{"id":2238688,"date":"2026-01-17T10:25:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2238688"},"modified":"2026-01-17T10:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:25:19","slug":"rock-icons-daughter-really-struggling-after-battling-stage-4-cancer-in-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rock-icons-daughter-really-struggling-after-battling-stage-4-cancer-in-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock icon\u2019s daughter \u2018really struggling\u2019 after battling stage 4 cancer in brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZFO55DQWUNAYLEGFUKKLYVNEJY\">A day after rock legend John Mellencamp sat down on the <i>Joe Rogan Experience<\/i> and opened up about his daughter, Teddi Mellenamp, and her cancer battle, she also addressed her fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"T5KHZHAHY5HM3KQO5P3D7TAWCU\">\u201cI\u2019ve been doing a lot of therapy, a lot of rest, a lot of hanging with the family,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1427426\/teddi-mellencamps-ptsd-struggle-amid-cancer-battle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1427426\/teddi-mellencamps-ptsd-struggle-amid-cancer-battle\"><b>Teddi said on her <\/b><i><b>Two T\u2019s in a Pod <\/b><\/i><b>podcast with Tamra Judge.<\/b><\/a> \u201cA lot of trying to get myself together because, apparently, I\u2019m struggling with massive PTSD.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"57FS7HDMJZGRNNDP7GIB7RDR2M\">Teddi Mellencamp said that her PTSD came from her battle against the disease. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"AXSMQNQPBJA6JLZXWTYRWVZMPM\">\u201cI didn\u2019t really realize it, so I\u2019m starting to feel a little bit better,\u201d she added. \u201cThe cloud is lifting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XZWNXJEVABCMLCO4YCAIR74AEI\">Teddi, 44, a former star of \u201cThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,\u201d has shared her battle for more than a year after stage 4 cancer spread to her brain and lungs. And, at times, it appeared the she had made miraculous improvements. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3WWMH7CDZRGL3EM5N7EMFI3HY4\">But John Mellencamp indicated that is no longer the case. The 74-year-old told Rogan that his daughter is \u201creally sick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"E3L6ZMUFGREYLO52KXR4REFIHE\">\u201cIt\u2019s not (expletive) fun,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/john-mellencamp-says-daughter-teddi-220359335.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/john-mellencamp-says-daughter-teddi-220359335.html\"><b>he said.<\/b> <\/a>\u201cShe\u2019s got cancer in the brain, and she\u2019s suffering right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"C666PE2EABBMDDQLSIZMLURC4Y\">Anxiety and PTSD are tough battles to fight, but that is better than a relapse. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LDC5FVULRVELBACOT7CLLK3WQI\">And the news comes after Teddi said in October that her cancer was \u201cgone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CCL75Y4YEZFDTEYSR5UE34PK6U\">\u201cJust to give a little life update to you guys, I had my immunotherapy yesterday and I did my scans and at this point there is no detectable cancer,\u201d she said then. \u201cWhen they told me, I was in such shock. I was like, numb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EF5FIYXP4JBU5D3THDQAZENY5A\">\u201cI\u2019m still going to be having days when I\u2019m feeling sick and stuff because I still am in immunotherapy, so I\u2019m still fighting because you have to be,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UFKQKFKIHREFJDKONKSL4I6DJM\">She did say at the time that she would remain on immunotherapy for year because, \u201cI\u2019m not considered in remission or anything like that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CJW4M7VPPZCDHFTF2UKWI36YL4\">\u201cThe way the (doctors) said it works, it\u2019s like one year, then two years, then at three years you\u2019re allowed to be considered \u2026 in remission,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EJ4ULBVHVJDXTMQ6A7MGNHOM7Y\">Her October revelation came just months after she said she was making end-of-life plans. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6VMZLULMDFF43IDZTLTP47STUA\">\u201cI have multiple tumors in my brain that weren\u2019t able to be removed via surgery,\u201d she wrote back in March 2025. \u201cI also have 2 tumors in my lung. These are all metastases of my melanoma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DZAZAP3UCBHPJCHVDR6KTJUKKM\">She was first diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma on her shoulder in 2023 and had surgery to remove it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.pennlive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A day after rock legend John Mellencamp sat down on the Joe Rogan Experience and opened up about his daughter, Teddi Mellenamp, and her cancer battle, she also addressed her fight. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing a lot of therapy, a lot of rest, a lot of hanging with the family,\u201d Teddi said on her Two T\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2238688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2238688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2238689,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238688\/revisions\/2238689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2238688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2238688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2238688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}