Overview
- On Instagram, the 44-year-old recalled entering the ER for migraines and having surgery within 24 hours on “plum-sized” stage 4 brain tumors, urging followers: “Trust your instincts. Get checked.”
- After melanoma first diagnosed in 2022, her cancer advanced to stage IV with metastases to her brain and lungs, leading to surgery, radiation and immunotherapy.
- She says she is still in immunotherapy and remains classified as stage 4, even as recent checkups have shown no trace of cancer per her January update.
- Mellencamp describes anxiety around the milestone and has begun therapy to process the past year’s toll on her mental health.
- She reports physical gains, noting improvements in speech and severe hand tremors and crediting rehabilitation and performing on The Masked Singer with aiding her recovery.