Teddi Mellencamp didn't let her latest struggles hold her back when she stepped out in Los Angeles on Thursday.
The 44-year-old former Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star was spotted leaving her home in Encino as she waited for a limo to chauffeur her to her destination.
Despite confessing that she hadn't been feeling well in recent days, she was looking her best with her chic new hairdo that she unveiled the day before.
Teddi could be seen at one point taking a call, and she bared a refreshing smile despite sharing devastating health news related to her cancer battle with her followers this week.
Her outing also came in the wake of a scary break-in attempt that was luckily averted by a top-notch security system.
Teddi looked comfortable and stylish for her day out with a flowing black-and-brown patterned jumpsuit with spaghetti straps.
Teddi Mellencamp didn't let her latest struggles hold her back when she stepped out in Los Angeles on Thursday
The 44-year-old former Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star put on a brave face when she was spotted leaving her home in Encino and waiting for a limo to take her to her destination
The summer look showed off her toned arms, and she paired the outfit with unusual sandals with odd rope-like braids.
She paired her peroxide-blond buzz cut with a tasteful pair of pink-tinted oversize aviator sunglasses, and she kept her accessories minimal with a small black crossbody bag.
Prior to unveiling her new hair look, Teddi had previously disguised her treatment-related hair loss with a variety of wigs, and she even rocked an edgy close-cropped buzz cut that revealed her scars and bald
For her latest hairdo, Teddi revealed a freshly styled but thicker version of her buzz cut, this time dyed a chic platinum blond.
She sounded hesitant at the reveal, writing, 'Let's see how long this lasts.'
The reality star, who also credited her hair stylist, shared on Wednesday's episode of her podcast Two Ts In A Pod that her current immunotherapy treatments have begun to make her feel worse than before she started them.
'Essentially, what we figured out with me was, yes, I started out feeling great, and I could do all the pods and I could do all these things, and I could go to all my daughter’s horse shows and I could stay at my house by myself, and I felt really strong,' she said while chatting with her co-host Tamra Judge.
'And what’s happening with me is the longer that I’m on immunotherapy, the sicker it’s making me.'
She wore a chic black-and-brown patterned jumpsuit with thick braided sandals, a small black crossbody bag and oversize pink-tinted aviator sunglasses
Teddi unveiled her latest look on Wednesday amid her brutal battle with cancer. The same day, she revealed on her Two Ts In A Pod podcast that her immunotherapy treatments have been making her feel 'sicker'; seen in Beverly Hills in May
For her latest hairdo, Teddi revealed a freshly styled but thicker version of her buzz cut, this time dyed a chic platinum blond. 'Let's see how long this lasts,' she wrote
Teddi said she had been consulting with her doctors on how to proceed, and they had decided to temporarily halt the immunotherapy treatments because they had been wracking her body 'incredibly hard.'
'We’re going to take a little break on the immunotherapy to get my body back feeling stronger,' Teddi declared.
She clarified that she was currently taking steroids to help alleviate the side effects of the immunotherapy.
'We’re doing everything that we can to get me back to feeling like I, you know, I can do this, I can do all the things,' Teddi added.
She said that she had lately been dealing with highly variable energy levels, where some days she could do all her usual tasks, while other days she struggled to fulfill her responsibilities without getting too fatigued.
Teddi also noted that she has had difficulties with her memory and sometimes struggled to recall gossip from earlier RHOBH episodes when recording her podcast.
However, it wasn't clear if those memory side effects were due to her latest round of treatments, or if they could have stemmed from her brain tumors.
The daughter of John Mellencamp previously revealed that she had been diagnosed with several melanomas in 2022, and the surgeries to remove them in recent years have left a patchwork of scars across her back and shoulders.
The former reality star had previously disguised her treatment-related hair loss with a variety of wigs
She even rocked an edgy close-cropped buzz cut that revealed her scars and bald patches from chemotherapy and brain surgery
In February, she revealed that her skin cancer had metastasized and spread to her brain, with the resulting tumors causing devastating headaches that had grown in intensity in the weeks leading up to their discovery.
She shared with her fans in April of this year that her melanomas were now considered stage IV after metastasizing and spreading to her lungs and brain.
Patients diagnosed with stage IV cancer also have a greater likelihood of dying from the disease, though it can still be reversed at that point, or at least treated well enough to prolong a patient's life for a considerable amount of time.
Teddi has subsequently called out commenters on her Instagram posts who have suggested she has little time left.
During her somber health update, she clarified that she doesn't want to fill her fans' 'feed with cancer' news.
'I know that can be a depressing topic,' she admitted. 'But I also want [people to know that] if you’re going through something like this, things are going to change and that’s OK,' Teddi said.
'The hardest thing for me has been kind of the wake up call of "Wow, I can’t do what I did yesterday," or "Wow, I can’t do what I did three weeks ago,"' she added.
Teddi also reiterated that her cancer hasn't just upended her life, but has also severely affected her children.
Teddi said on her podcast on Wednesday that her doctors had decided to temporarily halt her immunotherapy until she feels better. She added that she's now on steroids
The reality star had been dealing with variable energy levels and said she was too exhausted to do everything she needed to do on some days
Teddi also reiterated that her cancer hasn't just upended her life, but has also severely affected her children. She and estranged husband Edwin Arroyave (L) share daughters Slate, 12 (second to right), and Dove, four (not pictured), as well as their 10-year-old son Cruz (second to left)
'It’s changed my kids’ life. It’s changed my relationship with Edwin [Arroyave],' she said, referring to her estranged husband.
'You guys all know that we were filing for divorce. Nothing’s changed in that other than that we’re on hold because of what’s happening to me medically,' she explained. 'But he’s had to step in and help me because some days I can’t do it.'
Teddi and Edwin share three children: daughters Slate, 12, and Dove, four, as well as their 10-year-old son Cruz.
The former Real Housewife is all the stepmother of Edwin's oldest daughter, 16-year-old Isabella.
In a recent interview with her friend and former RHOBH costar Kyle Richards, Teddi revealed that her doctors opted not to order more advanced scans after initially discovering her stage I melanomas, which might have revealed that her cancer was spreading.
She urged others diagnosed with cancer to advoca
patches from chemotherapy and brain surgery.
