” she concluded.
Teddi Mellencamp’s new abnormal spot on her skin.Teddi Mellencamp/Instagram
In September, Mellencamp Arroyaveshared that she had been diagnosed with her 13th melanoma. The mother of three was firstdiagnosed with stage 2 melanoma in October 2022.
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More recently, theTwo Ts In A Podhost showed a quick glance at her scar in late February in anInstagram Reel.
“You are a fighter,” she began in the caption. “Believe me, I need the reminder as much as anybody. Sometimes life punches you right in the face, knocks you to the ground, and leaves you thinking, ‘Why should I get back up?’ I’m here to tell you: the answer is always, ‘Because you can.’”
Before that video, Mellencamp Arroyave shared onInstagramthat her“word for 2024” is “strength.”
“I had convinced myself that this state of constant crushing anxiety was the new me and I just had to learn to ‘cope,’” she wrote in her Instagram caption.
“But the truth is, EFF THAT,” added the accountability coach. “I am now focusing on how I can be the strongest version of me possible.”
source: people.com
