Teddi Mellencamp confirms she is cancer-free after having 12 melanomas removed just 'in time'

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Teddi Mellencamp is breathing a big sigh of relief after getting good news amid her cancer struggle.The 41-year-old Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star confirmed on Thursday that she is now cancer-free after having 12 melanoma spots cut out from her back and shoulder area while speaking with People.The reality star, who previously shared the tentatively positive news that her surgery had gone well, told the publication that she was 'so grateful' to have taken care of the cancers in the nick of time.Teddi also delved into how she first learned that she was suffering from melanomas thanks to the watchful eye of her friend Kyle Richards.

Good news! Teddi Mellencamp, 41, confirmed to People that she is cancer-free on Thursday after having 12 melanomas cut out in the nick of time; seen in October in NYCTeddi said the two pals and former costars were working out together back in March of this year when Kyle spotted some concerning dark spots on her back.'She looked at my back and said, "Listen, I know that I've talked to you about these spots before, but they look different — one of them has a black dot in the middle,"' Teddi recalled Kyle saying.

The spot turned out to be a melanoma and a signal of stage 2 skin cancer. She would later have 11 more instances of melanoma removed from around that area.Kyle's intervention proved to be a lifesaver, as Teddi had been aware of the 'little patches of white' below her right shoulder for years, but it had gotten to the point where she was ignoring them.There wasn't any doubt that it was cancer one she visited a dermatologist, though.'"I'm 99 percent sure this one spot is skin cancer,"' she recalled the doctor saying after inspecting her.