{"id":318794,"date":"2025-03-16T23:55:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T04:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/teddi-mellencamp-says-shes-sharing-fun-as-coping-mechanism-amid-health-issue"},"modified":"2025-03-16T23:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T04:56:27","slug":"teddi-mellencamp-says-shes-sharing-fun-as-coping-mechanism-amid-health-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/teddi-mellencamp-says-shes-sharing-fun-as-coping-mechanism-amid-health-issue","title":{"rendered":"Teddi Mellencamp Says She&#039;s Sharing Enjoyable as Coping Mechanism Amid Well being Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Teddi Mellencamp<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">I Know I&#8217;ve Been Sharing Fun Stuff &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">But It&#8217;s OK to Have a Hard Time Too!!!<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n            Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-03-16T13:42:04-07:00\">March 16, 2025 1:42 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"47.0698421975\">\n<section id=\"cb-b420aaa68fbd79b66bc4a2e4f3a99ac4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-fa5d54d5-d435-415a-99f9-4676c19a0d5d-750198452-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-fa5d54d5-d435-415a-99f9-4676c19a0d5d-750198452-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Coping\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/bf\/16by9\/2025\/03\/16\/bf877bf7f8b64829800702711096b8a4_md.jpg\" alt=\"031625-teddi-mellencamp-kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Instagram \/ @teddimellencamp<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b420aaa68fbd79b66bc4a2e4f3a99ac4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2f47287103798487d7ec50b2751df62f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.6683417085\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/teddi-mellencamp\/\"><strong>Teddi Mellencamp<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s sending out a gentle reminder to her myriad of fans &#8230; telling them she&#8217;s going out and having fun as a coping mechanism &#8212; but, everyone deals with difficulties in their own way.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2f47287103798487d7ec50b2751df62f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d581ea6f891bd5969dd6a87f3e01eca4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>The reality television star shared several clips to her Instagram story late Saturday night and early Sunday morning &#8230; and, she kicks off the vids by saying she&#8217;s going out and having fun as a coping mechanism.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d581ea6f891bd5969dd6a87f3e01eca4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6e4552ddf8d5eae3237cbf3f30c8666a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20241207_ca82bde7185d46f1811346aff0445830\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:cef04d3f-c513-489a-95a5-66ee692c07c2\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ca\/4by3\/2024\/12\/07\/ca82bde7185d46f1811346aff0445830_md.jpg\" alt=\"teddi mellencamp iheart radio sub\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6e4552ddf8d5eae3237cbf3f30c8666a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b6ec6cf2d7b1350e85ac3d073ef9074f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Teddi says it helps keep her mind off her recent health struggles &#8230; but, she adds that not everyone needs to do the same as her in order to come to terms with the difficult parts of their lives.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b6ec6cf2d7b1350e85ac3d073ef9074f--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f1e7fef98cea4850efb38f023de16cef\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Take a listen for yourself &#8230; but, basically, Teddi says everyone has to find their own &#8220;new normal&#8221; &#8212; and do whatever makes them happy. She gets really emotional while speaking to the camera too, sniffling back tears in the clip.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f1e7fef98cea4850efb38f023de16cef--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2b3fa6ca01f3c33d49c5d7570455795b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-ddde3005-3ad6-43be-9bd6-f4f7e0d5c206-1350932810-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-ddde3005-3ad6-43be-9bd6-f4f7e0d5c206-1350932810-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/23\/16by9\/2025\/02\/12\/2373f5115d10499fb77bd30b2a73097a_md.jpg\" alt=\"021225_teddi_mellencamp_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2b3fa6ca01f3c33d49c5d7570455795b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-03c7e5415d39bfb9acc1f841ec0ecbfb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.3475609756\">\n<p>As you know &#8230; Teddi went to the hospital last month after weeks of debilitating headaches &#8212; and, a doctor informed her that she had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/07\/teddi-mellencamp-multiple-brain-tumors-cancer-melanoma\/\"><strong>multiple tumors<\/strong><\/a> on her brain.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-03c7e5415d39bfb9acc1f841ec0ecbfb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bb601ac4f1bafde4d6a731afe1e2948d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"25.4451612903\">\n<p>Teddi revealed she had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/02\/26\/teddi-mellencamp-four-brain-tumors-removed-first-surgery\/#:~:text=Mellencamp%20says%20she%20wants%20to,least%20won%20the%20first%20round.\"><strong>four tumors removed<\/strong><\/a> via surgery &#8230; and, she&#8217;s now going through a series of therapies &#8212; including radiation &#8212; to manage the rest.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bb601ac4f1bafde4d6a731afe1e2948d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-88d56be54d406f593f1a8522b93a8a77\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-8ddc62c0-b9f0-42b5-ba48-1b21549baec8-1796840027-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-8ddc62c0-b9f0-42b5-ba48-1b21549baec8-1796840027-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/64\/16by9\/2025\/03\/13\/649b4abe84ce4d67857454b643a0df0a_md.png\" alt=\"teddi-mellencamp-AUDIO-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Two Ts In A Pod<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-88d56be54d406f593f1a8522b93a8a77--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d04f0961a20584f7d18329bfbe5090d8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"20\">\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/13\/teddi-mellencamp-returns-podcast-migraines-brain-tumor-surgery\/\"><strong>talked<\/strong><\/a> all about the wild lead-up to the diagnosis on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/two-ts-in-a-pod-with-teddi-mellencamp-and-tamra-judge\/id1477524410\"><strong>&#8220;Two Ts in a Pod&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> &#8230; the podcast she hosts with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/tamra-barney\/\"><strong>Tamra Judge<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d04f0961a20584f7d18329bfbe5090d8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4c61f4e8f7e8e7aea048e571da522659\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-d80285b9-a16a-40ac-8317-b67751e2228a-614601314-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-d80285b9-a16a-40ac-8317-b67751e2228a-614601314-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f7\/16by9\/2025\/03\/16\/f787ba978a564909bd61d5b2f0a0b7e1_md.jpg\" alt=\"031625-teddi-mellencamp-wig-kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Instagram \/ @teddimellencamp<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4c61f4e8f7e8e7aea048e571da522659--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ba1e40a1ec47ac3344bcec1fd949fc0d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>BTW &#8230; in another video just posted by Teddi, she discusses her insecurities about going with her natural hair now that her head is shaved versus wearing a wig in public.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ba1e40a1ec47ac3344bcec1fd949fc0d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f066c93e144bf7069fd5984cf2d901e7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Bottom line, Teddi&#8217;s telling fans who are struggling to find their bliss &#8230; whatever that means to them!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f066c93e144bf7069fd5984cf2d901e7--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/16\/teddi-mellencamp-reminds-fans-deal-challenge-own-way\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teddi Mellencamp I Know I&#8217;ve Been Sharing Fun Stuff &#8230; But It&#8217;s OK to Have a Hard Time Too!!! 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