{"id":150054,"date":"2025-02-14T04:42:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T04:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/teddi-mellencamps-ex-shares-update-on-brain-cancer-surgery\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T04:42:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T04:42:40","slug":"teddi-mellencamps-ex-shares-update-on-brain-cancer-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/teddi-mellencamps-ex-shares-update-on-brain-cancer-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Teddi Mellencamp\u2019s Ex Shares Update on Brain Cancer Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"102.22392181857\">\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3886816\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:150%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Edwin Arroyave and Teddi Mellencamp.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">(Photo by Mindy Small\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/edwin-arroyave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Edwin Arroyave<\/strong><\/a> is giving an update on ex-wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/teddi-mellencamp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Teddi Mellencamp<\/strong><\/a> after the <em>Real Housewives<\/em> alum underwent brain cancer surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Taking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/edwinarroyaveofficial\/3567478159905777341\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his Instagram Stories<\/a> on Thursday, February 13 Arroyave, 47, shared that the surgery \u201cwent well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSo many people asking for updates. All I will say right now is surgery went well,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThat said, I\u2019ve never seen @teddimellencamp in so much pain. She\u2019s finally getting some needed rest. I know she is so grateful for the outpouring of love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In an earlier post shared via his Instagram Story, Arroyave uploaded a photo of the estranged couple\u2019s son Cruz, 10, holding up a card that he and his classmates had made for his mom as she recovers.\u00a0 (Arroyave and Mellencamp, who filed for divorce in November 2024 after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/teddi-mellencamp-and-edwin-arroyaves-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">13 years of marriage,<\/a> also share Slate, 12, and Dove, 4. Mellencamp is also stepmother to\u00a0 Arroyave\u2019s eldest daughter Isabella.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\" wp_automatic_readability=\"12.665245202559\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/news\/teddi-mellencamp-has-multiple-brain-tumors-is-undergoing-surgery\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Teddi-Mellencamp-Reveals-Shes-Undergoing-Brain-Surgery-After-Doctors-Found-Multiple-Tumors.jpg?crop=0px%2C65px%2C1333px%2C752px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Teddi Mellencamp Reveals Shes Undergoing Brain Surgery After Doctors Found Multiple Tumors\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Teddi-Mellencamp-Reveals-Shes-Undergoing-Brain-Surgery-After-Doctors-Found-Multiple-Tumors.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/news\/teddi-mellencamp-has-multiple-brain-tumors-is-undergoing-surgery\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Teddi Mellencamp Has Multiple Brain Tumors, Will Undergo Surgery<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tKaitlyn Morris\/Getty Images Teddi Mellencamp shared a somber message about her health after suffering \u201csevere and debilitating headaches\u201d for weeks. \u201cYesterday the pain was unbearable and required hospitalization,\u201d Mellencamp, 43, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, February 12. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum explained that after getting a CT scan and an MRI, \u201cDoctors [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cCruz\u2019s class made this for @teddimellencamp \u2764\ufe0f,\u201d Arroyave captioned the image.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The update comes one day after Mellencamp publicly revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/news\/teddi-mellencamp-has-multiple-brain-tumors-is-undergoing-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her health battle<\/a>, revealing via Instagram that doctors were about to operate on her after discovering multiple tumors on her brain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cFor the last several weeks I\u2019ve been dealing with severe debilitating headaches,\u201d Mellencamp, 43, wrote via an Instagram post shared on Wednesday, February 12. \u201cYesterday the pain was unbearable and required hospitalization.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:177.8%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full credit-added wp-image-3886817\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-2.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Edwin Arroyave Shares Update on Teddi Mellencamp\u2019s Brain Cancer Surgery\u00a0\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-2.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-2.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-2.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-2.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-2.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-2.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-2.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-2.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">(Photo courtesy of Edwin Arroyave\/Instagram)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:177.8%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full credit-added wp-image-3886818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-1.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Edwin Arroyave Shares Update on Teddi Mellencamp\u2019s Brain Cancer Surgery\u00a0\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-1.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-1.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-1.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-1.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-1.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-1.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-1.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Edwin-Arroyave-Shares-Update-on-Teddi-Mellencamps-Brain-Cancer-Surgery-1.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">(Photo courtesy of Edwin Arroyave\/Instagram)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">The <em>Real Housewives of Beverly Hills<\/em> alum explained that after getting a CT scan and an MRI, \u201cDoctors found multiple tumors on my brain, which they believe have been growing for at least 6 months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the post, Mellencamp added that two of the tumors were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/teddi-mellencamp-gets-hair-buzzed-off-before-brain-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">being removed in surgery<\/a> that same day, while the others will be dealt with afterwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe remaining smaller tumors will be dealt with via radiation at a later date,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mellencamp went on to thank her loved ones and medical team for the support as she faces a difficult time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.5\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\" wp_automatic_readability=\"12.338709677419\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/teddi-mellencamp-gets-hair-buzzed-off-before-brain-surgery\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Teddi-Mellencamp-Gets-Hair-Buzzed-Off-as-She-Undergoes-Brain-Surgery-240.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1130px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Teddi Mellencamp Gets Hair Buzzed Off as She Undergoes Brain Surgery 240\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Teddi-Mellencamp-Gets-Hair-Buzzed-Off-as-She-Undergoes-Brain-Surgery-240.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/teddi-mellencamp-gets-hair-buzzed-off-before-brain-surgery\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Teddi Mellencamp Gets Hair Buzzed Off as She Undergoes Brain Surgery<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tElyse Jankowski\/FilmMagic The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Teddi Mellencamp is undergoing brain surgery after being diagnosed with several tumors. \u201cI\u2019m gonna have this look on my bucket list,\u201d Mellencamp, 43, quipped in a Wednesday, February 12, Instagram Story video as her friend shaved off her hair. \u201cMy best look. I hate to break [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI am blessed to be surrounded by my children, family, friends, doctors, nurses and surgeons who are doing everything possible to get me back into better health,\u201d she added. \u201cThank you to everybody who has reached out, and to everyone who has supported me along this journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The reality star\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/news\/teddi-mellencamps-skin-cancer-journey-through-the-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health news<\/a> comes two years after Mellencamp battled stage II melanoma cancer and shared her diagnosis in October 2022. Several months before announcing the diagnosis, she had a mole removed on her back that revealed the cancerous cells.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">While she had the moles removed at the time, she developed new spots that she said \u201cneeded to be biopsied\u201d and spent much of 2023 dealing with that. Throughout 2023, Mellencamp underwent removals for more melanomas before having a \u201cwide excision melanoma\u201d procedure, which \u201cwent well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/news\/teddi-mellencamps-ex-shares-update-on-brain-cancer-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edwin Arroyave and Teddi Mellencamp. (Photo by Mindy Small\/Getty Images) Edwin Arroyave is giving an update on ex-wife Teddi Mellencamp after the Real Housewives alum underwent brain cancer surgery. Taking to his Instagram Stories on Thursday, February 13 Arroyave, 47, shared that the surgery \u201cwent well.\u201d \u201cSo many people asking for updates. All I will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-150054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}