Teddi Mellencamp is combating for her life.
The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum, 43, revealed on “Nightline” Thursday that her medical doctors have given her “50/50” odds of surviving her stage 4 most cancers battle.
“I learned this isn’t the best question to ask if you’re doing immunotherapy, because immunotherapy has only been around 10 years,” Mellencamp stated through the sit-down interview.
“It’s one of my favorite things to ask is ‘How long I got? What are my chances?’” she shared. “And they oftentimes say 50/50.”
Mellencamp recalled telling medical doctors, “50/50? I wouldn’t buy a car that’s only gonna drive 50 percent of the time. I don’t want this.”
“And [the doctor’s] like, ‘No, it’s only because that’s how long immunotherapy has been around so that’s how long the study has worked.’ So that’s when I then try to find the positive,” she added.
The truth star, who was initially identified with melanoma in 2022, introduced in February that there have been tumors found in her mind and he or she would endure surgical procedure to take away them.
Mellencamp has since revealed the most cancers metastasized to her mind and lungs.
In the course of the “Nightline” interview, Mellencamp opened up about how her radiation and immunotherapy have taken a toll on her physique.
“I would say the hardest thing for me is I’ve always been a super active person, and, like, I cannot do the things I was used to doing,” she defined, including that her therapies have taught her to “not take anything for granted”
“Normally, I’m used to running seven miles, today I’m barely walking one. But you know what? I’m here and that makes me feel good,” she stated. “These are special times that we get to do any of this.”
However Mellencamp admitted, “This is completely out of my control, and for the first time, I’m like really scared.”
She additionally spoke about how she’s relied on humor throughout this attempting time, saying, “Even with my kids, the other day, we kept forgetting something and we often go, ‘The tumors!’ It’s kind of the only way.”
Mellencamp shares three kids, Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 5, with estranged husband Edwin Arroyave.
Throughout a latest episode of her “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast, Mellencamp revealed that her well-known father, rocker John Mellencamp, is already planning her burial of their household’s mausoleum in Indiana.
In an Instagram assertion, Mellencamp clarified that her grim chat along with her father was merely a “light-hearted conversation” the place they have been “laughing the whole time.”
“I am personally doing well right now, and yes, having to deal with things I wouldn’t otherwise,” she wrote, including, “but the way this is being portrayed isn’t accurate.”
The mother of three additionally insisted that she was joking when she stated that her tombstone would learn, “Hot girls never die.”
