Teddi Mellencamp tells PEOPLE exclusively that she's "actually doing well" amid her ongoing treatment for stage 4 cancer
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Mellencamp previously struggled with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, caused by a new medication, but recovered in time for her daughter's birthday
Diagnosed with melanoma in 2022, Mellencamp has undergone 17 surgeries and now reports "no trace of cancer" despite her stage 4 status
Teddi Mellencampsays she's "actually doing well" amid her ongoing treatment for stage 4 cancer, explaining that "things are moving along nicely."
On March 26, theReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsalum, 44, told PEOPLE exclusively at theiHeartRadio Music Awardshow she manages the mental and emotional stresses of ongoing cancer treatment. "You know, I kind of ride the wave," she said.
"I'm actually doing well. I hadimmunotherapytwo weeks ago, and then I have my next one in two weeks, so things are moving along nicely," said Mellencamp, who presented her dad,John Mellencamp, with theiHeartRadio Music Icon Award.
Things were much bleaker for Mellencamp earlier in the month, after she shared that a new medicationhad triggeredthe painful, and potentially life-threatening reaction,Stevens-Johnson Syndrome.
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"I thought I had the flu. And then I woke up one day and my whole body was just covered in, like, this terrible rash — like, you can't even say it's a rash because it's almost like sores all over my entire body," she told friend and co-hostTamra Judgeon the March 3 episode of theirTwo T's in a Podpodcast.
After a few days in the hospital, her symptoms got better — just in time to celebrate her daughterDove's birthday, after missing it last year due to her cancer treatment. (Mellencamp sharesthree children— Slate, 12, Cruz, 11, and Dove, 6 — with her ex,Edwin Arroyave.)
Mellencamp's cancer journey first began in 2022 when she was diagnosed with stage 2melanoma— the deadliest form of skin cancer. She underwent 17 surgeries for theinvasive skin cancer, but in April 2025, Mellencamp shared that it had metastasized to herbrain and lungs.
She's been undergoing regular immunotherapy treatments for her cancer, but said even though she's still considered stage 4, doctors told her she has "no trace of cancer."
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