Teddi Mellencamp reveals what her ‘chances’ of survival are as she battles stage 4 cancer

Doctors judge Teddi Mellencamp has a “50/50” chance of beating shape 4 melanoma.

The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum admitted Thursday that she often asks her aesculapian squad what nan likelihood are of some her radiation and immunotherapy moving to conflict disconnected cancer.

“It’s 1 of my favourite things to inquire is, ‘How agelong I got?’ Or, ‘What are my chances?’ And they often times say, ’50/50,'” Mellencamp said during a sit-down question and reply pinch “Nightline.”

Mellencamp, 43, mimicked her shocked guidance and recalled telling doctors, “’50/50?! I wouldn’t bargain a car that’s only gonna thrust 50 percent of nan time. I don’t want this!'”

However, doctors quickly reminded Mellencamp that she has been utilizing immunotherapy –– a crab curen that uses her ain immune strategy to onslaught crab cells –– and that curen has only been actively astir since 2011.

“[The doctor] is like, ‘No, it’s only because that’s really agelong immunotherapy has been around, truthful that’s really agelong nan study has worked,'” she said 1 expert told her of nan past efficacy studies.

“So that’s wherever I effort to past find nan positive,” she explained.

The erstwhile Bravolebrity acknowledged that nan radiation and immunotherapy has taken a toll connected her body, and she’s struggled pinch not being arsenic progressive arsenic she erstwhile was.

“I would opportunity nan hardest point for maine is I’ve ever been a ace progressive person, and, like, I cannot do nan things I was utilized to doing,” she confessed.

The rigorous treatments person taught Mellencamp to “not return thing for granted” and to group goals for some herself and her family.

“I’m here, and that makes maine consciousness good,” she said. “These are typical times that we get to do immoderate of this.”

Mellencamp has been speaking astir her wellness travel ever since she was diagnosed pinch shape 2 melanoma successful 2022.

After undergoing 16 surgeries, she received a cleanable measure of wellness successful precocious 2024. Unfortunately, she learned successful February that nan melanoma had dispersed and doctors found “multiple tumors” connected her brain.

Doctors subsequently removed 4 “plum-sized tumors” from her encephalon successful emergency surgery.

However, she has still been receiving radiation and immunotherapy for her “smaller” tumors, and she precocious celebrated her “last time of radiation” past week.