Ods ’50/50 ‘Teddy Mellencamp with Immunotherapy: Cancer Battle Update

Teddy mellencamp She admitted that her favorite question to ask her doctors is how long she has left in the middle of her battle with cancer.

Mellencamp, 43, has a phase IV melanoma, which has spread to its brain and lungs. He had surgery in February to address tumors on her brain before doctors Found more tumors in March. She was talking honestly to Nightmare For the suffering in a segment that broadcast on Thursday, April 10.

“It’s one of my favorite things to ask is ‘how long did I get? What are my chances?'” He said. “And they often say 50/50. 50/50? I wouldn’t buy a car that is only going to drive 50 percent of the time. I don’t want to have this.”

But that number can be misleading. A mellencamp gets immunotherapy, which is still relatively new, which means doctors do not have the data to give a better estimate.

“And (the doctor) like, ‘No, just because that’s how long immunotherapy has been around so that’s how long the study has worked,’” he explained. “So that’s when I’ll then try to find the positive.”

That is reflected in her attitude towards exercise. Mellencamp, a Certified Nutrition and Welfare Coach, said she used to be able to go out for a seven -mile run but can hardly walk a mile.

“But you know what? I’m here and that makes me feel good,” he said.

She is too Tried to find humor In a situation she said felt like “the hardest thing I’ve ever done.”

“If I didn’t find humor, I would cry,” he said. “Even with my children, the day before, we continued to forget something and we often go, ‘the tumors!’ It’s kind of the only way. ”

Mellencamp reached a large milestone in her battle last week when he had his final round of radiation treatment. Posted a video by Instagram of her own Sing the ceremonial bell at the hospital on April 3.

A week later she opened around the emotional doll that her treatment had taken, posting a pair of pictures side by side through InstagramShowing her long, yellow hair before the treatment begins next to her shaved head.

“What a 4 month difference does,” he wrote in the headline on Thursday.

“Sometimes, I’m so focused on ‘being strong’ that I forget that I could be sad, cry out, and feel alone,” he continued. “I love my children, friends, and family so much and I’m grateful for them but hanging today is one of those days.”