John Mellencamp outlines daughter Teddi’s brain lesions and ongoing cancer treatment

Pagesix reports John Mellencamp says he’s supporting daughter Teddi amid her stage 4 cancer treatment, speaking to her "every day" and saying "she’s been going through hell the last year." The 74-year-old rocker told People in a new interview published Saturday that Teddi has 10 lesions in her brain located in the frontal lobe, which "even though the lesions are not cancerous right now, they still interrupt her thinking." He said some lesions were removed but she remains on radiation for the others, and that "the lesions are still there, but the cancer’s not," meaning she must continue treatment "for who knows how many years." He also said Teddi’s "personality has changed" during the battle: "She’s still the same person, but she’s not the same person.

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