Teddi Mellencamp has multiple brain tumors.

From what I understand, this can occur with melanoma; and Teddi said she grew up with a tanning bed in her room which she would use while slathered in baby oil.

It’s so sad.

Use your SPF50.

We include links in posts such as this, OP. How embarrassing for you.

That explains a lot.

Tanning bed in her room while growing up? REALLY explains a lot.

Here's her Instagram post about it. If you look through her other photos, you'll see what she's been through with previous procedures.

It's definitely melanoma metastasis. And she's not long for this world.

Who?

This doesn't excuse returning Lucy Lucy Apple Juicy to a kill shelter.

First housewives death ?

I think you're boring. And now you've got a brain tumor? Ugh.

I know someone with an inoperable brain tumor and they should have been forced into therapy by their doctors.

They never deal with anything properly and even grief turns into rage directed at others.

I really wish they didn't have that tumor.

The melanomas on her back must have been immense.

Has John Cougar commented?

R11- A metastatic melanoma in the brain is far worse than most (nearly all) brain tumors..

[quote] OP: I have to say that I feel very. bad for this lady.

And we have to say we're sorry about your condition, too.

Oh, dear, with self-absorbed bathos on top.

I posted this in the RHOBH thread and unfortunately I agree with R6.

She was diagnosed previously with Stage 2 Melanoma, and I'm guessing the brain tumors are the next progression of that disease. If that's the case, she is following the same trajectory as my poor 45 year old sister in law who had a melanoma mole removed on her back, went back to her life, and then was dead 2 years later when the cancer spread everywhere including her brain. She left two young children behind. Bless you Teddi, I hope this isn't your outcome. I mean that sincerely.

Two more tumours on her lungs and three more in her brain.

Poor Teddi.

She is young. What kind of trash parents let her use a tanning bed habitually?

John Mellencamp, for one.

When I was a teen we had a tanning bed at home. I used it sometimes but not for long. Too boring. But that was before we knew about how dangerous tanning could be. All my friends were tanning like crazy in those days. Baby oil and full sun.

R19 how old are you? Teddi is 43. The risks of tanning beds have been in the news starting in the 1980s.

That adorable little girl from her father’s Christmas video is all I know of her. Melanoma that has spread is a tough draw and I wish her only the best.

R20, a lot older than Teddi. Used the tanning light in the 70s. It wasn't bed, it was a light you pointed at your bed. Wore funny goggles to protect the eyes.

A tanning bed in a teenager's room. No controls - no time limits - no inspecting the bulbs.

You know she overdid it - as a teenager would.

I feel horrible for her.

It's complete disregard for a child's welfare. I'm sure she wants to go out of life with love, however. Is her mom still alive?

Oh, her latest update is very bad news. I am so sorry for her and her family.

I am Teddi’s age, but am Australian. We have the highest incidences of melanoma in the world (large population with low-melanin, great honking hole in the ozone layer up above). So my entire life the dangers of tanning and importance of wearing daily SPF has been hammered into us. There were yearly government campaigns about sun safety.

Certainly this was the case when Teddi was a teenager in the 1990s. So when people say “oh, we didn’t know back then” I’m like WTF?

Let me sit back and collect my thoughts for a moment.

I’ll scratch my head and do my best James Dean.

I feel bad for her but she was the WORST on RHOBH. Whiny boring basic bitch.

She should have been using Rinna Beauty sunscreen!!!

R26 because dataloungers just spit out anything without thinking. They are 65 or 75 years old and just assume their youth at the beach in the 60s applies to all generations.

Her husband always seemed like a very sweet guy and I remember him stepping away from the adults at a BBQ to play with his kids. It's a shame that Teddi tried so hard to be famous. What a waste of time.

R29 - she probably was. It’s why she got cancer.

R32 - Kathy Hilton

My mother died of melanoma at 39. It's why I'm The Sunscreen Troll. It prevents cancer *and* wrinkles, please use it.

Hugs to you R34. 39 is so young. My sis in law was 45. Horrendous.

Jesus, 4-5 month prognosis for melanoma brain tumors. Poor Teddi. So awful.