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Teddi Mellencamp revealed doctors removed more brain tumors than originally expected.
“In full transparency, more tumors were removed than expected: 4 in total,” the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star wrote in a health update shared on Instagram Wednesday.
“This fight is not over, but that round has been won.”
Mellencamp, 43, thanked her medical team for making her “surgery a success” and her “recovery process comfortable.”
She also expressed gratitude to her friends and family for their outpouring of support and patience.
“As I move on to the next steps in my treatment, I just wanted to say thank you to everybody for the outpouring of love and prayers,” the Bravo star added. “I see them, and they’re definitely helping me stay strong.”
Mellencamp shared a photo of herself in a hospital bed and another of an X-ray of her brain, revealing a number of distinguishable tumors.
On Feb. 12, the reality star said she was going under the knife after “dealing with severe and debilitating headaches” for several weeks.
“Yesterday the pain was unbearable and required hospitalization. After a CT scan and MRI, doctors found multiple tumors on my brain, which they believe have been growing for at least 6 months,” she wrote via Instagram.
At the time, Mellencamp believed there were only two tumors that had to be removed, while the other three would be treated with radiation “at a later date.”
Kyle Richards and Morgan Wade rushed to Mellencamp’s side at the hospital leading up to her surgery.
Afterward, she was visited by her estranged husband, Edwin Arroyave, and their three kids: Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 4.
Arroyave gave a brief update on Mellencamp on Feb. 13, revealing the “surgery went well” and he’s never seen her “in so much pain.”
Until Wednesday, Mellencamp hadn’t disclosed how she was doing, despite sharing a sweet photo to honor her daughter Dove’s birthday on Tuesday.
Several people have been eager to hear from the TV personality with several reaching out to her friends for comment.
