(Teddi Mellencamp\/Instagram)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\u201cWhen they told me, I was in such shock. I was like, numb,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She added that she will remain on immunotherapy treatments for another year. \u201cI\u2019m still going to be having days when I’m feeling sick and stuff because I still am in immunotherapy, so I’m still fighting because you have to be,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not considered in remission or anything like that,\u201d Teddi noted. \u201cThe way the [doctors] said it works, it’s like one year, then two years, then at three years you’re allowed to be considered\u2026 in remission. So, but that was huge news yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Teddi was diagnosed with melanoma in 2022. Her condition advanced to stage four in February 2025 and metastasized to her lungs and brain. She then underwent major brain surgery that removed four tumors.<\/p>\n
Earlier last year, she hit back at criticism about her dating someone new and fostering a dog, amid her cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo people have been coming for me about fostering a dog, and they\u2019ve been coming for me for dating,\u201d she said on her podcast. \u201cLike, \u2018The only thing she should be worried about right now are her kids and staying alive.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
She continued: \u201cIf I want to put myself in a situation where I\u2019m staying busy so I\u2019m not getting depressed, why have a problem with that? Clearly, I\u2019m not going on dates while my kids are like sitting here looking up, waiting to hang out with me.<\/p>\n
\u201c[My doctor said] \u2018I really don\u2019t want you to think about your cancer as terminal. Just because that happened to somebody\u2019s friend, aunt, brother, or cousin doesn\u2019t mean that\u2019s what\u2019s happening to you. You don\u2019t need to think like that. You should be going and having fun and trying to laugh,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
John was married to Priscilla Esterline from 1970 to 1981 and to Victoria Granucci from 1981 to 1989, with whom he shares five children, including Teddi. <\/p>\n
He began dating When Harry Met Sally\u2026<\/em> actor Meg Ryan in 2011; the couple split in 2014, reconciled in 2017, became engaged in 2018, and separated for good in 2019.<\/p>\nTeddi, meanwhile, shares three children with her estranged husband, Edwin Arroyave: daughters Slate, 12, and Dove, 11, and son Cruz, five.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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