
Edwin Arroyave and Teddi Mellencamp. (Photograph by Mindy Small/Getty Photographs)
Edwin Arroyave is giving an replace on ex-wife Teddi Mellencamp after the Actual Housewives alum underwent mind most cancers surgical procedure.
Taking to his Instagram Stories on Thursday, February 13 Arroyave, 47, shared that the surgical procedure “went effectively.”
“So many individuals asking for updates. All I’ll say proper now could be surgical procedure went effectively,” he wrote. “That stated, I’ve by no means seen @teddimellencamp in a lot ache. She’s lastly getting some wanted relaxation. I do know she is so grateful for the outpouring of affection.”
In an earlier submit shared by way of his Instagram Story, Arroyave uploaded a photograph of the estranged couple’s son Cruz, 10, holding up a card that he and his classmates had made for his mother as she recovers. (Arroyave and Mellencamp, who filed for divorce in November 2024 after 13 years of marriage, additionally share Slate, 12, and Dove, 4. Mellencamp can be stepmother to Arroyave’s eldest daughter Isabella.)
“Cruz’s class made this for @teddimellencamp ❤️,” Arroyave captioned the picture.
The replace comes someday after Mellencamp publicly revealed her health battle, revealing by way of Instagram that medical doctors have been about to function on her after discovering a number of tumors on her mind.
“For the final a number of weeks I’ve been coping with extreme debilitating complications,” Mellencamp, 43, wrote by way of an Instagram submit shared on Wednesday, February 12. “Yesterday the ache was insufferable and required hospitalization.”


The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills alum defined that after getting a CT scan and an MRI, “Docs discovered a number of tumors on my mind, which they consider have been rising for no less than 6 months.”
Within the submit, Mellencamp added that two of the tumors have been being removed in surgery that very same day, whereas the others will probably be handled afterwards.
“The remaining smaller tumors will probably be handled by way of radiation at a later date,” she wrote.
Mellencamp went on to thank her family members and medical group for the assist as she faces a tough time.
“I’m blessed to be surrounded by my kids, household, mates, medical doctors, nurses and surgeons who’re doing the whole lot potential to get me again into higher well being,” she added. “Thanks to all people who has reached out, and to everybody who has supported me alongside this journey.”
The truth star’s health news comes two years after Mellencamp battled stage II melanoma most cancers and shared her prognosis in October 2022. A number of months earlier than saying the prognosis, she had a mole eliminated on her again that exposed the cancerous cells.
Whereas she had the moles eliminated on the time, she developed new spots that she stated “wanted to be biopsied” and spent a lot of 2023 coping with that. All through 2023, Mellencamp underwent removals for extra melanomas earlier than having a “extensive excision melanoma” process, which “went effectively.”